World Bank Group Global Program on GovTech & Public Sector Innovation 2026 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: October 2, 2026

Applications are open for the World Bank Group Global Program on GovTech & Public Sector Innovation 2026. The World Bank, the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) invite authorities establishments worldwide to apply for the GovTech Bootcamp on AI in Governance and Public Administration.

This initiative targets authorities establishments in low- and center-revenue international locations which are growing, piloting, or deploying AI-enabled options to strengthen public administration, service supply, transparency, effectivity, and citizen engagement.

Participants will be taught straight from practitioners who design, function, and scale Korea’s public AI methods, have interaction with Korean and World Bank specialists, and develop sensible implementation roadmaps for their very own AI initiatives. Following the bootcamp, collaborating groups will be capable of obtain observe-up assist and technical suggestions to assist advance their initiatives, relying on the power and viability of their proposals and the professional recommendation offered throughout this system.

Benefits

• Up to 5 authorities groups shall be chosen to take part in a totally funded, 5-day technical bootcamp in Seoul.

Eligibility

• Open to authorities companies from low- and center-revenue international locations (LMICs), as categorized by the World Bank’s revenue group methodology. The making use of establishment have to be growing, piloting, or deploying an AI instrument or application for the general public sector that addresses a selected governance or administrative problem.
• Upper-middle-revenue international locations are categorized as LMICs beneath the World Bank’s revenue group methodology and are due to this fact eligible to apply.
• Only authorities establishments could apply. The proposal have to be led by and submitted on behalf of a authorities company with direct institutional authority over the initiative.
• Multiple companies from the identical nation could submit separate proposals. However, just one workforce per nation shall be chosen for the bootcamp.
• Prior participation in World Bank applications doesn’t disqualify an applicant.
• Proposals on the idea, prototype, pilot, or deployment stage are all eligible. However, proposals that reveal concrete institutional backing and a selected, actionable plan shall be prioritized over purely conceptual submissions.

Application

Information classes for potential candidates shall be provided throughout three time zones. Applicants shall be requested to explain the general public sector problem being addressed, the proposed AI resolution, technical and knowledge readiness, institutional assist, implementation dangers, studying aims, and deliberate subsequent steps following the bootcamp.

Applicants might also submit supporting supplies, corresponding to endorsement letters, technical diagrams, coverage paperwork, finances commitments, or different related paperwork.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Global Program on GovTech & Public Sector Innovation.