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CABO VERDE - A support to cybersecurity and e-governance
From May 6th to 9th and May 8th to 13th 2024, two expert teams successfully carried out the field mission and capacity building activities in Cabo Verde for the project “Strengthening public and private actors’ capacities to operationalise effective sectoral security operations centres (SOC) and a laboratory on innovation in e-governance” implemented by LuxDev as part of the African Union-European Union D4D Hub project.
This mission marks a significant step towards the finalisation of this assignment, where the expert teams assessed strategic, organisational, technical, and operational needs of public and private sectors for sectoral SOCs and for the establishment of a GovTechLab in Cabo Verde.
Based on the stakeholders’s needs and following a sectoral approach with a focus on banking, telecommmunication and public administration sectors, the cybersecurity expert team ran an awareness campaign, clarification of concepts and technical workshops for mastering different tools and techniques and draft guidelines and procedures of compliance related to SOCs.
As to the e-governance activities, in-person seminars and webinars were conducted, featuring LuxDev experts, as well as invited external presenters - practitioners working with GovTech Lab initiatives in various regions. Topics covered included:
- trends in digital governance;
- digital innovations in the public sector and the role of GovTech Labs globally;
- Cape Verde’s strategic plans and digital transformation journey;
- practical approaches and methodologies for GovTech Labs - best practice cases from Lithuania, Luxembourg, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, and Brazil.
Key stakeholders from both the public and private sectors actively participated, providing input and acknowledging the importance of establishing such an instruments in Cabo Verde.
To conclude the activities, the e-governance expert team conducted a one-day co-creation workshop using design thinking tools. Participants engaged in group discussions to identify public challenges and strategies for private sector engagement, co-creating digital solutions for public problems.
Over the course of these four days, over 45 on-site participants from at least 14 institutions and 24 online participants were engaged. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with local actors gaining fresh perspectives and developing innovative ideas to adapt best practices to Cabo Verde’s unique ecosystem.
The LuxDev team is thankful for the enthusiasm and readiness of participants to support and advance these initiatives in cybersecurity and e-governance.
These activities were organised as part of the AU-EU D4D Hub project, which is co-financed by the European Union and jointly implemented by Enabel, GIZ, MFA Estonia, e-GA, ITL, AFD, Expertise France and LuxDev. This publication has been produced with the financial support of the European Union. The contents are the sole responsibility of LuxDev and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
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