📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2023.2244.4
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1100 West Africa 1
Contact person:
Dr. Katharina Noussi katharina.noussi@giz.de
Partner countries:
Senegal
SUMMARY
Goals:
Public institutions are strengthened to promote sustainable digital transformation in Senegal.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
6,000,000 euros
Current project:
6,000,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
European Union (EU): 3,500,000 euros
PREDECESSOR PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
31.07.2024 - 31.10.2027
Current project:
01.08.2024 - 31.10.2027
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
MORE INFORMATION
project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
gender equality
Significant secondary goal
Democratic and inclusive governance
main goal
CRS KEY
15110 Public Sector Policy and Administration
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Initial situation
The Senegalese government has developed various strategies to initiate the digital transformation of the public sector. It wants to extend the benefits of digital transformation to the rural and disadvantaged population.
Overall, however, digitalization is only being implemented slowly in the country, although the population could benefit considerably from it socially and economically. The state is important as a coordinator. Senegal's digital strategy also lacks green approaches for the "twin transition", i.e. the digital and at the same time ecological transformation. Senegal is not making sufficient use of the potential of an inclusive and green digital transformation because there is a lack of skills in public institutions.
Objective
Public institutions can better drive forward the sustainable digital transformation in Senegal.
Approach
The project is financially supported by the European Union and contributes to the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) "Green Economy in Senegal". Additional funds come from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the French public agency "Expertise France" are implementing the TEI.
The main activities of the project are:
1. It improves the tools and mechanisms of the Senegalese Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital (MCTN) to manage sustainable digitalization across various ministries.
2. It promotes entrepreneurship and innovation in Senegal so that decent jobs can be created. The focus is particularly on women and young people.
3. It trains public national and lo
