Benin to develop data exchange platform based on Estonian model - ERR
06 Dec 2018 EWR Online
Signing of the agreement on Wednesday. 5 December 2018. Source: (e-Governance Academy)
Estonia's e-Governance Academy and the National Information Systems and Services Agency (ASSI) of the Republic of Benin signed an agreement to design and implement a government interoperability framework for enhancing the secure exchange of data between government authorities as well as developing e-services for the citizens of Benin.
The agreement was signed by e-Governance Academy Director Arvo Ott and Beninese Minister of Digital Economy and Communication Aurélie Adam Soulé Zoumarou, according to a press release.
According to Ott, cooperation with the Beninese government, which began two years ago with President Patrice Talon's visit to Estonia, has developed from counselling and training to the technology deployment phase.
"There is no alternative to e-government," Ott said. "The digital transformation requires political will in particular. Benin has demonstrated this with a number of high-level meetings in Estonia and Benin. The e-Governance Academy is proud to be a partner for Benin in developing e-government and applying experience and knowledge from Estonia and the rest of the world to Benin."
"The success of the Estonian e-government model has inspired us to further develop the e-government system in Benin and redefine how we communicate with our citizens, and how we build business opportunities," said ASSI's Maximilien Kpodjedo. "The launch of the secure data exchange framework is one step in our digital transformation process, and it will not be the last."
