[{"bbox": [134, 153, 1135, 233], "category": "List-item", "text": "and sustainability; developing digital tools for fiscal transparency and data-informed decision making and enhancing the Ministry of Finance (MINFIN) capabilities to protect digital information resources and to detect and respond to cybersecurity threats."}, {"bbox": [97, 260, 1135, 395], "category": "List-item", "text": "* SO5 will leverage digital solutions and data analytics to strengthen allocative and operations expenditure efficiency. Specific digital interventions will include: development of conceptual and functional models for the adoption of digital information management tools for public investment and asset management; development of digital systems to support procurement complaint management processes; and the creation of a digital public employment registry that supports employment analytics and wage bill forecasting."}, {"bbox": [97, 420, 1135, 501], "category": "List-item", "text": "* SO6 will reinforce Congress's capacity of oversight and decision making by developing methodologies and digital tools; and strengthening the Auditor General's Office's analytical capacity for control and oversight including leveraging artificial intelligence for corruption risk detection."}, {"bbox": [87, 542, 505, 572], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.3 Zone benefitting from the Action"}, {"bbox": [87, 588, 504, 612], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action shall be carried out in Guatemala."}, {"bbox": [87, 641, 322, 672], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [87, 707, 214, 734], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [134, 780, 320, 807], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 1. Digital Agenda"}, {"bbox": [97, 832, 1135, 966], "category": "Text", "text": "Historically, Guatemala has faced significant challenges on its path towards digital transformation, and is lagging behind compared to other countries in the region. The current government led by President César Bernardo Arévalo de León has placed digitalisation high in the agenda and is marking a significant shift by promoting innovative technologies with an anti-corruption focus. This represents a pivotal moment to bolster the foundations of a true digital transformation in Guatemala."}, {"bbox": [97, 1018, 1135, 1230], "category": "Text", "text": "**The K'atun National Development Plan \"Our Guatemala 2032\" seeks to achieve upper-middle-income status by 2032 following a sustainable development approach.** Strengthening Government of Guatemala (GoG) institutional capacities and improving public management are essential for achieving this vision through the adoption of a government digital transformation for greater transparency, better service delivery, and closer engagement with citizens. The 2024-2028 GoG General Policy outlines ten strategic axes, digital government playing a key role in two of them: (i) improving public management transparency; and (ii) facilitate and enhance public services efficiency. In addition, all GoG institutions were asked to simplify administrative services to help achieve the government's strategic objectives."}, {"bbox": [97, 1257, 1135, 1496], "category": "Text", "text": "**Survey data point to burdensome regulations affecting GoG administrative service delivery.** Historically, public service delivery in Guatemala has been inequitable in terms of coverage and accessibility for all citizens. The GoG, at the central and municipal levels, has made some efforts to tap into the benefits of digitalization to bring services closer to citizens throughout the country. However, without a national strategy, application and impact has been negligible. The 2019 World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report ranked Guatemala 100 out of 141 countries for the burden of government regulations based on executive opinion surveys. Furthermore, the 2023 World Justice Project Index, based on expert and household surveys, presents more critical results, ranking Guatemala 135 out of 142 countries for the extent to which services are delivered without unreasonable delay."}, {"bbox": [97, 1521, 1135, 1627], "category": "Text", "text": "**Despite the GoG's considerable efforts, its progress in digital transformation is lagging behind other countries in the region.** While the GoG has developed a few online services and platforms for citizens in the last years, there are not any official strategies or legal frameworks to ensure inclusive adoption and reliable quality. Guatemala ranks 121 out of the 193 countries included in the United Nations E-Government Development Index"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1679, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 5 of 38"}]