Launch of the OECD Digital Government Outlook

Governments face a growing disconnect between rising expectations for speed, adaptability and responsiveness, and institutional systems that have not kept pace. Digital technologies are now essential for addressing today's policy and service delivery challenges.

While the OECD data shows progress in digital strategies and frameworks, the focus must shift to delivering real impact through stronger data governance, wider use of digital infrastructure, modernised investment, trusted AI, and more human-centred services.Launch of the OECD Digital Government Outlook

Launch of the OECD Digital Government Outlook

This high-level virtual event marks the inauguralLaunch of the OECD Digital Government Outlook. The report provides a comprehensive, forward-looking assessment of these dynamics across 36 OECD Members and 8 accession candidate countries. 

Drawing on the results of the 2025 DGI and OURdata, it evaluates both progress and persistent gaps across key areas of digital transformation of government, identifying what governments need to do to move from digital ambition to public sector performance in an environment of rapid technological change, fiscal constraints and limited public trust.

Programme

During this high-level virtual event, the OECD will present the report's key findings and cross-country trends, and convene a strategic, forward-looking debate on the policy choices that will determine whether governments are able to move from digital foundations to transformational impact. 

Through ministerial interventions and a moderated panel with senior digital leaders, the event will explore the trade-offs governments face in turning digital foundations into tangible results for people, and the role of international co-operation in navigating those choices. 

12:00–12:20  Opening remarks

• Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, OECD
• Hisashi Matsumoto, Minister for Digital Transformation, Japan
• Yun Hojung, Minister of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea
• Karianne Oldernes Tung, Norway’s Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance 

12:20–12:35  Presenting the OECD Digital Government Outlook

During this session, the headline results from the Digital Government Outlook will be presented, with a focus on key findings across four areas: digital infrastructure and data; institutional capacity, governance of investments and digital talent; AI governance, enablers, guardrails and adoption; and human-centred and proactive government services.

Speaker: Gillian Dorner, Deputy Director of Public Governance (GOV) 

12:35–13:15  Panel discussion

The panel will provide a forward-looking reflection on the strategic choices digital leaders face to ensure their governments are future-ready. Drawing on findings from the Digital Government Outlook and their own country experience, panellists will be invited to discuss the policy decisions that will define the next decade, from infrastructure and talent to AI governance and proactive services, and to reflect on the role of the OECD in convening international co-operation among like-minded countries to navigate these choices together.

Moderator: Elsa Pilichowski, Director of Public Governance (GOV)

• Australia – Mr. Chris Fechner, CEO, Digital Transformation Agency (WP E-Leaders Chair)
• Denmark – Mr. Adam Lebech, Deputy Director-General, Agency for Digital Government 
• Israel – Mr. Nati Cohen, Head, National Digital Agency 
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – Ms. Paula Acosta, Chief Institutional Capacity of State Division