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Santo Domingo. - Within the framework of Digital Development Week, organized by the Ministry of Public Administration (MAP) with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Dominican Republic carried out an analysis to measure the country's digital maturity level and plan the path forward.
With this step, the Dominican State joins 50 other nations around the world that apply a global UNDP methodology to develop more human, inclusive, accessible, reliable, and efficient digital public policies.
The Digital Readiness Analysis (DRA), and the Digital Safeguards of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), seek to identify gaps and opportunities, to lay the groundwork for an inclusive, sustainable, and people-centered digital transformation.
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In addition to establishing safeguards to ensure that the digital transformation of the State is built on principles of trust, privacy, security, and respect for human rights. During the opening of Digital Development Week, the Vice Minister of Innovation and Technology of the Ministry of Public Administration (MAP), Armando Manzueta, reaffirmed the MAP's commitment to an agile, transparent, and secure public management model. "We seek to adopt the universal principles of DPI Safeguards, ensuring that they are integrated into every step of our digital transformation. Through a comprehensive approach that brings together the government, the private sector, and civil society, seeking to build a secure, inclusive digital future that empowers everyone," he expressed. The UNDP Resident Representative, Ana María Díaz, highlighted that the Digital Readiness and Safeguards DPI analysis is a space to listen and generate knowledge. "To hear how people experience digitalization and what solutions can make their lives easier. This work also lays the foundation for a secure, rights-based public digital infrastructure, with essential safeguards that guarantee trust, privacy, security, and respect for human rights." He added that the DPI Universal Safeguards Framework, developed through the UNDP's global initiative, underscores the importance of integrating safeguards into public digital infrastructure to mitigate risks, address structural vulnerabilities, advance the Sustainable Development Goals, and foster trust and equity in all societies. The analysis process includes the generation of dialogues and learning between institutions, highlighting the role of the MAP as an articulator of the digital transformation of the Dominican State. During the week, public institutions, the private sector, academia, and civil society met to reflect on the country's digital ecosystem and analyze its maturity in five dimensions: connectivity, capabilities, governance, regulation, and public digital infrastructure. Guided by the DPI Universal Safeguards Framework, developed through a multi-stakeholder global effort convened by UNDP and the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (UN ODET), safeguards or protectors were identified and prioritized for implementation. The UNDP technical mission, composed of Darinka Vásquez and Naveen Varshan lavarasan, worked with the MAP team in participatory workshops and policy co-creation sessions. The findings will be reflected in a report with strategic recommendations, an interactive data dashboard, and a shared roadmap to continue moving towards inclusive, sustainable, and reliable digitalization.
