The digital government context in Colombia

This chapter offers an overview of the evolution and current status of Colombia’s Online Government Strategy and related policies. It reviews the government’s programme design and implementation. The aim is to understand the history, scale, context, declared objectives and operating environment of Colombia’s Online Government Strategy to inform the parameters of the transitional impact assessment methodology discussed in Chapter 2. In light of the broader strategic goals of the Colombian government, the chapter sets out the areas and expected impacts on which to focus the assessment of digital government.