1) Colombia has a population of 48.3 million people and aims to improve government services, transparency, and management through various IT strategies and initiatives. 2) Key goals include having 100% of public institutions online, publishing open data, implementing security standards, and achieving 35% savings on IT purchases. 3) The strategies also seek to empower public sector IT leaders and develop IT talent across the country to help modernize and transform the government through technology.

1. COLOMBIA’S IT STRATEGY
Foto: Tomás Néstor Blanco
Alberto Pradilla Advisory Board President CEO

2. About Colombia…
+ 48.3 million habitants
(Same as Spain or half the population of Germany)
+ 1.2 million km2
(more or less, two times France)
32 departments
(political division)
ICT Ministry
(among 16 ministries)
+ 170 public institutions of national order
Trade
Agreements
Foreign
investment
Tourism

3. General font: MINTIC Colombia, 2015
GOVERNMENT WITH IT PROSPERITY WITH IT 1 2 3IT TALENT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

4. Government on-line
ICT for Services
ICT for Open Government
ICT for management
Security and Information
Privacy
ICT for on-line public
purchasing
IT Leadership
Government with IT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

5. Government on-line
ICT for Services
ICT for Open Government
ICT for management
Security and Information
Privacy
ICT for on-line public
purchasing
IT Leadership
Government with IT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

6. Use ICTs to improve government
services and formalities
ICT for Services
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

7. Achievements
65%of Colombians use electronic platforms
to interact with the government
81%of Colombian companies use electronic
platforms to interact with the government
100%of public government institutions
are on-line
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP
ICT for Services

8. Government on-line
ICT for Services
ICT for Open Government
ICT for management
Security and Information
Privacy
ICT for on-line public
purchasing
IT Leadership
Government with IT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

9. More on-line platforms to provide access to public information and
strengthen citizen participation in government decisions
ICT for Open Government
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

10. 1.153sets of Open Data published by 497
institutions of national and regional order
86apps developed with Open Data:
www.aplicaciones.gov.co
#1in Latin America and #12 in the world in
Open Data (Global Open Data Index, 2014)
Achievements
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP
ICT for Open Government

11. Government on-line
ICT for Services
ICT for Open Government
ICT for management
Security and Information
Privacy
ICT for on-line public
purchasing
IT Leadership
Government with IT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

12. ICT for Management
Coordinated and articulated government
through the strategic use of ICT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

13. Achievements
Definition of a Reference Framework
for Enterprise Architecture
Framework for an interoperability
platform
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP
ICT for Management

14. Main Goals
∑
210
1.800
120
24sectors of the executive branch adopt the
Reference Framework for Enterprise Architecture
institutions adopt IT Management best practices
institutions exchanging information through
interoperability services
public servers improving their capabilities
in IT strategic management
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP
ICT for Management

15. Projects
Support for the implementation of the strategy
Support to government sectors to adopt the Reference
Framework for Enterprise Architecture
Funding and incentives plan to boost projects in the roadmap
Implementation of interoperability services
E-government excellence program
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP
ICT for Management

16. Government on-line
ICT for Services
ICT for Open Government
ICT for management
Security and Information
Privacy
ICT for on-line public
purchasing
IT Leadership
Government with IT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

17. Security and Information Privacy
Citizen services with high
standards and privacy
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

18. Achievements
New model of security and information privacy
60%of institutions has started implementation of
an Information Security Management System
5.900public servers formed in security and
information privacy skills
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP
Security and Information Privacy

19. Government on-line
ICT for Services
ICT for Open Government
ICT for management
Security and Information
Privacy
ICT for on-line public
purchasing
IT Leadership
Government with IT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

20. Easy and effective public purchasing
of IT goods and services
ICT for On-line Public Purchasing
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

21. Achievements
35%savings on ICT goods and services
purchased
+100
MILLION
Euro investments using IT Framework
Purchasing Agreements
IT Framework Purchasing Agreements launched:
Contact center, Cloud private/public, Connectivity
97Institutional buyers
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP
ICT for On-line Public Purchasing

22. Government on-line
ICT for Services
ICT for Open Government
ICT for management
Security and Information
Privacy
ICT for on-line public
purchasing
IT Leadership
Government with IT
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

23. IT Leadership
IT public servers
empowered and trained to
transform the government
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP

24. Achievements
+300government CIO involved in IT strategic
management programs
3CIO summits, with more than 300
participants each one
Normative Framework Project to establish
Government Chief of Information Officer
(GCIO) for all public institutions
350IT leaders network
GOVERNMENT ON-LINE ICT FOR ON-LINE PUBLIC PURCHASING IT LEADERSHIP
IT Leadership

25. We support policy makers
We are digital strategists
We are a reference institution in ICT
We promote use and appropriation of ICT
for social and economic development
appropriation in Latin America

26. alberto.pradilla@colombiadigital.net
www.colombiadigital.net
Foto: Tomás Néstor Blanco
COLOMBIA’S IT STRATEGY
Alberto Pradilla