Raising the funds

GTI intends to achieve its goals in two key ways. First, the World Bank’s Global ICT Department has established a Project Development Facility (PDF) based on donor investment. This will ‘jump start’ the creation of between 20 and 30 three-year demonstration projects, of which between five and ten are expected to relate to eID. A further five to ten initiatives are likely to be divided between the other two categories already defined and, if they are successful, the remit of the remaining 10 to 15 will be expanded to cover new, yet to be decided areas of interest.

"Participants can use the PDF to help develop feasibility studies and adapt their legislative framework if need be," explains Besançon. "It’s about helping them to prepare for government transformation in a way that can hopefully be replicated on a large scale." The feasibility studies will then be used to assess the viability of individual proposals. Implementation will subsequently be financed by sources arranged by participating countries. These sources are likely to include development finance institutions and the private sector.

The progress of the feasibility studies will be reviewed at annual Government Transformation Forum meetings, which are designed to showcase best practice.

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