Antigua and Barbuda’s Rosa Greenaway on Winning Team at UN Hackathon in Azerbaijan
The team’s proposal to improve access to government services placed first among eight entries in a vote by fellow participants at the UN Governance Innovation Summit.
A team that included Antigua and Barbuda Permanent Secretary Rosa Greenaway won the closing hackathon at the UN Governance Innovation Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a proposal to improve how citizens access government services.
Greenaway, who serves in the Ministry of Social and Urban Transformation, represented Antigua and Barbuda at the summit. Her team’s proposal, titled “Omni Channel Services Delivery,” placed first among eight entries after fellow participants judged it the most innovative, practical and impactful.
The hackathon brought together 100 international participants to develop proposals on climate resilience, citizen engagement and public service delivery. Each team had to define a problem, explain its proposed solution and show what made the approach innovative and how it could make a difference.
The wider summit drew about 200 participants, including ministers, senior government officials, experts and representatives of international and regional organisations. Discussions covered the use of artificial intelligence and other digital tools to make public services more accessible, as well as ways to strengthen government accountability and citizen engagement.
Delegates also toured an ASAN Service Centre, part of Azerbaijan’s one-stop public service network. The network operates 28 centres offering nearly 400 services. A guide reported a citizen satisfaction rate of 99.8 per cent. A memorandum of understanding to promote the ASAN model internationally was signed during the summit.
“I witnessed innovation in motion,” Greenaway said of the visit. She thanked Minister of Social and Urban Transformation Rawdon Turner for the opportunity to represent Antigua and Barbuda.
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