End of Commitment Report – LaPazTec, a program to promote technological entrepreneurship among young people.

Name of Evaluator

Milenka Villegas

Email

[email protected]

Member Name

La Paz, Bolivia

Action PlanAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen... Title

Action plan – La Paz, Bolivia, 2025 – 2026

CommitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action...

LaPazTec, a program to promote technological entrepreneurship among young people.

Action

Call for young people to submit projects related to technological innovation, and then help incubate technological ventures based on agility. The best solutions will have access to cloud-based technological infrastructure thanks to our partners, enabling them to promote their ventures. To this end, there will be a selection process, mentoring, and coworking spaces.

Problem

In Bolivia, many young people start businesses to generate disruptive innovation in the market. These are called startups, and they seek to quickly validate their business model and gain traction in the market to obtain resources and investors. However, only 1 in 5 startups achieve success. There are various reasons why most ventures fall by the wayside, including a lack of space to support these ventures and promote effective acceleration, and a lack of cloud-based technological infrastructure to showcase their products and grow in a market segment.

1.1 What was the overall level of progress in the commitment implementation at the time of this assessment?

complete

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

LaPazTec has fostered economic development through the municipality’s innovative, creative, entrepreneurial, and technological ecosystem. It encompasses everything from creating public spaces for co-creation and learning, to training programs with innovation and technology components, and even showcasing inspiring innovators from La Paz.

• https://lapaz.bo/lapaztec/
• Call for Applications LaPazTec Bicentennial
• Public Policies Catalog – LaPazTec

1.2 Describe the main external or internal factors that impacted implementation of this commitment and how they were addressed (or not).

Collaboration and coordination with universities and private sectorGovernments are working to open private sector practices as well — including through beneficial ownership transparency, open contracting, and regulating environmental standards. Technical specificat... More companies have been fundamental to this commitment. Fostering the development of innovative tools that benefit citizens were significant challenges.

1.3 Was the commitment implemented as originally planned?

All of the commitment milestones were implemented as planned

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

The LaPazTec technology innovation challenge, aimed at boosting startups, business ideas, and existing ventures in areas such as digital health, the circular economy, green technology, blockchain, technology educationAccountability within the public education system is key to improving outcomes and attainment, and accountability is nearly impossible without transparent policies and opportunities for participation ..., and others, featured the participation of several technology entrepreneurs and provided a platform to showcase diverse projects from various sectors, ranging from education to the green and creative economy, including educational platforms, business connections, and online stores. The partnership with AWS allowed the winners to acquire cloud storage credits.

• Promotion – website
• More information – website

2.1.1. – Did the government disclose more information; improve the quality of the information (new or existing); improve the value of the information; improve the channels to disclose or request information or improve accessibility to information?

Not Applicable

2.1.2. – Did the government create new opportunities to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation inform or influence decisions; improve existing channels or spaces to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation/ inform or influence decisions; create or improve capabilities in the government or the public aimed to improve how the government seeks feedback from citizens/enables participation/ or allows for the public to inform or influence decisions?

Yes

Degree of result:

Major

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

It allowed the participation of young people and technology entrepreneurs to help solve citizens’ needs.

2.1.3 Did the government create or improve channels, opportunities or capabilities to hold officials answerable to their actions?

Not Applicable

2.1.4 Other Results

Not Applicable

2.2 Did the commitment address the public policy problem that it intended to address as described in the action plan?

Yes

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

This commitment fulfilled its objective, allowing young entrepreneurs to be involved in the formulation of technological solutions to citizen needs.

3. Provide at least one lesson or reflection relating to the implementation of this commitment. It can be the identification of key barriers to implementation, an unexpected help/hindrance, recommendations for future commitments, or if the commitment should be taken forward to the next action plan.

Collaborative work with public and private institutions has made it possible to promote the impact of technological solutions created by young entrepreneurs, startups, and others who want to showcase their solutions and seek an opportunity to venture into projects that benefit citizens.