Graduation ceremony of 5th KP Govt Innovation fellowship program held.

PESHAWAR -- The graduation ceremony of 5th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Innovation Fellowship Program was held here on Friday with Advisor to Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Science and Information Technology Ziaullah Bangash as chief guest during certificates distribution ceremony.

KP Government Innovation Fellowship Program is a partnership between Code for Pakistan, KPITB, and the World Bank, launched in 2014 and is a six-month mentored Fellowship program and 17 fellows successfully completed their fellowship.

During the six month fellowship program they developed digital tools and applications to strengthen government departments, improve citizen-facing service delivery and government service delivery by using industry best practices and new and emerging tools and technologies.

Advisor to CM for ST and IT Zaiullah Bangash was the chief guest of the graduation ceremony. Director KPITB Asim Jamsheed, representatives from partnering government departments, the World Bank, Cod for Pakistan, technologists, mentors and media attended the event.

The Fellowship program currently wrapped up its 5th cycle, where 17 fellows worked with six KP government departments to help them improve internal development processes and innovate in citizen-facing public service delivery.

The fellows developed innovative and valuable applications for provincial departments include the KP Toilet Finder app for Watsan Cell, an Open Data Portal for Performance Management and Reforms Unit (PMRU), Monitoring and Reporting System for Chief Secretary Delivery Unit, Online Streaming and Polling Portal for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly, Augmented Reality-Based Indoor Navigation System for Public Hospitals and...