Assessment and Monitoring.
Design
The strategic guidelines of the government and the development policy of the country served as the basis for the preparation of the Agenda Uruguay Digital 2025. It is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).and with the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (ELAC).
The Agenda was structured by considering all this input, defining five action areas and twelve strategic objectives. The following elaboration stage consisted of the identification of priority initiatives through interviews with authorities of organisations and institutions involved in the digital policy of the country and with the members of the Honorary Advising Board for the Information Society (CAHSI for its acronym in Spanish).
This gathering of initiatives was followed by the design of goals, which provide cohesion, sense, and direction to the initiatives of the organisations and institutions, turning them into the digital policy of this five-year term. These goals are supported by the authorities in charge of its implementation, the Executive Council Board (CDH for its acronym in Spanish) of Agesic and the CAHSI; likewise, these are considered in the budget planning of the institutions in charge of the execution.
Monitoring and assessment of results
A continuous monitoring system and an intermediate revision are also part of this agenda. Each goal shall be monitored by one or more indicators, for the progress of its compliance to be measurable. This follow-up will be carried out through a matrix of indicators of public access through a website, and biannual reports of the advances will be made after the analysis.
As the party in charge of the coordination, Agesic will be responsible for the monitoring during the execution period of AUD 2025, as a sign of commitment to keep a smooth and regular dialogue with the various actors during the five-year term.
On the other hand, the AUD 2025 will carry out frequent assessments of results, focused on the levels of adoption and satisfaction with the digital services in the population in general and in priority sectors, such as women and rural population. The source of the quantitative data will be the regular studies coordinated by Agesic, such as the Survey of Use of Information Technology and Communications (EUTIC for its acronym in Spanish) and the Study of Behaviour, Attitudes and Practices of the digital Citizens (CAP for its acronym in Spanish). The qualitative information shall be gathered through diverse techniques, which include discussion groups and in-depth interviews.
The process of monitoring and assessment shall be carried out with a gender perspective, with the aim of measuring the incidence of each initiative of the Agenda on the inequality between women and men, in particular on the gender digital gap.
Intermediate Revision
The rare context created by the COVID-19 pandemic during which this process took place, in addition to the quick advance of technology requires the agenda to be an “alive” tool. Therefore, at least one medium-term update will take place, allowing to review the progress of the bundle of proposals as well as to add new ones.