April 21, 2023 Public Solicitation for Organizations to Implement the Regional Collaborative Type and Instructor Dispatch Type of Project on Digital Utilization Support under the FY2022 Second Supplementary Budget

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will accept applications for indirectly subsidized companies (project executive organizations) for the regional collaborative type and instructor dispatch type of Project on Digital Utilization Support under the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2022, as described below.

1. Project objective

The purpose of the Project on Digital Utilization Support is to provide advice and consultation regarding online administrative procedures via smartphones and dispatch lecturers to workshops at familiar locations to alleviate the concerns of people, including older adults, about using digital technology.

This public solicitation is for indirectly subsidized companies (project executive organizations) that conduct activities, including seminars, in the regional collaborative and instructor dispatch types.

2. Solicitation overview

Prefectures, municipalities, and third-sector corporations

Acceptance period of public solicitation applications
Type	Classification	Acceptance period
Seminar	Regional collaborative type	Tuesday, May 16 through Friday, May 26
Dispatch	Instructor dispatch type	Saturday, May 20 through Wednesday, May 31

3. Future plans

This project will be funded within the scope of the budget. The implementation of the second round of public solicitation has not yet been determined.