TIRANA, Feb 13 /ATA/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama attended Tuesday the World Government Summit in Dubai that brought together heads of state and government and leaders from all over the world, high representatives of international and regional organisations and global institutions, under the theme of ‘Shaping Future Governments’.
Prime Minister Rama was invited to the panel “Transforming Nations: Is Tech our Solution” in a conversation with the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss role of technology in addressing government challenges at a time when Albania ranks among countries with distinguished results in digital governance.
Former British Prime Minister noted that the world is living through this extraordinary technology revolution.
“We are living through this extraordinary technology revolution and in my judgment and also in judgment of my organization, which works in many countries throughout the world, this technology revolution gives us to do something that has not been conceived of many, many years, and that is to re-imagine the state itself, because a 19th century state was a minimalist state that didn’t do enough for the people, didn’t raise a lot of money, didn’t spend a lot of money and didn’t do a lot for the people. The 20th century state grew into a huge apparatus, especially in the developed nations with large amounts of money spent, a large amount of provision from the government, but today is not operating in a very effective way,” Blair said.
Ex-British PM Blair noted that Albania has made a huge leap forward and the country is harnessing the technology to best deliver public services to the citizens.
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