Construction Permit, Djibouti

The problem

Traditionally the application for construction permits, inspections, fee payments, and approval has been "over the counter" and paper-based. This makes construction permits time-consuming, complicated to understand, and difficult to comply with.

Digital Construction Permit streamlines the building plan approval system with configurable workflows for effective management through different phases of approval in a user-centric manner. The service provides the following functionalities:

• Online submission of building plans

• Online scrutiny of building plans

• Online fee calculation, payment & reporting

• Site visit scheduling & reporting mechanism

• Online application tracking (pending, rejected, approved)

• Configurable workflow and functionalities

GovStack approach

• Perform a digital readiness assessment

• Identify priority e-government services based on the country's context and needs.

• Co-design the service based on user needs, journeys, and business life events

• Identify a DPG/digital product that meets the business requirements of Djibouti to integrate it with the national tech stack of Djibouti through an open call

• Train the Djibouti digital team on the GovStack Building Block approach.

Roadmap

Expected results

• Digital readiness assessment

• An operational e-construction permit digital service integrated with the Djibouti National Stack following the GovStack principles and approach.

• A reference use case to be demonstrated on the GovStack Sandbox

• Build and train the Djibouti Digital Team

• Build a comprehensive capacity development and change management program