Digital Transformation

Proposal for an Organizational Model of Public Governance

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https://doi.org/10.11117/rdp.v23i117.8577

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Digital Public Transformation, Public governance, Modernization, Sustainability in public governance, Digital technologies

Abstract

Digital technologies have dramatically transformed the way we live, work, negotiate and are governed. The public administration is going through a process of structural transformation, which goes far beyond the government's presence on the Internet and will include the transposition of actions and services to the digital world. Unlike families and companies, which act reactively and randomly, administrations have to plan for this transition. In this work we present a proposal for an organizational model to improve the implementation of the values and principles of public governance, focusing especially on the most decentralized and/or organized States with a federative nature. The proposal is based on the creation of an organizational structure for credible dialogue, equipped with the necessary means of dialogue, with representatives from each sphere of government and competent to analyze all aspects of public action subject to digital transformation.

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Author Biographies

João Ricardo Catarino, ISCSP – School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Professor at ISCSP – School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Doctor in Public Administration from Ulisboa. Researcher integrated into the CAPP – Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas do ISCSP, Ulisboa. ORCID: 0000-0001-9372-083X. LATTES: 0161307014501470. jcatarino@iscsp.ulisboa.pt

José Roberto Afonso, ISCSP – School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon

PhD in Economics from Unicamp - Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Post-doctorate in Public Administration from ISCSP - Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade de Lisboa. Professor at IDP - Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa and ISCSP, researcher at CAPP - Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas do ISCSP-Ulisboa. ORCID: 0000-0002-8434-5764. jose.afonso@idp.edu.br

 

Bernardo Motta Monteiro, Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP), University of Lisbon (ULisboa). Lisbon. Portugal.

Economist. Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration, specializing in Public Policy, at ISCSP—the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lisbon. Master’s degree in Innovation Economics from ISEG—the Higher Institute of Economics and Management at the University of Lisbon.

 

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Catarino, J. R., Afonso, J. R. ., & Motta Monteiro, B. (2026). Digital Transformation: Proposal for an Organizational Model of Public Governance. Direito Público, 23(117). https://doi.org/10.11117/rdp.v23i117.8577

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