This presentation was made by Edwin Lau, OECD, at the 40th Annual Meeting of OECD Senior Budget Officials (SBO) held in Tallinn, Estonia, on 5-6 June 2019

1. Digitalisation of finance activities:
challenges and opportunities
Edwin Lau
Head of Division, Budgeting and Public Expenditure,
Public Governance Directorate
40th Senior Budget Officials Meeting,
Tallinn, Estonia, 5-6 June 2019

2. Overview of digitalisation at
the OECD

3. The OECD’s work on the
digitalisation of society
The Going Digital project
gives policy makers the tools
to help societies prosper in a
digital and data driven world
2019 Ministerial Meeting
focused on the opportunities
and challenges in harnessing
digital transition for
sustainable development.

4. Digital governments for digital economies and societies
OECD Recommendation on Digital Government Strategies
Analogue
Government
Closed operations
and internal focus,
analogue procedures
E-Government
Greater transparency and
user-centred approaches,
ICT-enabled procedures
Digital Government
Open and user-driven
approaches, process and
operational transformations
Digital Transformation of the Public Sector

5. OECD Recommendation on
Digital Government Strategies
Openness and
Engagement
Governance and
Coordination
Capacities to Support
Implementation
1) Openness, transparency
and inclusiveness
2) Engagement and
participation in a multi-
actor context in policy
making and service
delivery
3) Creation of a data-
driven culture
4) Protecting privacy and
ensuring security
5) Leadership and political
commitment
6) Coherent use of digital
technology across policy
areas
7) Effective organizational
and governance
frameworks to coordinate
8) Strengthen
international cooperation
with other governments
9) Development of clear
business cases
10) Reinforced
institutional capacities
11) Procurement of digital
technologies
12) Legal and regulatory
framework
Creating Value Through the Use of ICT
Non-OECD members: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Panama,
Peru, Russia
10 non-
OECD
countries
adopted

6. Open Data is today a very trendy issue
Governance
Data-driven
public sector
Open Data
What are the main characteristics of a
Digital Government?
© OECD
OECD Concept Note “Digital Government Framework (forthcoming) and OECD Digital
Government Indicators (2019)

7. Emerging and disruptive technologies
offer new opportunities for governments
Predictive Analytics
Blockchain
Transform policymaking to be more effective and experimental
Agile in delivering personalised and efficient services
Artificial Intelligence
Data

8. Data analytics

9. A data-driven public sector….
 starts with recognizing data as a key asset for governments
 connects data-sharing efforts to open data and data
analytics
 transforms the design, delivery and monitoring of public
policies and services
 removes barriers to managing, sharing and re-using data
 recognises the importance of publishing data openly and
considering how it is used internally
Public sector core resources: money,
people, and…data!

10. Anticipatory
governance
• Forecasting to
proactively identify
developments and future
need
• Foresight to prepare for
multiple plausible
alternative outcomes
Design and
delivery
• Better predicting policy
solutions
• Engaging with citizens
as co-value creators
• Responding better to
citizen needs
Performance
• More efficient use of
resources
• Increase in resources
• Higher quality monitoring
and evaluation
• Continuous improvement
Applying data to create public value

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Data underlies NZ approach to social investment
Using data to understand customer needs from a person centric and long-term
perspective.
Proposing innovative solutions that meet citizens’ needs and deliver financial
savings.
Delivering, managing and monitoring services using the organization most able to deliver
the service, whether that be government or non-government providers.
Using performance data to adjust, add or drop programmes.
Evaluating programmes to identifying what works and what doesn’t, publishing
these results openly and feeding findings into the next set of decisions.
Social investment is an evolving approach to thinking long-term and
making informed choices on how best to improve people’s
wellbeing. At its core, it involves five key features:

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New legal instruments from the OECD
Forthcoming
Recommendation on
Enhanced Access to and
Sharing of Data
2019 Recommendation
of the Council on
Artificial Intelligence

13. OECD resources for follow up
A Data-driven Public Sector: oe.cd/il/ddps-wp
Open Government Data Report: oe.cd/2pq
OECD Digital government website: oe.cd/dig-gov

14. Possible future work ?