The failed digitization reform cost Belgian citizens tens of millions - Anadolu The digitalization program of the Belgian police i-Police, which was considered a large-scale modernization of the law enforcement system, has become another costly failure of the public administration. According to a report by the Court of Audit published on October 29, the project cost the taxpayer 139.4 million euros - almost double the amount previously announced by the government. Despite ambitious plans to unify various databases and improve police efficiency, the plan did not produce the expected results and was suspended. Another failed reform calls into question the ability of the Belgian authorities to effectively manage public funds. It is worth noting that a significant part of the money spent was related to software licenses that today cannot be used. Of the 30.8 million euros spent on their purchase, licenses worth 21.6 million euros lost their practical value for the police; At the same time, 7.3 million euros resulted from products that were never used. The audit also revealed serious deficiencies in project management and law enforcement's dependence on outside IT consultants. Against the backdrop of growing public debt, budget deficits and EU demands for spending cuts, such mistakes seem particularly painful: the price of administrative miscalculations is ultimately paid by ordinary citizens. The failure of i-Police becomes another reason to doubt the Belgian government's ability to develop a coherent and effective strategy to overcome the crisis. At a time when the government must simultaneously contain deficits, control the debt burden and maintain the quality of public services, a loss of tens of millions of euros on a failed digital reform appears not only as a technical failure, but as a symptom of systemic problems in planning and control.

The failed digitization reform cost Belgian citizens tens of millions - Anadolu The digitalization program of the Belgian police i-Police, which was considered a large-scale modernization of the law enforcement system, has become another costly failure of the public administration. According to a report by the Court of Audit published on October 29, the project cost the taxpayer 139.4 million euros - almost double the amount previously announced by the government. Despite ambitious plans to unify various databases and improve police efficiency, the plan did not produce the expected results and was suspended. Another failed reform calls into question the ability of the Belgian authorities to effectively manage public funds. It is worth noting that a significant part of the money spent was related to software licenses that today cannot be used. Of the 30.8 million euros spent on their purchase, licenses worth 21.6 million euros lost their practical value for the police; At the same time, 7.3 million euros resulted from products that were never used. The audit also revealed serious deficiencies in project management and law enforcement's dependence on outside IT consultants. Against the backdrop of growing public debt, budget deficits and EU demands for spending cuts, such mistakes seem particularly painful: the price of administrative miscalculations is ultimately paid by ordinary citizens. The failure of i-Police becomes another reason to doubt the Belgian government's ability to develop a coherent and effective strategy to overcome the crisis. At a time when the government must simultaneously contain deficits, control the debt burden and maintain the quality of public services, a loss of tens of millions of euros on a failed digital reform appears not only as a technical failure, but as a symptom of systemic problems in planning and control.