About the Alliance

The Capacity Building Commission (CBC) launched the blueprint for the Global Digital Capacity Building Alliance (GDCBA) on 20 February 2026, during the India AI Impact Summit, in the presence of the Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh.

The Alliance advances a fundamental shift in how institutional capacity is understood: no longer viewed solely as a national asset, but as a Global Public Good—to be collaboratively built, continuously improved, and equitably shared to strengthen governance systems worldwide.

From Blueprint to Platform

Since its launch, the Alliance has rapidly evolved from a conceptual framework into a growing international platform for cooperation on public sector capacity building. Through a series of bilateral consultations and knowledge-exchange engagements, the GDCBA has engaged government delegations from countries including Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Bhutan, Brazil, Maldives, Niger, Nigeria, Tajikistan, and several other partner nations.

These engagements have facilitated dialogue on common governance challenges in the digital age—from workforce transformation and AI readiness to public service delivery and Mission Karmayogi as a replicable model for institutional capability development.

Responding to a Shared Global Demand

These engagements have revealed a shared global demand for scalable, technology-enabled approaches to strengthening state capacity. Central to the Alliance are four goals:

In response, the Alliance is developing collaborative pathways across four dimensions:

• • Knowledge sharing and peer learning across governance systems
• • Technical assistance tailored to national governance contexts
• • Adaptation of proven digital capacity-building models
• • Joint development of frameworks for AI readiness and digital public infrastructure

A Multidisciplinary Ecosystem of Partners

The GDCBA has convened a robust and multidisciplinary ecosystem of more than 25 partners spanning governments, multilateral institutions, academia, industry leaders, technology innovators, startups, and civil society organisations. This growing coalition is contributing expertise across domains such as:

Mission Karmayogi: A Model for the World

At the heart of the GDCBA’s model is Mission Karmayogi—India’s national programme for civil service capacity building. Through the iGOT (Integrated Government Online Training) platform, Mission Karmayogi offers a scalable, competency-driven approach to building a future-ready civil service.

The Alliance positions this model not as a prescriptive template, but as a living example of institutional innovation that can be adapted by partner countries according to their own governance needs and digital maturity.