Digital Readiness Assessment
with DPI Safeguards
Dominican Republic
Digital Readiness Assessment with DPI Safeguards
The Dominican Republic has built a functional foundation to advance towards a more integrated, interoperable, inclusive, and people-centred digital transformation. DRA 2.0 provides a strategic reading of the country's digital readiness, while the DPI Safeguards Action Plan translates that diagnosis into concrete measures to strengthen digital trust, data governance, rights protection, inclusion, and institutional sustainability.
What is DRA 2.0?
The Digital Readiness Assessment and Digital Public Infrastructure Safeguards for the Dominican Republic, DRA 2.0, is a strategic diagnostic tool implemented in the country under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Administration (MAP), with support from UNDP. It assesses the national digital ecosystem through five enabling pillars: Government, Connectivity, Regulation, People, and Digital Economy, together with the DPI Safeguards axis.
Its purpose is to identify progress, structural gaps and consolidation opportunities to guide a sustainable, inclusive, secure and people-centred digital transformation. DRA 2.0 assesses not only technology availability, but also the institutional, regulatory, economic and social capabilities needed for digitisation to generate public value.
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DRA 2.0
Digital readiness diagnostic for the Dominican Republic.
DPI Safeguards
Digital safeguards action plan for DPI.
Country indicators in the Digital Compass
Digital Development Compass indicators for the Dominican Republic.
Territorial Human Development Platform DR
UNDP territorial platform to explore information, initiatives and human development solutions in the Dominican Republic.
Maturity Model
Basic
Initial digital adoption
Opportune
First implementations
Systematic
Established functional capabilities
Differential
Advanced integration
Transformational
Digital excellence
Basic
Initial digital adoption
Opportune
First implementations
Systematic
Established functional capabilities
Differential
Advanced integration
Transformational
Digital excellence
The systematic stage reflects the existence of functional institutional capabilities, operational digital platforms and growing adoption of digital services by the State, private sector and citizens. However, challenges remain around full interoperability, system integration, digital capabilities and coordinated governance.
Executive Summary
The country has made relevant progress in digital public services, connectivity, digital payments, identity, interoperability and the digital economy. The main challenge is not to launch isolated new agendas, but to consolidate an integrated digital architecture.
Personal data protection, cybersecurity, transparency, traceability, and responsible use of emerging technologies are essential to sustain digital adoption.
Technological progress is moving faster than organisational capabilities, digital talent, change management, and specialised skills.
Gaps especially affect rural populations, older adults, persons with disabilities, women in vulnerable contexts and young people outside education or employment.
DRA 2.0 Pillars and DPI Safeguards
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Visualizations
Systematic
Overall stage
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Stakeholders
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Experts
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Assessed pillars
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Safeguard areas
Comparative view of balance across the assessed pillars. A more even shape indicates more distributed capabilities; differences show where the agenda needs further integration.
Linear reading of maturity scores on a 1 to 5 scale. It helps quickly identify pillars with stronger relative progress and those that require reinforcement.
Strategic DRA Recommendations
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What is the DPI Safeguards Action Plan?
The DPI Safeguards Action Plan is a roadmap to strengthen public governance of digital safeguards in the Dominican Republic. It is based on DRA 2.0 findings and aligned with MAP's Strategic Framework for Digital Administration and Public Innovation 2024 to 2030.
The Plan translates the DRA 2.0 diagnosis into practical measures to prevent, mitigate, and manage risks associated with Digital Public Infrastructure. Its purpose is to strengthen digital trust, personal data protection, cybersecurity, inclusion, accountability, and institutional sustainability.
Safeguards are enabling conditions for digital public infrastructure to remain trusted, inclusive, and sustainable.
Foundation for inclusion
Safeguards break down barriers like language, literacy, and socio-economic status to ensure marginalised groups, such as rural farmers and women, are fully included.
Gateway to adoption
Trust is the gateway to uptake. By addressing data privacy and user needs, safeguards turn sceptics into active users, boosting engagement across rural and urban divides.
Operational efficiency
Seamless interoperability and transparent processes streamline operations, reducing costs and administrative friction for governments, providers, and people.
Fuel for innovation
Inclusive design and multi-stakeholder collaboration transform DPI into a living ecosystem that adapts to local contexts and global challenges.
Long-term viability
Embedded from the start, safeguards ensure DPI's long-term viability, preventing exclusion and building resilient, scalable systems for the future.
Action Plan Measures Table
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| Area | Recommended measure | Expected result | Lead actor | Timeframe | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data protection | Strengthen the comprehensive personal data protection framework | Greater legal certainty and digital trust | MAP and competent actors | Medium term | In preparation |
| Data protection | Establish DPIAs for priority DPI systems | Early identification of risks and mitigation measures | MAP | Short term | Initial priority |
| Interoperability | Develop an inventory of public services and base registries | Better interoperability planning | MAP and OGTIC | Short term | Initial priority |
| Interoperability | Establish purpose-based data exchange agreements | Greater traceability and accountability | MAP and OGTIC | Short to medium term | In design |
| Identity | Develop an identity safeguards policy | Secure and inclusive digital identity | JCE and MAP | Medium term | Requires coordination |
| Digital payments | Strengthen digital consumer protection | Greater trust in digital payments | Central Bank and competent actors | Medium term | In preparation |
| Inclusion | Conduct digital inclusion assessments | More accessible and equitable services | MAP | Short to medium term | Recommended |
| Governance | Clarify institutional mandates | Less fragmentation and stronger coordination | MAP | Short term | Initial priority |
| Emerging technologies | Establish algorithmic impact assessments | Responsible use of AI and automation | MAP and competent actors | Medium term | Preliminary |
| Whole-of-society | Create a multi-stakeholder consultative coalition | Feedback, social validation and monitoring | MAP | Short term | Recommended |
Roadmap
The Way Ahead
DRA 2.0 and the DPI Safeguards Action Plan open a shared agenda for diagnosis, action, and continued collaboration. This pathway invites public institutions, civil society, academia, the private sector, and international partners to keep shaping a trusted, inclusive, and sustainable digital transformation.
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