Procuring ICT services and goods is an increasingly complex endeavour for the public sector, given its fast-changing nature, growing expectations from a user- and technology point of view and emerging challenges related to data ownership and security among others.
The Government of the Slovak Republic and the European Commission have called upon the OECD to assist in reforming the current procurement and contracting practices in the field of ICT to enable the public sector to fully seize the opportunities provided by modern digital technologies to deliver public services in agile and innovative ways.
Funded by DG REFORM, the general objective of this Project is to develop agile strategies and practices for ICT procurement in the Slovak Republic. The key objective is to ensure strategic alignment with digitalisation initiatives led by the Slovak government, notably by:
Country: Slovak Republic |
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Timeframe: September 2019 – August 2021 | |
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Areas of focus: |
Component I: Assessing the current practices on ICT procurements in the Slovak Republic against good practices from EU and OECD countries (covering the whole procurement cycle) and developing recommendations to implement agile strategies.
This component includes the following activities:
Component II: Developing practical guidance and actionable tools to support the implementation of agile strategies for procuring ICT solutions and testing these tools in a pilot project
This component includes the following activities: