2026-01-19 Governance Committee Meeting
Jan 19, 2026
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: @Van Wyk, Jody
GIZ: @Andrea Donath @Nico Lueck @Puja Raghavan
EE: @Hans Christian Ende @Kristo Vaher
Moderator: @Marika Popp
0. Celebrate
Item | Read more at… | Notes |
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WIGTC update | Overview by @Puja Raghavan | 279 confirmed participants from 75 countries, including 12 selected groups. Altogether 1341 applications from 131 countries. The Challenge set to begin in the first week of Feb, will run until end of March 2026. |
Draft AI readiness guide publicly available for comments | internal consultation only |
1. Roadmap
2. Priority Discussions
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Transition Roadmap Update | @Marika Popp | Transition Roadmap valid as last time shared. Dedicated transition meetings to kick off every other Wednesday from 13:00- 14:00h (one hour only), starting next week (28 January). | @Van Wyk, Jody please fill in the survey for your availability |
GovTest_2025 H2 review + estimates for H1 2026, incl sandbox | @Nico Lueck @Kristo Vaher | Mifos - Mastercard Cross Border Payment PoC to be demod once the technical feasibility has been confirmed |
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GovMarket_2025 H2 review + estimates for H1 2026 | @Nico Lueck | Feb 2026: planned update of GovMarket web page |
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Capacity Development_2025 H2 review + estimates for H1 2026 | @Nico Lueck | Implementation Playbook update in progress: new/revised chapters on DPI, EAC, Strategy, Accessibility & Inclusion, Government Architecture | Open Consultation planned for Feb 2026, to be discussed within the 2026 comms agenda |
Complementary initiatives of OSEE and GENIE | @MANSET, David |
| postponed dependant on David’s availability |
Events 2026 | @Puja Raghavan | postponed, along with all 2026 comms items, for the next GC meeting on 26 Jan |
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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.
Put to the cohort which is requested to give updates in this GC meeting. One cohort per weekly GC meeting results in one update from all teams a month.
Cohort 1
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4. Communications and Events
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2026 calendar of key events and communications | Postponed until next Mon, 26 Jan 2026 | |
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