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Nigeria has a fewer policies and strategies successful spot to enactment integer translation and integer innovation and entrepreneurship.It is argued that portion policies specified arsenic the Digital Economy Strategy (2020-2030) and the National Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship Policy, which outlines cardinal transportation mechanisms, are successful place, execution of cardinal policies down to the authorities level is lagging.
Insights from divers studies and stakeholder engagements uncover that a participatory argumentation implementation model is indispensable for ensuring the effectiveness, accountability, empowerment and sustainability of policies crossed divers contexts.
The Participatory Policy Implementation Framework (PPIF), which was developed by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), successful collaboration with the GIZ/Digital Transformation Center (DTC) Nigeria, was precocious handed implicit to the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy for upscaling astatine the national level. It volition beryllium implemented successful aviator programmes astatine the authorities level to beforehand socialisation and adoption.
“The European Union’s committedness to integer translation is profoundly rooted successful the EU Commission’s improvement model connected Digitalisation.”
This model emphasises inclusive, sustainable and human-centric integer growth, principles that resonate powerfully with Nigeria’s priorities successful the integer economy.
“Our Digital Compass 2030 strategy aims to make a digitally skilled population, robust integer infrastructures and a secure, sustainable integer environment. These objectives align seamlessly with the goals of the NSA and NDLF,” Frank Okafor, the Programme Manager, Green and Digital Economy and European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said.
The model volition facilitate inclusive, transparent and effectual implementation of nationalist policies and strategies astatine sub-national levels. Rooted successful the principles of stakeholder engagement and collaborative governance, it aims to span the spread betwixt argumentation formulation and execution.
Accordingly, the model was developed by actively involving divers stakeholders, including authorities and non-state actors, backstage assemblage and section communities, astatine some nationalist and sub-national levels. A structured methodology that incorporates a reappraisal of existing frameworks and the adaptation of planetary champion practices was applied.
The value of the PPIF successful ensuring inclusivity and collaboration successful the implementation of policies presents immense benefits to people, businesses and the country.
It besides includes accrued transparency and accountability successful argumentation improvement and implementation processes and gathering spot betwixt authorities institutions and citizens.
Furthermore, it volition besides heighten section relevance by integrating indigenous cognition and section perspectives, ensuring policies are contextually applicable to the radical they service and enabling policies to beryllium much adaptable to changing circumstances.
PPIF volition besides heighten argumentation implementation and sustainability, empower stakeholders and foster a consciousness of ownership and responsibility. It volition beforehand evidence-based decision-making and policies for amended outcomes.
The Digital Transformation Centre Nigeria is jointly funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
The task focuses connected digitalisation, innovation and entrepreneurship. The purpose is to lend to the betterment of the capableness of the Nigerian system to utilise integer innovations for growth, and to physique a thriving and inclusive integer innovation ecosystem.
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