Presentation slides for GovInsider event on 10th Sept. 2020 by Hiroki Yoshida, METI

1. Moment of Change
For Government Digitalization
METI DX Office
Hiroki Yoshida, METI, Japan

2. 2
METI DX Office
• Digitalize Gov. Administrations
• Change IT development
• Change Data management and
Utilization
• Nurture IT Capabilities and user-
centric mindsets
Established in Jul. 2018

3. Learnings and Issues in COVID-19
<Learnings>
1. Private service for public services to reach citizens
2. Combination of Open Data and Open Source
3. Govtech collaboration for App development
<Issues>
1. Digital IDs not provided to all citizens and businesses
2. Fragmented government systems
3. Not enough IT capabilities inside Government

4. １.Private services for public services
Government business support
information via Line
Medical consultation
via Mediplat

5. ２. Open Data X Open Source
Tokyo
All Prefectures
Central Government
Local Government
Prototype
Public

6. ３. Govtech collaboration
Contact Confirmation App
(COCOA)
• Use SDK by Apple and Google
• Not take any individual data
• 16million DLs
• Movie theaters demand
consumers DL the app
• Open Source on Github
CivicTech : Prototype
Company : Develop
Gov. : Operate
https://github.com/cocoa-mhlw/cocoa

7. Failures in COVID-19
• Supply of masks
• Cash Support for citizens and businesses
• Provide of remote government services
• not organized processes
• immature infrastructure
• Digital ID and other uniform applications
• Data exchange infrastructure
• IT Capability inside Government
Lack of
Inefficient

8. Revamp Digital Government in Japan
1. Reinforce IT capabilities by introducing
professionals from the market
2. Break silos by designing uniform infrastructure
and applications
3. Open innovation of government services by
collaborating with IT startups, CivicTechs
Agency for Government Digitalization
In the next cabinet??

9. Hack the Government.
yoshida-hiroki2@meti.go.jp