The seventh edition of the CIO Conference, the statutory meeting of the Chief Information Officers of the Beninese administration organised by the Information Services and Systems Agency (ASSI), was held on Thursday 30 September 2021 on the theme “ASSI at the service of sector ministries”.
The seventh edition of the CIO Conference, the statutory meeting of the Chief Information Officers of the Beninese administration organised by the Information Services and Systems Agency (ASSI), was held on Thursday 30 September 2021 on the theme “ASSI at the service of sector ministries”.
Focusing on the projects and services in ASSI's portfolio, the seventh CIO conference aims to strengthen synergy among the various stakeholders in the governance of State information systems. The status of shared digital infrastructure such as the national data centre and the national administration network, the quality of the information systems of the 24 ministries, and the service centre set up by ASSI were on the agenda. “This coordination between the Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and the digital agencies is very important because, given the investments in the sector, it is no longer possible for you to carry out projects without building on the foundations already laid,” Mr Serge ADJOVI, Director General of ASSI, said at the start of the meeting. For the head of ASSI, the national data centre, the PKI infrastructure platform, the national public services portal, the interoperability platform, the national register of natural persons and others are infrastructures capable of facilitating the implementation and development of the CIOs' projects. Mr Aristide ADJINACOU, Director of Operations at ASSI, for his part welcomed the strong turnout of CIOs at the event.
Issues relating to the management of digitisation projects, skills development and the financing of the sector ministries' activities were also discussed by the participants.