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OpenGov Asia is pleased to bring an exclusive Breakfast Insight to aims to provide the latest information on delivering an effective and efficient citizen experience.
No one could have predicted disruption in the way that the COVID-19 brought and continues to bring. The impact on individual lives and communities is staggering.
Yet in all the chaos and loss is a silver lining. The crisis has accelerated a move to digital across the public sectors. Burdened with an explosion in demand for services, COVID-19 provided an opportunity for governments to transition services online. They had to rethink how to best serve citizens through proactive, transparent communication and citizen-centric digital offerings with always-on service.
As Singapore starts to slowly pivot from COVID-19 crisis management to recovery and reopening of economies, it is clear that international travel is unlikely to resume anytime soon. The period of contagion, self-isolation and economic uncertainty has transformed consumer needs and behaviour, thereby impacting the tourism industry. With the borders reopening, the tourism and travel industry might see a brighter year. However, even with the development of several vaccines, it will take time for mass leisure travel and traveller confidence to return.
In the first three quarters of 2020 Singapore saw a decline in both visitor arrivals and tourism reciepts. Therefore, it is important to create opportunities for the industry to thrive by encouraging domestic advocacy and building domestic demand.
The tourism industry have displayed immense resilience and adaptability throughout this difficult period, reinventing their business models and leveraging technology to reinvent the industry. The pandemic has accelerated key payments and commerce trends, such as the shift towards online channels and experiences, as well as increased usage of electronic payments.
In their journey, governments have realised improving the citizen experiences online drives better critical outcomes such as
(McKinsey & Company, 2018)
Changes in citizens preferences and behaviour are likely to persist. Hence, businesses need to be agile in adapting to the new paradigm and agencies need to offer citizens far more accessible services in the most remote locations across almost every conceivable smart device, 24×7 in the safety of their homes.
Government agencies were challenged to meet heightened expectations and increased demand for their services. In fact, meeting demand for assistance and services has been one of the top challenges throughout the pandemic, followed very closely by citizen confusion and frustration. Citizens expect services to be simple, accessible and readily available online.
Transformational technology trends in enhancing citizen experiences
In times of constant change governments need to be more intuvitve to sense and respond to new technology opportunities to drive digital transformation to enchance citizen experiences. Some of the trends are listed below
A good example is Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM), in the past, citizens who accessed the MOM website visitors found it difficult to navigate through long pages for a specific piece of information. The Ministry explored options for a new flexible and unified content management system that would enable quick, analytics-driven changes.
The content redesign helped users spend on average 21% less time on site, getting to answers faster. By engaging in a site transformation plan, the number of MOM website page views has increased by 83% and site traffic is up, with 65% more new users. Survey results indicate over 20% improvement in customer ratings with visitors lauding the site for being responsive, intuitive and customer-centric. (Sitecore, 2020)
Digital transformation efforts can not only deliver long-term savings and huge gains in effectiveness but also deliver better citizen and workforce experiences.
Improving citizen experiences with technology will help citizens settle in the post-pandemic era efficiently and effectively, returning normalcy and boosting the economy quickly.
This is a closed-door, invitation-only, interactive session with Singapore’s top government agencies.
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This unique session will present the latest research and real-time case studies of enriching citizens experience and reconnecting citizens in the new norm and we will discuss:
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This is a great way to share new knowledge in new normal. Very useful information and hope to attend next event
Financial and Development Supervisory Agency
It was a fruitful breakfast insight with lots of knowledge and discussion
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Ministry of Research and Technology
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