For digital public services that are a joy to use

The quality of digitisation of public services in the Czech Republic is below the EU average. We are even at the tail end of the OECD in terms of trust in institutions. From its clients - citizens, citizens and companies - the state received a three in digitisation. That is why the Services.Digital project was created.

We research the attitudes and experiences of users, improve the quality management of digital government services, recommend systemic changes and gain support for them.
9/10 vs. 4/10
9/10 people think they have the right to do their official business digitally. Only 4/10 are satisfied with the state of digitalisation.
Further findings
from research

How big is the problem?

Citizens expect quality digital services, but most are dissatisfied with them. Companies are losing time and competitiveness. The state is not saving where it could.

Services do not consider their clients

88% of digitally included citizens consider themselves at least intermediate users of digital tools, but only 62% of them feel comfortable in the context of official matters.

Citizens' expectations are not met

Citizens and businesses would appreciate greater simplicity, clarity, speed, proactivity or flexibility of the authorities and their services.

Authorities and services are not efficient

Digitisation of government services saves 2% of GDP in Estonia. In the Czech Republic, the potential to digitise efficiently and save resources has not yet been fully exploited.
Why is it urgent?

Digitalisation is losing political priority. Elections are around the corner. If quality of service is not a cross-party issue, we will have wasted 4 years.

Among the experts we interviewed in depth, there is scepticism about the quality, pace and future of digitalisation in the Czech Republic.

The idea of diluting or abolishing the Digital Information Agency after the elections is being floated in the media. We are in danger of burning time with complex reorganisation instead of prioritising the needs of people and businesses.

How satisfied are the state's clients with the most important aspects of digitalisation?

Satisfaction (%)

Importance (%)

Availability and

47
36
83

On-line overview

45
32
77

Proactive

50
32
82

All through one

46
32
77

Status report

51
31
82

Security and

59
30
89

Pre-populated

52
30
82

User

60
25
85

Saving time and money

66
20
86

Use

71
13
83

From vision to solution

The low satisfaction of the state's clients with its digital services shows that we need to make many changes. In our project, we will first embark on research: we will uncover the needs and expectations of citizens, companies and business from digital public services, while exploring the current state of these services and the state's plans for their further development. We will then describe the gap between this "supply and demand" and propose solutions to fill it.This is how we will get to our destination - pro-client digital state services:
Q1-Q3 2025

Research and analysis

In cooperation with STEM, research is being conducted to map the obstacles and expectations of the state's clients (citizens, self-employed, companies), as well as providers and suppliers of digital public services.

Our goal is to provide public administration representatives with data on user needs and an analysis of the barriers to quality digitisation on the government side.

Q2-Q3 2025

Measuring the user-friendliness of digitalisation

We will map the management of digital service quality and propose metrics that will contribute to public administrations measuring the quality of public services in a way that is telling and trusted by key stakeholders.

Q2-Q3 2025

Digitisation map and recommendations

We will create a map showing the current structure and links of the digital transformation of public administration.

The map reveals so-called leverage points - places in the system whose improvement can trigger a chain reaction of other positive changes.