April 18, 2025 Recruitment Results of External Human Resources (Support for Securing External Human Resource) to Promote Digital Transformation (DX) in Municipalities

Based on the “Skill Standards for External Human Resource to Promote Municipal DX,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) publicly solicited external human resources from the private sector, etc., with the requisite skills and experience to secure external human resources in local governments and promote municipal DX. MIC announced that successful candidates have been selected from the pool of applicants based on evaluation by external experts, training on local government operations, information systems, etc., has been conducted for the candidates, and 14 candidates who completed the training course have been added toThe External Human Resources List.

1. Project overview

　In September 2022, MIC formulated the “Skill Standards for External Human Resource to Promote Municipal DX,” which categorized the skills and experience that external human resources should have to serve as a reference for local governments in securing external human resources to promote municipal DX.
　In addition, as a key support measure by the government to secure digital human resources for the establishment of a municipal DX promotion system based on the “Municipal DX Promotion Plan [Version 4.0],” a project to provide a list of external human resources to local governments is being implemented since FY 2022, wherein personnel from the private sectors, etc., with requisite skills and experience are publicly solicited based on the above skill standards to enable selected private sector personnel to play an active role in local governments. They are trained on local government operations, information systems, etc., andThe External Human Resources List, which is a compilation of information on those who have completed the training course, is provided to the local governments.
　・Overview of the support project to secure external human resources (The External Human Resources List)

2. Recruitment results

　In FY 2024, MIC recruited external human resources from the private sector between Friday, August 30, through Thursday, October 31, 2024, and received 18 applications. 14 applicants (five applicants qualified for multiple categories) were selected as successful candidates based on the external evaluation committee evaluations. The successful candidates underwent training on local government operations, information systems, etc., and these 14 candidates were then added to The External Human Resources List.
　A total of 51 candidates were registered on The External Human Resources List since the project began in FY 2022 (of which nine persons are registered in multiple categories (including 4 registrants in FY 2022)).