2025-05-19 Governance Committee Meeting Notes
This page describes the GovStack meeting notes. We use this meeting page to both run the meeting and keep notes, actions and decisions.
To avoid long meeting where the current status of each report is read out, we ask all participants to read the links below before the meeting, add in any questions they may have and then ask them in the meeting. This will focus the meeting upon the questions, decisions and actions needed for greatest impact.
Participants -
ITU: @Eskandar, Hani @Marushka Chocobar
GIZ : @Nora Hauptmann @Puja Raghavan @Andrea Donath
DIAL:
EE (moderating): @Marika Popp
0. Celebrate
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Women in GovTech Challenge |
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1. Roadmap
2. Priority Discussions
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MoU Smart Africa - status update | GIZ/Sarah | Smart Africa has been evaluating different technologies for SADX, including X-Road, but they chose an Indian technology called India Urban Data Exchange. They seem to be using it for the purposes of this pilot SATA project - Digital Identity Verification Pilot: Ghana, Benin and Rwanda. to enable seamless traveler's authentication using national e-ID cards. The selected Indian technology is very far from the principles that have been defined in the GovStack IM specification. Maksim/Sarah will keep contact with SA team for further details. |
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Advisory Board meeting dates | GIZ/Nora | Is ITU available on 1st July? ESTDEV requests that any input for the AB be collected before June 20 as Marika will be away 20-29 June. |
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Country implementation feedback mechanism to technical working groups | Jody/ITU | Jody cannot join the call today, hence suggest rescheduling the item for the next call |
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2 June SGC meeting prep | ESTDEV/GIZ/ITU | Proposed agenda items: GovStack goals and deliverables 2025 (review of the progress so far + any implications for the 2nd half 2025), GovStack Tech strategy presented by Kristo |
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Proposed DPI Workshop in Livingstone, Zambia on 15-17th July, 2025 | ESTDEV | To be clarified, relevant information to be shared with ITU/GIZ for their feedback on recent engagaments with Zambia |
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Strategy workshop on GovStack’s global offers on week of 16th with “TC Facilitation team” in Tallinn | Nico | Tackle questions like: Future of Compliance testing? Long term spec strategy? USPs and how to advance them? |
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Actions
3. Team Updates and Opportunities for Strategic Decisions
Every GC meeting one cohort is requested to share updates in written form in this table.
Every team has the opportunity to request direction/decision from the GC.
Cohort 1
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/288948269 | @Martha Mundas |
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/343113729 | @Nora Hauptmann
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/306216971 | @Nora Hauptmann |
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/306053146 | @Martha Mundas |
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Cohort 2
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/220626972 | @Martinez, Yolanda (Deactivated) |
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/287178780 | @Nora Hauptmann |
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/240582673 | @Martha Mundas
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/218824720 | Ingrid Pappel ? |
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/306053156 | @Martinez, Yolanda (Deactivated) |
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Cohort 3
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https://govstack-global.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GH/pages/306216961 | @PSRAMKUMAR |
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@Nico Lueck |
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4. Communications and Events
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5. AOB
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