It’s been way over a decade since we in Accenture Philippines, then Andersen Consulting Philippines, started advocating for eGovernment. Singapore and Malaysia were more aggressive in following the lead of developed countries in launching initiatives and projects to use technology to make government more citizen-centered and the provision of services more convenient and cost-effective.
Finally, with the government portal and Hack4PH initiatives led by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), eGovt in the Philippines may just gain traction. No doubt, eGovernment may still be a long way off. Nevertheless, taking more steps now in harnessing the creativity of our young millennials, and partnering them with investors to power up tech start-ups, can move the Philippines forward.
It was great to have a bit of opportunity to mentor some of the participants/ groups about possible business models for the sustainability of their initial ideas/concepts on eGovt service offerings using the platform and tools proposed by the DICT for the government portal. Excited to learn more about which groups were selected during their pitch today and demonstration of working prototypes.
Hack4PH is an initiative of the National government Portal (gov.ph), in partnership with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
At that time, way back when, Accenture had already pioneered and established knowhow in Knowledge Management to enable its consultants to contribute knowledge capital from client work, as well as to support its consultants in designing, developing and executing more innovative solutions for its clients.
The Accenture Government Market Unit Knowledge Management organization supporting the government consulting practice globally was set up in Accenture Philippines as part of the firm’s strategy. It’s role was to review and repackage knowledge capital contributed by consultants from the field to make these more useful and easily retrievable to help consultants create even better solutions.
To learn more about Hack4PH, click on this link: Hack4PH: The 1st Philippine e-Government Innovation Challenge.
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