This review was jointly prepared by the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) and the Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) of the OECD commissioned by Camões –Institute for Cooperation and Language, I.P., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal. The review is in the scope of the Project to Support the Quality Improvement and Proximity of Public Services of the African Portuguese-Speaking Countries and Timor-Leste (PASP PALOP-TL), which was co-financed by the European Union (through the 10th European Development Fund) and by Camões, I.P. It builds on the expertise of the OECD/DCD Global Policy and Partnerships Division on development co-operation policy and of the OECD/GOV Reform of the Public Sector Division on digital government policy.
The review was jointly led by Catherine Anderson, who heads DCD’s work on governance and development, and Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi, who heads GOV’s work on digital government, open government data and data-driven public sector. Strategic direction was provided by Nadine Gbossa, Head of Global Partnerships and Policies Division; Jorge Moreira da Silva, Director of DCD; Edwin Lau, Head of the Public Sector Reform Division in GOV; and Marcos Bonturi, Director of the Public Governance Directorate.
The report was co-authored by Tiago Matos Fernandes, an International Development Consultant within DCD, and João Ricardo Vasconcelos, a Digital Government Policy Analyst in the Public Sector Reform Division of GOV. Substantive written input and conceptual guidance was provided by Catherine Anderson and Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi.
Liv Gaunt and Elizabeth Zachary edited the manuscript. Raquel Paramo provided support with the production process. The Portuguese translation was completed by EURIdeas.
The OECD is grateful to the following public officials and focal points from Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste:
Angola – Miguel Cazevo, PASP’s national focal point, Director-General, and Anuarite Kassongo, Senior Counsellor, INFOSI – National Institute for the Promotion of the Information Society (Instituto Nacional de Fomento da Sociedade da Informação), Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies.
Cabo Verde – Luís Maximiano, PASP’s national focal point, Senior Counsellor, NOSI - Operational Unit for the Information Society (Núcleo Operacional da Sociedade de Informação).
Guinea-Bissau – Edson Pereira, PASP’s national focal point, Coordinator, CEVATEGE – Centre for the Technological Valorisation and Electronic Governance (Centro de Valorização Tecnológica e Governação Electrónica), Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
Mozambique - Sérgio Mapsanganhe, PASP’s national focal point, Deputy Director-General, INAGE - National Institute of Electronic Government (Instituto Nacional do Governo Electrónico), and Dulce Chilundo, PASP’s national focal point, Director-General, INTIC - National Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação), both institutions reporting to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Higher and Technical Professional Education.
Sao Tome and Principe – Inocêncio Costa, PASP’s national focal point, president of the board of directors, and Soukheyna Neto, Senior Counsellor at the Department of Science and Inovation, INIC - Institute of Innovation and Knowledge (Instituto de Inovacão e Conhecimento), Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
Timor-Leste – Iriana Ximenes, PASP’s national focal point, National Technical Advisor to the Prime Minister’s Deputy Minister for Border Delimitation.
This review would not have been possible without the support of:
Luís Silva, Services Coordinator of the National Authorising Officer of Cabo Verde.
Diogo Franco, general coordinator, and Emanuel Pereira, EDF expert technical assistant, UGP – Project Management Unit of PASP PALOP-TL – Project to Support the Quality Improvement and Proximity of Public Services of the African Portuguese-Speaking Countries and Timor-Leste.
Pedro Oliveira, Head of the Bilateral Affairs Division, and Ana Rita Araújo Ferreira, project officer, Camões –Institute for Cooperation and Language, I.P., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal.
Cláudia Gonçalves Barroso, Head of the International Relations Unit, and Tiago Mendonça, international relations officer, Administrative Modernization Agency, I.P. (AMA), Presidency of the Council of Ministers., Portugal.
Carla Folgôa, International Cooperation Officer at the Delegation of the European Commission in Cabo Verde.
Finally, the OECD review team extends its gratitude to all the institutions and stakeholders interviewed during the fact-finding missions to the six countries.