

This makes their work more complex and time-consuming. This is the first project in Japan where all local governments in a prefecture work on digitalizing administrative procedures under the initiative of a prefectural government.Īlthough municipalities have increasingly digitalized their procedures, paper-based applications will remain more prevalent than electronic applications for the time being, forcing local government staff to handle both types. Through the project, the local governments in Ehime Prefecture aim to increase residents’ satisfaction with services by cutting costs and allocating more time to higher-value government services or services unique to local government. Through the project, Govmates will visualize and standardize the internal work of all 20 cities and towns in Ehime Prefecture for the 27 procedures *1 that the Japanese government has been working to digitalize using My Number Cards, and will help cut government costs while reducing the workload of government staff.

(Konica Minolta Publitech), has been awarded a 500 million yen contract for a “project to build a standardized model of operations for cities and towns” from the Ehime Prefectural Government.

(Change) and Konica Minolta Publitech, Inc. (Govmates), a joint venture established by Change Inc. Matsuyama, Ehime & Tokyo (June 20, 2022) - Govmates, Inc.
