2025-06-16 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 (moderating): @Marushka Chocobar @Van Wyk, Jody @Eskandar, Hani
GIZ : @Nora Hauptmann @Sarah Fischer @Andrea Donath @Puja Raghavan
EE : @Marika Popp @Kristo Vaher @Hans Christian Ende
0. Celebrate
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WiGTC Graduation Ceremony |
| The successful completion of the Women in GovTech Challenge was acknowledged, with minimal dropouts and strong participation. A dedicated WSIS session was confirmed for the Women in GovTech Challenge, highlighting four praised finalist teams. |
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1. Roadmap
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GovSpecs 2.0. GovStack specifications vision and strategy for 2025-2027 | @Marika Popp @Kristo Vaher | All founding members were asked to submit written feedback by next week. Key issues included the need for effective implementation mechanisms and clear leadership. It was agreed that strategy and budget should be addressed separately, with a dedicated session proposed to review governance and resource implications. |
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2. Priority Discussions
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Advisory Board preparations | GIZ | Preread Advisory Board Meeting July 2025 Strategic questions addressed relevance amid AI trends, focus on DPI vs. DPG, and cross-border interoperability. The group emphasized neutrality, agreed to revise language for balanced alignment, and Andrea will consult BMZ before finalizing the deck. |
Country implementation feedback mechanism to technical working groups | @Van Wyk, Jody | On 26 May, it was noted that Jody to present on new ideas at the next GC meeting |
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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.
Decision Need
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4. Communications and Events
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GovStack workshop full recording from e-Governance Conference in Tallinn 28 May 2025 now available at Youtube | GovStack: A roadmap for building citizen-centric e-government services | ESTDEV | |
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5. AOB
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