The Designing and Implementation of Governmental Interoperability Solution (X-Road) in Namibia

Summary

Aim

The e-Governance Academy worked to complete an inventory assessment and make a detailed plan for implementation of a governmental interoperability framework.

• To implement and launch the governmental interoperability framework, based on the Estonian X-Road solution, into the Namibian e-Government interoperability system
• To develop the organizational setup, regulatory framework and principle standards related to the e-government interoperability system to be used by various ministries, offices, agencies and other governmental institutions

Outcomes

• First stage
  • The e-Governance Academy completed an inventory assessment and made a detailed plan for the project implementation.
  • eGA analysed the inventory of the present systems, databases, and ICT infrastructure to deliver an assessment of its readiness for connection with the interoperability platform.
  • eGA assessed additional work necessary to guarantee the efficient and effective implementation of the e-government interoperability system
  • eGA examined the inventory of organizational set-up and existing technical (hardware) support and determined if any changes were needed.
  • The existing legal framework was analysed and necessary changes in regard to the implementation of the e-government interoperability system were proposed.
• Second stage
  • eGA analysed current Namibian e-government developments and elaborated proposals for organisational set-up and legal framework to enable data exchange between government databases and information systems
  • A test solution of the e-Government interoperability system was provided and an implementation roadmap was presented for approval
• Third stage
  • Full scale implementation of the interoperability solution with Cybernetica Ltd.

Outputs

A governmental interoperability framework based on Estonian X-Road system was introduced into the Namibian e-Government interoperability system. The governmental interoperability framework was created by using Unified eXchange Platform (UXP) as a interoperability technology. UXP connects any amount of databases in an efficient and secure way and helps to create e-services for government and citizens. UXP was implemented by Cybernetica Ltd. Moreover, eGA developed the organizational setup, regulatory framework and principle standards related to the e-government interoperability system to be used by various ministries, offices, agencies and other governmental institutions.