Dimension: Governments & Public Agencies
Governments and public agencies
Own the decision.
A government is not one customer. It is hundreds of institutions — ministries, courts, regulators, agencies, state-owned enterprises, cities — each owning its own decisions and its own records. Governments are also the shareholders, members and donors behind the other five dimensions.
Think of a holding company with a few hundred subsidiaries, each with its own files, its own law and its own accountability.
In one picture
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- MDBs
- Multilateral
- Global Funds
- Governments
- NGOs
- Private
- Active
- Engaged
- Open gap
- Landscape
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Nodes in this scene
How it works
The legislature passes laws and the budget.
Who is who
Central governmentStatus: Active
The ministries that set policy and hold the purse. Ministries of finance, planning, foreign affairs, health, education, environment; prime minister's office and cabinet.
Stratum 3
Justice institutionsStatus: Active
The bodies that decide and prosecute cases. Courts and judiciaries · prosecutors · financial-intelligence units.
Stratum 3
Diplomatic and multilateral representationStatus: Landscape
How a state sits at the multilateral table. Permanent Missions in New York, Geneva, Vienna, Rome and Nairobi · embassies · Executive Director constituencies at MDBs.
Stratum 1
Bilateral donors and development agenciesStatus: Landscape
Governments funding other countries' development
Stratum 1
FCDOStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
BMZStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
GIZStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
JICAStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
AFDStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
SidaStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
Global Affairs CanadaStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
DFATStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
KOICAStatus: Landscape
Bilateral donor
Oversight and accountabilityStatus: Active
The bodies that check the rest. Attorney General offices · Auditor General and supreme audit institutions · anti-corruption commissions · ombudsman · inspectors general.
Stratum 3
Legislatures and parliamentary committeesStatus: Landscape
Law-making and scrutiny. Parliaments, congresses, budget and public-accounts committees.
Stratum 3
Subnational governmentStatus: Landscape
Government closest to the citizen. States and provinces · cities and municipalities.
Stratum 4
Regulators, central banks and national statistical officesStatus: Engaged
Rule-setters and the keepers of official numbers; includes the digital-governance bodies that will regulate AI. Financial regulators · central banks · statistical offices · digital-governance agencies.
Stratum 3
Public agencies and SOEsStatus: Active
The delivery arms of the state. Revenue and customs authorities · business registries · procurement agencies · public health agencies · utilities · state-owned enterprises.
Stratum 4
Inside them
Decisions of consequence
| Decision | Who keeps it | Records behind it | Sphere's service | Matching atlas cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rule on a case | The judge | Case files, filings, precedent | Judicial case analysis | Matching atlas cases |
| Refer a suspicious transaction for investigation | FIU analyst and director | Suspicious-transaction reports, bank records, registry data | AML/CFT triage, extended to general case investigation | Matching atlas cases |
| Register a company and verify who owns it | The registrar | Registry filings, ownership declarations | Beneficial-ownership and registry verification | Matching atlas cases |
| Award or challenge a tender | Procurement officer or oversight body | Tender documents, bids, contracts | Procurement integrity | Matching atlas cases |
| Submit a programme or funding proposal | Programme director | Programme documents, donor rules | Proposal and programme drafting | Matching atlas cases |
Sphere here
Role in the strategy
The decision-owner and core customer. This is the deepest and best-sourced part of the atlas and the home of Sphere's proven, replicable services.
Buyer, and what they pay for
Permanent secretaries, agency heads, chief justices, FIU directors, chief information officers. Fewer days to decision, higher-value referrals surfaced, backlog reduced, a defensible record.
Sphere's commitment
A named official keeps every decision; deployment in-country; a documented case for the national AI sandbox.
Status today
National programmes live or starting in Ecuador, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic and Colombia, with indirect presence across most of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Royal Thai Government is engaged as the first Southeast Asian beachhead, with three candidate starting points: justice, financial integrity and business registration.
- National programmes in Ecuador, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic and ColombiaStatus: Active
- Royal Thai GovernmentStatus: Engaged
Evidence
377
government cases in the atlas
Sphere Corporate Strategy, September 2026Sphere · as of 2026-09as of 2026-09
41
in peace and justice shared with the UN
Sphere Corporate Strategy, September 2026Sphere · as of 2026-09as of 2026-09
Lenses and words
Words you will hear
- permanent secretary · permanent secretaryThe senior civil servant of a ministry, answering to the minister and the cabinet.
- FIU · financial-intelligence unitFinancial-intelligence unit: the national body that receives and analyses suspicious-transaction reports
- Suspicious-transaction report · Suspicious-transaction reportA report a bank must file when a transaction looks like it may involve crime
- Beneficial ownership · Beneficial ownershipWho ultimately owns or controls a company
- Supreme audit institution · Supreme audit institutionA country's national audit office
- SOE · State-owned enterpriseState-owned enterprise
- AML/CFT · anti-money-laundering / countering the financing of terrorismAnti-money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism
- FATF · Financial Action Task ForceThe Financial Action Task Force: the body that sets global AML/CFT standards
- Regulatory sandbox · Regulatory sandboxA supervised space where new technology is tested under a regulator's eye
- Cloud-First · Cloud-FirstA government policy to prefer cloud services for new systems
- Government Data Cloud · Government Data CloudCloud infrastructure reserved for a government's data
- Tenancy · TenancyA client's own isolated space in a cloud or data centre
The four statuses
- Status: ActiveSphere Corporate Strategy, September 2026Sphere · as of 2026-09
- Live or contracted work named in the strategy
- National programmes in Ecuador, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic and Colombia; PADF; Renalogic; AMD and Oracle co-sell
- Status: EngagedSphere Corporate Strategy, September 2026Sphere · as of 2026-09
- Named in the strategy as engaged, no live deployment stated
- Royal Thai Government; Central Group; Oracle Thailand; World Bank as a channel; NVIDIA and Intel
- Status: Open gapSphere Corporate Strategy, September 2026Sphere · as of 2026-09
- A reference Sphere is actively seeking
- First MDB, UN agency and global fund reference deployments
- Status: LandscapeSphere Corporate Strategy, September 2026Sphere · as of 2026-09
- Shown to teach the ecosystem; no relationship implied
- Every other named institution in the landscape
Sources on this page
- S-01Sphere Corporate Strategy, September 2026, Sphereas of 2026-09
Naming an institution here describes the landscape. It does not imply a relationship with Sphere.