Estonia is the model of the most technologically advanced country, with a revolutionary system that has turned to a technological era within the bureaucracy apparatus: voting, signing documents, filling out tax returns, business, get licenses, permits and other documents are done online by the system named X-Road. This systems allows to avoid procedures that would take days, weeks or even months in other countries[1].

Now, which is the importance of creating public structures around the concept of tech innovation on the framework of a 4^th Industrial Revolution?

Technology advances in public management represents more than a faster system of voting, signing or getting licenses, it supposes a whole prevention on corruption. Indeed, when the citizenship has a direct and fluid electronic relationship with the government the power of accountability gives a shift to the traditional codes of behavior and “clean” the system automatically. Is it so, that a “good accountability” means a more effectiveness  and contributes to a system based on good governance. Therefore preventing corruption by printing with transparency and control. Not surprisingly countries with high levels of corruption have less technological advances as a way to make sure that the relationship with the citizenship is built under establishment rules and not citizenship rules.

The main tool to get to a system of good governance is the active involvement of the citizenship, creating enough mechanisms that assures a transparent interaction that in addition, helps in the process to get to more efficiency and shrink the State.

4^th industrial revolution within the public sector represents the real revolution on anti-corruption and a boost for transparency and accountability. Having the supremacy of the citizenship as the main guideline that in conjunction with other mechanisms may transform the State into a fluid and flexible structure.

A great contribution that means a political class aware of their need to propose candidates fully submitted to the screening of the population, e.g. by the absolute transparency over their patrimony. Preventing corruption and building a political class based 100% on transparency.

Good governance becomes paramount not just for national affairs but also to international matters as we live in the framework of a global model. Transparency is with not doubt a condition for healthy and strong international relations and also a way to build economic-financial relations from an integrationist strategy.

 We live in a technological era and the insertion into a renovated public system should be an imperative on the road for building resilient societies. The opportunity that 4^th Industrial Revolution gives need to be taken to reform the traditional State´s structures and put it at the service of the population. Good governance is also a matter of a revolutionary technology. 

[1] http://on.mktw.net/1WBbZDG