Introductory mission to Benin

The goal of the mission was to get an overview of the e-government situation in Benin, to share Estonian practical experience in the e-governance field, to assess the current situation and to bring out the general findings and suggestions for further activities.

The aims were the followings:

• Reviewing and advising on the current state of the e-government situation in Benin with recommendations on how to further develop their e-government activities.
• Identifying different opportunities in e-government, specially focusing on:
• E-Identity strategies, technologies and operations;
• e-Government interoperability framework and technology architecture (X-road and the next steps to implement it);
• Security incident handling & monitoring;
• Legal situation for e-government;
• Cyber security strategy and methods.
• Sharing Estonian e-government best practises and discussing the opportunities for further cooperation.