Outline

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Outline

• ASEAN Cooperation in Telecommunications and
  Information Technology
• e-ASEAN Initiatives and work program
• Others
• Preliminary Meeting of the
• e-ASEAN Business Council
• 14 June 2004, Singapore
• By - eASEAN ICT Unit

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ASEAN Goals and Objectives
ASEAN Vision 2020
Partnership in Dynamic Dev.
ASEAN in Concert
A Caring Society
Outward-looking ASEAN
Agreements Declarations
TAC
BALI CONCORD II
SEANFWZ
ZOPFAN
IAI
AFTA
AIA
RIA-F
RIA
AFAS
External Economic Cooperation Agreements
Plans of Action
Ha Noi Plan of Action 1998 - 2004
Vientiane Action Plan 2004 - 2010
... 2015 - 2020
... 2010 - 2015
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A crystallization of targets for the ASEAN Vision
2020
Bali Concord II 9th Summit Bali October 2003
ASEAN Security Community
ASEAN Economic Community Single Market
and Production Base
ASEAN Socio-cultural Community
HLTF Recommendations
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ASEAN Summit
AEM
AMM
AFMM
SG ASEAN
AMMST
AIA Council
AMMY
ACCSM
ATM
ALMM
AMMSWD
AMRI
AMAF
AHMM
AMCA
TELMIN
AMME
ALAWMM
AMEM
AMMH
AMMTC
MATM
AMBDC
China
EU
India
Australia
Canada
NZ
Russia
USA
ROK
Japan
UNDP
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TELMIN
ASEAN Telecommunications Regulators Council
(ATRC)
ASEAN Telecommunications IT Senior Officials
Meeting (TELSOM)
e-ASEAN Business Council (e-ABC)
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TELMIN
ASEAN Telecommunications Regulators Council
(ATRC)
ATRC MRA Joint Sectoral Committee Meeting
ASEAN Telecommunications IT Senior Officials
Meeting (TELSOM)
WG on ASEAN Information Infrastructure (AII)
WG on e-Society and ICT Capacity Building
WG on Universal Access, Digital Divide
e-Government
WG on e-Commerce and ICT Trade Facilitation
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AEM
ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC)
ASEAN-Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(ASEAN-CCI)
SENIOR ECONOMIC OFFICIALS (SEOM)
e-ASEAN Working Group (EAWG)
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ASEAN Telecommunications and IT

• On 24 November 2000, ASEAN Heads of
  Government signed the e-ASEAN Framework
  Agreement.

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Six Areas of commitments e-ASEAN Framework
Agreement

• Establish the ASEAN Information Infrastructure
  through inter-connection of the national
  information infrastructures
• Facilitate growth of electronic commerce
• Liberalize trade and investment in ICT
• Facilitate trade in ICT products and services
• Build capacity and an e-Society
• Promote the use of ICT applications in the
  delivery of government services (e-Gov)

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ASEAN Telecommunications and IT

• Last year, 2003 was an important year for
  e-ASEAN ICT. It marked the finalization of the
  transfer of a major portion of the stewardship to
  implement the e-ASEAN Framework Agreement from
  the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) to the
  Telecommunications and Information Technology
  Ministers (TELMIN).

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TELSOM Working Groups

• TELSOM is supported by the following Working
  Groups (WG)
• WG on ASEAN Information Infrastructure
• WG on e-Commerce ICT Trade Facilitation
• WG on e-Society ICT Capacity Building
• WG on Universal Access,Digital Divide
  e-Government

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ASEAN Telecommunications Regulatory Council (ATRC)

• Regulatory Body that reports to TELMIN
• ATRC has a Joint Sectoral Committee overseeing
  the implementation of the Mutual Recognition
  Arrangement (MRA) on Telecommunications standards
  and equipment.

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e-ASEAN Working Group (EAWG)

• The e-ASEAN Working Group (EAWG) was tasked by
  the AEM to implement the e-ASEAN Framework
  Agreement.
• With the transfer of the stewardship to TELMIN,
  the EAWG now refocus on AEMs work such as
  fast-track integration of the e-ASEAN sector,
  promotion and liberalization of ICT trade and
  services.

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The ASEAN Secretariats e-ASEAN ICT Unit

• Focal Point on Telecommunications and IT matters
• Roles of the Unit

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ASEAN Working Groups Initiatives and Programs.

• To achieve the commitments of e-ASEAN Framework
  Agreement.
• Key direction Alignment of ASEAN Work programs
  to WSIS 2003 Plan of Actions.
• Sample of the work program can be found in the
  document kit.

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Others - Background info

• Dialogue Partners
• NGOs, IT Associations, Civil Societies
• International agencies, UN family of agencies
• Regional Agencies
• World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) 2003
  and 2005

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Conclusion

• End of Presentation. Thank You
• Lim Hock Chuan
• Head of e-ASEAN ICT Unit
• Email limhc_at_aseansec.org