Project Information Document - Grenada Digital Governance for Resilience - P167588

In 2013, with the support of the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund, and the Caribbean Development Bank, the Government of Grenada (GOG) developed the Homegrown Structural Adjustment Program (HSAP), which put the country back on a path of recovery. [...] Component 3 will strengthen institutional capacity, coordination, and management in the context of the challenges and particularities of operating in a small island state context, with the objective to ensure that the public sector and citizens develop the digital literacy and awareness skills necessary to navigate the improvements introduced under the first two components. [...] Given the criticality of payment (taxes and fees for services) and identification (birth certificate) systems for citizens to access public and commercial facilities following natural disasters, facilitating the continuity of these services in the aftermath of a disaster will contribute to reducing the vulnerability of citizens and businesses to climate change. [...] This component will finance activities to strengthen the technical and project management capacity of the public sector to transition to a digital service delivery environment, as well as ensure that the public sector and citizens develop the digital literacy and awareness skills necessary to navigate the improvements introduced under the first two components. [...] The project preparation data collection and stakeholder capacity assessments indicated that the transformative nature of the project, its technical and operational complexity, and the challenges presented by ICT procurements, will require long-term, on-the- ground, embedded project management and technical advisory services to help overcome the implementation challenges experienced in the past by