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  • ASEAN Ministers emphasise cooperation in ICT initiatives

    Recognising the importance of technology in improving efficiency and transparency in public service delivery, countries across southeast Asia have been undertaking e-government initiatives at various stages. To better support these ICT initiatives, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) promote regional cooperation through the ASEAN ICT Masterplan.

    Speaking to FutureGov, Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information, Yaacob Ibrahim, shared, “Application of ICT in public sector is one of the key initiatives of the ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015. But recognising that different states have different levels of development, ASEAN has left the implementation of these initiatives to the various states.”

  • ASEAN Plus 3 e-govt center likely to be set up in Seoul

    South Korea Thursday proposed creating an integrated ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Plus Three (China, South Korea and Japan) e-government center in Seoul next year on the sidelines of an international meeting on better governance being held here, reported South Korean Yonhap News Agency.

    The e-government center proposal was presented to the "ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials' Meeting on Creative Management for Government" held in Seoul on the sidelines of the UN-sponsored Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government, which kicked off four-day meeting on Tuesday.

  • Asean should benefit from Industry 4.0

    Asean nations will be able to share experiences and learn from each other to address the challenges that currently constrain development through regional integration.

    From artificial intelligence and robots, to big data and clean energy, disruptive technologies are rapidly redefining our daily lives, our businesses and economies. And in our interconnected world, these deepening impacts of “Industry 4.0” should compel countries to prepare for changes.

  • Asean Smart Cities ink deals to gear up for next lap

    Several Asean cities inked agreements with corporate partners in Singapore on Sunday (July 8), to gear up to become "smart cities".

    The five agreements included a letter of intent between Chonburi's Amata Smart City in Thailand and the Yokohama Urban Solution Alliance, to work on a smart energy management system.

  • ASEAN To Harmonize Policies On ICT

    ASEAN needs to harmonize policies, regulations and standard in Information Communication Technology (ICT) within the region.

    The legal and regulatory issues involved in the development of e-government policies that facilitate its growth and access to the technology need to be examined as well.

  • ASEAN urged to bridge digital divide

    ICT Ministers of ASEAN member-countries gathered in Cebu, the Philippines last week and agreed to enhance their collaboration on critical ICT programmes towards implementing the ASEAN ICT Masterplan (AIM) targeted for completion by 2015.

    Vice President Jejomar Binay represented President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino in the 12th Asean Telecommunications and IT Ministers (TELMIN) meeting during November 15 and 16, noting that ASEAN is stronger when connected and in creating ICT jobs.

  • ASEAN vows to improve broadband access

    Telecommunications and information communications technology (ICT) ministers in Southeast Asia have agreed to improve collaboration to provide widespread and high-speed broadband access in the region.

    In its Mactan Cebu Declaration, ICT ministers from member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said they are working towards the implementation of the proposed ASEAN Broadband Corridor and the establishment of an ASEAN Internet Exchange Network by 2015 to facilitate sharing of resources among Internet providers to improve access speed and lower costs.

  • ASEAN, EAEU share experience on digitilisation

    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have held a seminar on digital transformation to share experience and best practices on digitalisation in the two regional blocs.

    More than 100 participants from ASEAN and EAEU member states joined the event, which is part of the activities set out in the Programme of Cooperation to implement the memorandum of understanding between ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) for 2020-2025 period.

  • ASEAN: 10 analogies from AI x GOV

    Big ideas from our flagship summit in short sentences.

    We’ve just wrapped up our virtual flagship summit, AI x GOV! Speakers from all over Asia Pacific and the world discussed topics ranging from AI-driven citizen services and edutech to healthcare and cyber diplomacy.

    Here are 10 big ideas on the future of public service innovation condensed into neat analogies.

  • ASEAN: The role of smart cities in pandemic response

    Smart cities have played a notable role in pandemic response, particularly by deploying digital technological solutions and innovative bottom-up approaches, acting as effective implementation channels of nationwide economic relief packages and in fortifying an urban low-carbon agenda through steep digital technology adoption.

