Background and objectives of openIMIS and its governance structure

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• Steering Groupdefines overall strategic direction, and decides on the support to potential implementations through the The openIMIS Catalytic Implementation Fund

• Stakeholder Committee provides advice to support the overall outcomes of the openIMIS Initiative.

• Product Group forms the core of the openIMIS Initiative. It consists of:

  • Coordination Deskoperationalizes defined strategic direction, administers budgets and oversees the activities of the involved working groups.

  • Developers Committee develops, maintains and supports at global level the core of openIMIS

  • Implementers Committeesupports at global level implementations regarding implementation steps, training material, requirements of business processes for openIMIS.

• Technical Advisory Group(TAG) provides technical advise to the openIMIS Initiative in its strategic developments, proposals on system architecture and any new functional requirements. The group consists of experts from various fields such as computer science, public health, social protection, data science etc.

• Knowledge Hubs provide support to the community at various levels in order to promote the use of openIMIS, creation and dissemination of knowledge around openIMIS, as well as for capacity development.

Implementation Partners

In addition to the groups described in the governance structure above, Implementation Partners contribute in various capacities to multiple groups in the governance structure. These implementation partnersprovide support to scheme operators/user organizations for implementing openIMIS as well as playing a critical role in increasing the uptake of openIMIS by more schemes. The activities of the implementing partners in implementations together with their activities in the global community enable them to build very strong linkages between the global community and local users and communities. Some examples of the support provided by implementation partners are:

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