June 28, 2024 Results of Public Solicitation for Organizations to Implement the Regional Collaboration Type of “Project on Digital Utilization Support” under the FY2023 Supplementary Budget

 Regarding the public solicitation of implementing organizations for the “Project on Digital Utilization Support” under the FY2023 Supplementary Budget, the subsidized organization, MIC has selected the implementing organizations for the regional collaboration type through Deloitte Tohmatsu Telework Center Co., Ltd., the subsidized organization.

1. Purpose of the project

 The Project on Digital Utilization Support aims to eliminate the digital divide by holding seminars to provide advice and consultation on online administrative procedures using smartphones, to alleviate concerns about digital utilization among elderly people, and to create a society in which everyone can enjoy the benefits of digitalization.
 The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) accepted applications from Monday, May 13 through Friday, May 24, 2024, for implementing organizations of the regional collaboration type of the project through Deloitte Tohmatsu Telework Center Co., Ltd., the subsidized organization (hereafter referred to as the “Executive Organization”).

2. Results of the adoption

 As a result of the public solicitation, applications received were 308 for the regional collaboration type (face-to-face type) and one for the regional collaboration type (online type), and the following applicants were adopted based on the results of the evaluation by an evaluation committee of outside experts established under the Executive Organization.