Central Asia-as-a-Platform Strategy and Digital Solutions Centre for Sustainable Development
Regional digital platform for sharing and scaling sustainable development solutions
Description
The Central Asia-as-a-Platform Strategy and Digital Solutions Centre for Sustainable Development is a working paper that analyses the digital readiness of Central Asian countries, detailing the impact of global trends, and the digital policies, strategies, and initiatives to respond to such trends. Key proposal that is highlighted in the resource is the establishment of Digital Solutions Centre for Sustainable Development in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The centre will serve as a digital platform and implementor of subregional digital strategy. The initiative addresses challenges such as fragmented access to digital resources, lack of coordinated regional solutions, and limited data sharing between institutions; inspiring Central Asian governments to make digital integration an explicit national policy priority.
Technology
The resource recommends technologies such as AI, e-commerce, and digital finance that can foster new growth engines for the region. Digital solutions that are seen as transformative for nexus approach include water-energy and e-agriculture digital platforms serving as building blocks for subregional digital integrations. The proposed digital transformation and integration of national digital platforms is expected to be enabled by big data revolution and platform economy that can increase the competitiveness of Central Asian countries.
Target
Primary users include public sector agencies, academic and research institutions, rural community organizations, and cooperatives. The platform enables these stakeholders to access shared resources, collaborate on regional challenges, and implement digital solutions tailored to local contexts.
Business model
Impact
The resource aims to accelerate and facilitate the development of a digital strategy in Central Asia, particularly in establishing digital connectivity and transformation in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia.
Partners
Information and Communications Technology and Development Section of IDD; Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT)
Four Betters
Better life