    Senior Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) Venkatachalam Anbumozhi highlighted this in a recent statement.

  • Asia and the Development of the Internet

    ASEAN, which stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations, was established in 1967 in order to

    1. accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the Asian region through joint endeavors to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian nations, and
    2. promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries in the Asian region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter.

  • Asian governance and the 'Knowledge Economy'

    A more knowledge-intensive approach to governance will redefine how the public sector relates internally to its own agencies and its own employees.

    Stripped down to its bare essentials, e-government is concerned with leveraging and distributing knowledge more effectively – government-to-citizen (G2C), government-to-business (G2B) and inter-departmentally within government (G2G).

  • BoC automation project puts RP in ASEAN task force lead post

    The Bureau of Customs (BoC), with its tainted image as a haven for graft and corrupt officials, may be the most unlikely model for transparency in government.

    But its soon-to-be-finished computerization initiative is slowly ushering transformation within the bureau, and is significant enough for the agency to be named as the head of a regional project dubbed "ASEAN Single Window."

  • CN: Digital transformation key in strength of China-ASEAN friendship

    A seminar on ASEAN media's views on digital China was held online on Wednesday, where experts, diplomatic envoys, entrepreneurs and media professionals from China and ASEAN countries discussed the development and cooperation prospects of the digital economy and smart cities.

    The year 2022 is special for China-ASEAN relations. It is the first year of the China-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership. This year also marks the entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement.

  • Collaborative service delivery for public sector

    The time is right for governments to move from agency-based services to pan-government services, says Oracle Corporation.

    If governments are going to fully realise the value of their information communication technology (ICT) investments they are going to have to bring greater coherence to the way different agencies deliver citizen service. That was the key message of Weng-Yew Lai, Solutions Director for eGovernment with Oracle, who was discussing the next stage of development for government service delivery.

  • e-Cop.net endorsed by the e-ASEAN Task Force

    Region's first certified information security services provider to support e-ASEAN Task Force as it develops ASEAN-wide info-security programme

  • How did ASEAN countries fare in the UN rankings?

    Indonesia fared the worst.

    Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore all fell in their e-government rankings compared to their position in 2014, the UN e-Government rankings show.

  • ID: Informatics Ministry supports development of ASEAN digital community

    The Ministry of Communication and Informatics is supporting the development of the digital community in the Southeast Asia region by implementing four aspects of inclusive digital transformation acceleration.

    "In supporting the realization of the ASEAN digital community, the Indonesian government is pushing four aspects of digital transformation acceleration, starting from strategic planning, connectivity, data utilization, to foreign cooperation," Communication and Informatics Minister's Special Staff for Digital and Human Resources Dedy Permadi stated in a press release on Saturday.

  • IT Course To Narrow Development Gap Between Asean Nations

    Fifteen senior government officers from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Union of Myanmar and Socialist Republic of Vietnam are attending a 'Managing With IT for Non IT Managers' course conducted by Civil Service Institute (IPA) from April 5 - 22.

    The course is an initiative under the `Initiative ofAsean Integration' and IPA as a training institution in Brunei is given the mandate to conduct this course to equip the participants with latest knowledge, skills and attitudes in which they need to plan and implement government policies, projects and activities.

  • Korea pushes digital technology exports to Middle East, Japan, ASEAN

    The government will expand software-centered information and communication technology (ICT) exports, such as AI and metaverse, and promote market diversification to help domestic companies enter the Middle East, Japan and ASEAN markets as Korea's exports show signs of being impacted considerably by the U.S.-China trade dispute and the global economic downturn, officials said, Monday.

    The Ministry of Science and ICT announced a strategy to expand the country's high-tech exports by encouraging domestic companies to enter new markets and foster innovative companies in the software sector during a service industry development task force meeting chaired by Choo Kyung-ho, deputy prime minister for economic affairs, and minister of economy and finance.

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