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United Nations: Uruguay moves into the group of most advanced digital governments

23/07/18

It also ranks first in Latin America and the Caribbean for the third consecutive time.
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En el nuevo reporte de la ONU lanzado esta tarde en Nueva York, Uruguay destaca por continuar por tercera edición consecutiva como líder de América Latina y el Caribe y por integrarse, por primera vez, a los países con «muy alto» índice de gobierno electrónico.

 

Repeating its 34th position globally, with its score improving from 0.7237 in 2016 to 0.7858 in 2018, Uruguay moves up to the most advanced group, made up of countries that score above 0.75 on the index. It is the only Latin American and Caribbean country in this group. In the region, it is followed by Chile (0.7350, ranked 42nd), Argentina (0.7335, ranked 43rd) and Brazil (0.7327, ranked 44th).

 

The report also includes the e-participation index, in which Uruguay's score increased from 0.7119 in 2016 to 0.9157 in 2018, ranking 26th globally.

 

Para José Clastornik, Director Ejecutivo de la Agencia de Gobierno Electrónico y Sociedad de la Información y del Conocimiento de la Presidencia de la República (Agesic), «estos logros, muy positivos, reflejan el compromiso de todos los organismos públicos con la transformación digital del gobierno; es el reconocimiento a un esfuerzo colectivo».

 

The report highlights the Uruguay Digital Agenda 2020 and, in particular, its objective of a government of proximity. Likewise, the democratisation of access to all procedures as a government priority, including their traceability and access to them through a single user with the State.

 

El ranking es una fotografía de la situación al segundo semestre de 2017. «Estamos avanzando rápidamente. Actualmente la mitad de los trámites pueden realizarse de inicio a fin a través de la web y en el 2020 serán digitales en su totalidad, por lo que para el próximo reporte debiéramos ver aún mejores resultados», agregó Clastornik, según reza un comunicado de la mencionada agencia.

 

Denmark, new world leader Denmark ranks first globally - previously ranked ninth. A highlight is that the Danes have made digital interaction with the government legally mandatory, with options for help in other channels for those who have difficulty transacting electronically. Australia and South Korea follow, maintaining their second and third positions from the 2016 edition. The UK - the previous leader - drops a few places to fourth.

 

La publicación dedica algunos capítulos a la gestión del riesgo de desastres, la ciberseguridad y el gobierno digital a nivel local, presentándose por primera vez un índice piloteado en 40 ciudades. A su vez aborda tecnologías de rápida evolución, como la analítica de datos, la inteligencia artificial, las «cosas inteligentes», la realidad virtual y la aumentada; y tecnologías de registro distribuido, como blockchain.

 

The index provides an indicative measure of e-government, assessing the performance of one government against others. It is a weighted average of normalised scores ranging from 0 to 1, in three dimensions: online services (140 criteria verified by volunteers), telecommunications infrastructure (ITU indicators) and human capital (UNDP and UNESCO indicators).

 

The report is produced every two years by the Public Institutions and Digital Government Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, working with the Regional Commissions and other UN agencies, as well as a number of international researchers and experts.

 

Source: Montevideo Portal

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