About the GovTech Program
The GovTech Program works with local governments and national ministries and agencies, using technology to build ways for government and citizens to solve problems together. Our aim is to put open government into practice on the ground: governments open up information and work with residents and businesses to solve local issues.
What We Do
Digital Talent Development
We combine training with hands-on support in the workplace so that public servants can rethink public services from residents' point of view. Through interviews with staff and residents, we get to the heart of each issue, and we value the knowledge and experience that stay with staff after a project ends.
Hands-on Regional Support
We support local governments all the way from shaping a vision with senior officials to building consensus within the organization and putting plans into action. We create opportunities for residents to take part in solving local issues and build openness to new technology.
Promoting Open Data
Since our founding, we have promoted open data to make government more transparent and broaden citizen participation. We plan and run hackathons on solving problems with data, and survey the state of open data and propose improvements.
Past Projects
- Urban development DX training with PLATEAU: training in which local government staff used 3D city models to tackle local issues.
- Smart community support in Toyooka City: improving work processes with no-code tools, based on the voices of local government staff.
- Tokyo Governor's Cup Open Data Hackathon: as the secretariat, we plan and run a hackathon on solving problems with data.
- Survey of open data in Japan: working with the Digital Agency, we surveyed the state of open data in Japan, proposed improvements and wrote manuals.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government COVID-19 website: we published the source code so that it could be reused, and it was adopted in more than 60 regions across Japan. The project was carried out with 300 civic engineers.
Contact
If you are interested in the GovTech Program, please contact us through our contact form.
