Building bridges between the government and private sector in Poland
GovTech Polska
GovTech Polska is a cross-ministerial task force operating in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. We’ve been charged with a wide mandate for facilitating the adoption of innovative policies and technical solutions across the public sector. Our mission is to build bridges between the government and the private sector and civic organizations enabling them to provide solutions suitable for the needs of the public administration.
As well as coordinating strategic projects in the digital area, we support the adoption of new disruptive technologies and innovation for the Poland’s government and the whole public sector.
GovTech Polska discovers and promotes the Polish innovation potential, develops the public-private cooperation and partnership with innovators and the engagement of the civil society.
To complement our policymaking activity, we create the digital tools and instruments to support our mission. Ranging from a fake-news detection portal, to an online tool allowing SMEs to participate in public tenders at a click of a button, to a platform allowing entrepreneurs to leverage the government’s e-services in their products. Wherever innovation occurs – we’re there!
Location
Warsaw, Poland
Nature of programme or organisation
Coordination of digital and innovation policy with a focus on deployment
Position
Part of central government
Geographical area covered
Europe
Website
gov.pl/govtech
Email
Govtech@kprm.gov.pl
Facebook
facebook.com/GovTechPolska
Instagram
instagram.com/GovTech_Polska
Twitter
twitter.com/govtechpl
Project showcase
We launched the platform where students, teachers and school headmasters have access to educational contents, sample lesson plans and the catalogue of parts of the tools allowing to build a "remote class". We assisted schools in the process of adopting online learning tools.
gov.pl/zdalnelekcje
Hackathons are our specialty. In 2019 and 2018 Europe’s largest hackathons were held in Poland. In response to the pandemic, we organised three hackathons, bringing many solutions to challenges the public sector faced in the time of crisis.
hackyeah.pl
During the pandemic, tens of thousands of councils, teams and other bodies were left unable to meet and make decisions. To help them and the communities they represent, we introduced legislative changes and collaborated with the “eSesja” program to enable 35,000 unique users to hold discussions and cast their votes remotely in a transparent and secure way.
esesja.pl
#FakeHunter is a community-based project for verifying content published on the Internet, launched by the Polish Press Agency (PAP) together with GovTech Polska. It aims to demystify and refute false information related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
fakehunter.pap.pl/en/
gov.pl/web/govtech/podejmij-walke-z-dezinformacja-w-internecie-dolacz-do-zespolu-fakehuner
github.com/govtech-polska