Blockchain and Web3 in E-Government

Course objectives

• Assess registry, identity and credential use cases in public administration
• Identify the data quality preconditions a ledger initiative depends on
• Design governance for a public sector network, including who may write to it
• Address public record keeping and archival obligations
• Evaluate procurement transparency applications realistically
• Plan for the long term operating cost and institutional ownership of the infrastructure

Who should attend

• Public sector information and technology officers
• Policy advisers and digital government leads
• Registry and records management officials
• Procurement and audit officials
• Development partners funding digital government initiatives

Course outline

1. 01Why the public sector is interested, and what it is actually trying to fix
2. 02Land, asset and other registries, and the contested record problem
3. 03Credential and qualification verification
4. 04Digital identity, and who governs it
5. 05Procurement transparency and its limits
6. 06Public records, archival obligations and immutability
7. 07Governance: who may write, who may read, who pays
8. 08Long term operating cost and institutional ownership

Scheduled sessions