Title: Digital Transformation for Smart Public Governance (P2-0426)
Head of the research group: prof. dr. Vlado Stankovski; prof. dr. Maja Klun at the UL FPA
According to the European Commission, the current situation in the field of digitalisation of public administration in Slovenia is below the average of EU Member States at the level of use of digital services and on average at the level of their provision. In order for Slovenia to join the group of the most successful European countries (Estonia, Denmark etc.), it must improve both the ability of users to use services and the ability of public administration to offer more complex services to users (legal and natural persons). The Digital Transformation for Smart Public Governance research program addresses these issues by introducing the following research and innovation work packages: analysis of the level of digital maturity, development and testing of appropriate technological bases for digitization, introduction of improvements in public administration digitization, continuous evaluation of digitization improvements and management , recommendations, dissemination and exploitation of research results. Key technology approaches that can help with digital transformation include new software engineering technologies, DevOps culture and practice, IoT technologies, artificial intelligence, edge-to-cloud computing, and blockchain technologies. These new information and communication approaches will be used in an innovative way in the function of digitalization in the field of public administration. Thus, we will successfully implement complex digital services and comprehensively digitally transform public administration, addressing: the requirement for digitization of administrative processes, the problem of developing competencies for digital transformation of public administration, implementing digitization policies and achieving smart public administration. The Interdisciplinary Research Program includes researchers from the participating organizations, the Faculty of Computer and Information Science and the Faculty of Public Administration.
Digital Transformation for Smart Public Governance
Duration (from/to):
1. 1. 2022 – 31. 12. 2027
Contracting Authority:
Slovenian Research Agency
Financing:
The project is being financed with 3910 yearly hours (A price category) for 6 years (UL FPA: 1870 hours per year).
Members of the research group:
Luka Vavtar, mag.
According to the European Commission [2020], the current situation in the field of digitalization of public administration in Slovenia is below average concerning use of digital services and average when it comes to the number of offered digital services. For Slovenia, to join the group of the most successful European countries (e.g., Estonia, Denmark, etc.), it must improve both the ability of users to use services and the ability of public administration to offer more complex services to users (both, to enterprises and general public). To successfully implement more complex digital services, it is essential to digitally transform public administration, addressing: digitalization of administrative processes, development of competencies for digital transformation of public administration, implementation of digitalization policies and smart public management.
Research goals
A. Digitization of administrative processes – e-government
B. Development of digital transformation competences in public administration
C. Development and testing of appropriate technological foundations for digitalization
D. Policy implementation
E. Good governance and smart governance: transparency, co-creation, openness and databases
The expected results and the methodology
Work package: Analysis of the state of digitalization of public administration
Work package: Development and testing of appropriate technological bases for digitalization
Work package: Implementation of improvements for digitalization of public administration
Work package: Continuous evaluation of improvement proposals in the field of digitalization
Work package: Management, recommendations, dissemination and exploitation of research results