What is the role of the private sector partners in GIF project?
The private sector partners provide technical information and advice. We support the involvement of the private sector since they are usually in the leading edge of technological development. They can also share their experiences in working with other countries on GIF development, open standards and Service Oriented Architecture. Industry can also provide valuable advice on what policy and/or incentive would strengthen public-private partnerships. In countries with GIFs, their respective private sector representatives were involved in Working Groups that drafted the GIF or acted as external consultants to review and comment on draft GIFs. Please tell us about the status of the GIF project in terms of analysing what are the practices on interoperability achieved based on Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) or Open Standards adoption? We are finalising the Policy Maker’s Guide and Technical Officials Guide to be released this year along with a comparative analysis of existing GIFs, inc
