Prevailing ICT Policies and Strategies

They are country that are good in prevailing ICT policies and strategies and one of this are New Zealand, Australia, Hongkong, Singapore, Malaysia.Each of these countries is at a different stage in ICT Policies and e-Strategies in the Asia-Pacific the journey of ICT development, but all share the same overriding goal of using ICTs to enrich and improve their societies. By sharing experiences, those further along can illuminate the most suitable paths to take, as well as the common pitfalls to avoid There are several public agencies responsible for leading New Zealand's quest to "become a world leader in information technology". What exactly New Zealand means by "world leader in IT" is unclear. They compare themselves in this field mainly to the United States, Canada, and Australia, but have not defined "world leader in IT" in any of the literature this author has read. The extraordinary potential for human development embodied in the cluster of goods, services, and practices described as ICTs;the possibilities opened up by ICTs for creativity, decentralized, decision-making, and innovation by persons, groups, and enterprises hitherto marginalized from full participation. As what I have researched in the internet through surfing this 10 policies must apply here in the Philippines and this are the example: We the participants of the Asian Forum on ICT policies and e-strategies hereby endorse the formulation, adoption, and implementation of ICT policies and e-strategies at the national, bilateral, regional, and international levels, that include the following elements:
Poverty Reduction and the MDGs
1. Ensure that ICTs are harnessed in the pursuit of poverty reduction and the
achievement of MDGs, thus helping to overcome the digital divide;
2. Deploy ICTs actively in the policies and strategies for empowering women.
Policy and Governance
3. Ensure transparency and accountability of governments and the
participation of multiple stakeholders, including women and ethnic
minorities, in the formulation and implementation of ICT policies and
e-strategies, utilizing the technical features of ICTs;
4. Establish legal and technical principles to assure trust and confidence, and
make possible trust-building actions by users, giving due regard to data
protection, privacy and the security of persons, enterprises, and society
against any harm;
5. Ensure that policies and strategies are periodically evaluated and modified
as necessary to yield the desired results;
6. Encourage South-South learning through effective arrangements at an
inter-agency level to initiate exchange of information, best practices, and
explore possible collaborative development programmes.
Infrastructure and Access
7. Create the conditions and incentives for the provision of widest possible
access to ICTs, particularly for rural and under-served areas in
configurations responsive to demand;
8. Enable the private sector and civil society to participate in the provision of
affordable ICT infrastructure, products, and services in forms of their
choosing.
Human Capacity
9. Facilitate opportunities for human resource development and life-long
learning through and on ICTs, with particular attention to women;
10. Support youth programmes related to ICT skills development
courtesy by:http://www.apdip.net/publications/ict4d/e-strategies.pdf
Singapore has already released five strategic plans over the past several years.The worldwide technology revolution makes such strategies imperative. However, unlike the previous industrial revolution, the knowledge revolution encompasses all aspects of society so e-strategies must go beyond technical goals in addressing the challenge of universal access to, and the use of, ICTs. The responsibility for appropriate e-strategies rests not just with government, but also with civil society and the private sector. Moreover, much depends on how open governments want to be with their people in formulating and implementing their policies.

THe ICT Malaysia demand for ICT workers (comprisinghardware engineers, software engineers, systemanalysts, computer programmers and technical support personnel) increased from 88,160 in 1998 to 108,200 in 2000. This represented a rapid growth of 10.7 per cent per annum compared with the overall employment growth 3.7 per cent during the same period. On the supply side, there were 170 private institutions and 28 public institutions offering ICT courses as at October 1999. About 20,260 students graduated from these institutions in 1999. So as a filipino the government should offer a big job for the filipino citizen that has a skill in technology like malaysia so that our economics must improve. and many filipinmo who dont have work may now can work by the technology today.
Australia get too excited about "growing a local industry" and "we need our very own Minister" we should consider some of the defining characteristics of the ICT sector in Australia in 2009. The key ones are as follows: At one level ICT is a commodity — Broadband is the most obvious example, but server capacity and mobile connectivity are also valid examples, as is Moore's Law. Prices are driven down, but services become both essential and taken for granted. At another level ICT is an enabling platform — innovation through the collaborative use of information across all sectors, not just research, is a key element of the recent review of the national innovation system. ICT and associated user skills are key. In addition, ICT is strongly focused on the government as a customer — the upside of this is government's demanding nature for continually solving new problems, driving innovation. The downside is an emphasis on marketing and sales to the exclusion of most other issues. There are success stories to celebrate — one is National ICT Australia (NICTA), which is doing world-class ICT research with excellent business linkages. Another is the Australian games sector, which is a creative and export success.

In Hongkong to promote the adoption of ICT in the wider community, the Government has been leading by example and serving the public through the electronic channels. Over the past decade, the Government has made available a full range of online information through its websites and a variety of electronic services accessible by phone or the Internet. Its vision for the next stage of e-government development is to use information technology to provide citizen-centric services that promote an accessible, accountable and efficient government and contribute to Hong Kong's achievement as a leading digital city.

So as a filipino citizen I should be responsible in helping our country to improve by the used of our new technology today by the help of ICT. We should progress our country like other countries did. I knoew nothing is imposible if the people in the philippines must unite and helping each other...someday we will be on the top of the most outstanding country in the ICT.



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