Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Microsoft and the government of Malaysia have announced the MyDIGITAL GovTech Innovation partnership. Building on continued efforts to bolster Malaysia’s economic resilience, Microsoft and key government agencies such as MyDIGITAL Corporation and the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) will equip civil servants with digital skills and training, to support the nation’s aspiration for inclusive, responsible, and sustainable development.
The announcement represents the next milestone of the government of Malaysia’s partnership with Microsoft, progressing towards achieving the targets outlined in the 12th Malaysia Plan and Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint. The targets include 80% adoption of cloud storage across the government in 2022 and 100% digital literacy among civil servants as well as 80% end-to-end online Government services by 2025.
The partnership builds on the Letter of Intent (LoI) signed between Microsoft and MyDIGITAL Corporation during the Prime Minister, Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Bin Yaakob’s visit to the United States in May 2022. The LoI identified areas of collaboration including developing cybersecurity capabilities, driving the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector, and nurturing skilled talent to grow the digital economy.
Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, minister for economy in Malaysia’s prime minister’s department, shared, “Our long-standing partnership with Microsoft enables the civil service to be more innovative, data-driven, and rakyat-centric in finding solutions as well as formulating effective policies. We welcome Microsoft’s continued contribution as a knowledge and technology partner to Malaysia, including their commitment to training 300,000 people by 2024 with the Human Resource Development Corporation.”
Simultaneously, Jean-Philippe Courtois, EVP and president for national transformation partnerships at Microsoft, said, “This year marks Microsoft’s 30 years in Malaysia, and we are happy to commemorate the occasion with our partners from the Government of Malaysia. Microsoft will remain steadfast in our partnership to enable Malaysia to leverage its expertise and capabilities in technology to power inclusive economic growth and resilience in the digital era.”
The announcement is in addition to the Cloud Framework Agreement (CFA) signed between Microsoft and MAMPU, to create a trusted cloud network and empower the public sector of Malaysia in its digital transformation journey.
K Raman, MD of Microsoft in Malaysia, said, “This partnership was further cemented during the launch of Microsoft’s Bersama Malaysia commitment last year, where we pledged to establish our first data center region in the country and skill an additional 1 million Malaysians by the end of 2023 while forming the MyDigital Alliance Leadership Council to collaborate on cloud-first and digital-native policies.”
