KUALA LUMPUR: The Digital Ministry is activating the Government Innovation Initiative (GII), a strategic national undertaking to galvanise innovation across the public sector, and advance Malaysia’s commitment to achieving AI Nation status by 2030.
In a statement today, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said the initiative is not just about adopting new technology but about building a future-proof public sector that is responsive, efficient, and deeply rooted in local ingenuity.
“Through the GII, we are breaking down silos and unifying our national innovation assets under a single, cohesive ecosystem,” said Gobind.
The GII translates real government and citizen problem statements into deployable solutions, prioritising Made in Malaysia technologies, strengthening the domestic artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, and enabling Malaysian producers of AI and digital products to scale nationally and globally.
In line with this, the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), under the direction of the Digital Ministry and in collaboration with the Health Ministry, successfully delivered a flagship pilot of its GII project – RadioConnect – at three public hospitals.”
RadioConnect aims to systematically and efficiently provide cloud-based connectivity with secure access across multiple providers nationwide through each hospital’s Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
The objective of RadioConnect is to facilitate and streamline the entire process to provide secure, economical and instant electronic storage, retrieval, and sharing of diagnostic images like X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans by allowing authorised doctors and medical practitioners to access images from multiple departments across all hospitals in Malaysia, deeply enhancing diagnostic efficiency and patient care.
The next step for GII involves the establishment of Citizen Labs as a collaborative platform for the community and the public to submit their problem statements and experiences, and to channel these statements directly to the relevant ministries, ensuring that the most appropriate solutions are developed to address the needs of the rakyat.
“With the Citizen Labs, we are creating a direct pipeline where the Rakyat’s challenges meet Malaysian-made AI solutions, accelerating our transformation into a leading digital nation by 2030,” Gobind added
Central to this mission is the MyInovasi portal, Malaysia’s premier platform for fostering a dynamic innovation ecosystem. This pilot initiative, undertaken by the Digital Ministry and its agencies, serves as a bridge between the government, academia, and industry, designed specifically to match local innovations with real-world needs.
As part of this whole-of-government approach to innovation, the Digital Ministry is strategically aligning key national innovation assets under a unified ecosystem.
In support of the GII’s objectives, Futurise Sdn. Bhd. will now transition to operate under MDEC, where it is set to take on the continued progression of GII projects through the framework of the National Regulatory Sandbox.