The initiative is part of a project with AICS to create digital hubs in Mozambique to promote the development of digital skills and the creation of start-ups.
Today, Monday 3 June, the institutional visit of a delegation from the Government of Mozambique began at the AgID headquarters in Rome. The visit will last until Friday 7 June: five days during which the representatives of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Mozambique will have the opportunity to learn about the governance of the Italian digital ecosystem, the national strategy for digital transformation, and the main e-government and innovation procurement tools used in our country.
The agenda includes institutional meetings with the main public actors in the digital and innovation sector, as well as guided tours between Rome and Naples to some of the main Digital Hubs that have developed over the years, to learn about use cases and best practices directly in the field.
The first day highlighted the long experience of AgID and the Italian ecosystem, which includes the institutional, academic and industrial worlds, in applying the open and collaborative approach to digital transformation and innovation (open innovation approach).
The initiative is part of the agreement between the Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale and the Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (AICS) for the ‘Support to Mozambique's Strategic Plan for the Information Society 2019-2028 through technological poles of digital excellence’, signed with the aim of increasing the digital skills of Mozambican youth, stimulating innovation, accelerating the creation of start-ups and implementing digital services of public utility, with a strong focus on the inclusion of women and girls, youth and people with disabilities.
This project introduces for the first time the model of open innovation and the tool of innovative procurement as a way of openly attracting intelligence, proposals and resources for aid to developing countries.
The first step in the collaboration between AgID and AICS was the >publication of the €2 million 'DIGIT' tender, following a public market consultation open to all international stakeholders, for the construction of a Digital Hub in the city of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. At the same time, a further €5 million has been made available through the ‘VaMoz Digital’ tender for the development and management of two more Digital Hubs, covering the centre and north of the African country.