The Future of Public Sector: Spotlight on Asia-Pacific

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In today’s stop through Cisco’s #TheFutureofPublicSector series, we explore the early innovators in Asia Pacific, Japan and China who are using technology to improve citizen services and enable communities to thrive.
Approximately 60% of the world’s population lives in the Asia-Pacific region, including the world’s most populous countries: China and India.
With rapid urbanization and rising consumer connectivity, increasing consumer demands are putting greater pressure on government and industry leaders to provide more access to citizen services like healthcare and education and drive operational efficiencies like digital supply chain optimization and smart grid solutions.
With digital transformation spending in the region set to reach $375.8 billion this year alone, here are three best practices from our Asia-Pacific, Japan and China regions to showcase the innovators that are using technology to carve the way to a better tomorrow for local citizens.
The common goal across many cities around the world is to improve the quality of life and deliver critical public services that enable individuals and communities to thrive.
The secret to success is finding a digital solution that enables connectivity, citizen engagement and development.
This will not only enable the government to create an ‘I-way’ for the future to deliver government services to every citizen, but will also help to deliver digital solutions across IoT, agriculture, education and healthcare to transform even the most remote communities.
In 2016, the Singapore government established GovTech: a government technology agency charged with developing a national strategy for digital transformation to ensure Singapore leverages technology solutions to enrich the local community.
The strategy focuses on building common infrastructure and platforms that use real-time data analytics and, importantly, the sharing of data to respond to citizen needs and communicate the government’s action to address them.

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