eASEAN Pichet Durongkaveroj Chairman, EWAG

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e-ASEANPichet DurongkaverojChairman, EWAG

• APT Meeting on Asia-Pacific Initiatives for the
  Information Society (AIIS)
• 5 August 2002

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Overview of e-ASEAN Initiative

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Outline

• Background
• Implementing e-ASEAN
• Prioritized Projects
• Collaboration with Dialogue Partners and
  International Organisations

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Background
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e-ASEAN Agreement

• eASEAN Framework Agreement signed by ASEAN
  Leaders at ASEAN Informal Summit in Singapore in
  Nov 2000

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Scope of Coverage
e-Space
ECONOMY
PILOT PROJECTS
POLICY
SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
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e-ASEAN FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

• Five Flagships
• Establishment of ASEAN Information Infrastructure
  (AII)
• Growth of electronic commerce
• Liberalisation and facilitation of trade and
  investments in ICT products and services
• Capacity building and e-Society
• e-Government

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e-ASEAN FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

• The Agreement also covers measures
• To enable Member Countries who are ready, to
  accelerate the implementation of the Agreement
  and to assist other Member Countries to undertake
  capacity building

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Implementing e-ASEAN
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e-ASEAN Management Structure
AEM/Leaders
Provide mandate direction
Advise Assist
e-ASEAN Task Force
SEOM
Provide Guidance Recommendations
Responsible to
Reports Progress to EATF through SEOM
e-ASEAN Working Group
Other working groups, committees, private sector
initiatives
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Task Groups

• Five Task Groups formed
• Each with Shepherd and co-shepherd
• Responsibilities of shepherd
• Develop specific recommended policies and / or
  actions for government consideration
• Recommend realistic timeline for implementation,
  based on ASEAN modalities
• Monitor and coordinate with EAWG and other
  related fora
• Monitor existing pilot projects and nominate new
  ones for endorsement

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AII

• Shepherd Philippines
• Co-Shepherd Singapore
• Areas of coverage
• Enhanced intra-ASEAN connectivity
• Developing / harmonising standards for
  interconnectivity and interoperability of
  National Information Infrastructures
• Facilitating the setting up of national and
  regional Internet exchanges and Internet gateways

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AII

• Areas of coverage (contd)
• Developing recommendations for least connected
  ASEAN members
• Developing Convergence Principles
• Participation in global Internet policy
  formulation
• ICANN representation for ASEAN/e-ASEAN
• ASEAN Top Level Domain

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e-Commerce

• Shepherd Singapore
• Co-Shepherd Malaysia, Brunei
• Areas of coverage
• e-Commerce Legal Framework
• e-Commerce legislation on electronic transactions
  and electronic signatures
• Consumer Protection
• Online alternative dispute resolution
• Privacy and personal data protection

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e-Commerce

• Areas of coverage (contd)
• Regional Electronic Payments System
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Cybercrime legislation and prevention
• Developing authentication and security policies
• Mutual recognition of digital signature framework
• Security policy
• Taxation Issues

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Trade Liberalization Facilitation for ICT Goods,
Services and Investments

• Shepherd Indonesia
• Co-Shepherd Singapore
• Areas of coverage
• Liberalisation of ICT Products, Services and
  Investments
• MRA on ICT products and services
• Implementation of MRA on telecom equipment
• Alignment of national standards to international
  standards
• MRA of qualification standards
• Harmonisation of tariff nomenclature and customs
  valuation for ICT products
• Monitoring APEC and WTO discussions and
  developing recommendations for ASEAN

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Capacity Building and e-Society

• Shepherd Thailand
• Co-Shepherd CLMV countries
• Areas of coverage
• SME training and education
• Regional human resource development programme
• Schools
• Communities
• Workplace
• Developing common ICT professional standards
• Developing community-based e-centres

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e-Government

• Shepherd Malaysia
• Co-Shepherd Singapore, Brunei
• Areas of coverage
• Facilitating inter-government cooperation and
  freer flow of goods, information and people
• Customs modernisation and trade links
• e-passport/visa
• Smartcards

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e-Government

• Areas of coverage
• e-government services and applications for
  citizens and businesses
• Government licensing/registration processes
• Electronic bidding and procurement
• Health services
• Tax payment

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Prioritized Projects
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Prioritized Projects

• High impact
• Policy VS Operational
• ASEAN-wide
• Shared resources

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AII

• Development of ASEAN Internet Infrastructure
  including
• ARIX
• ARISPA
• PKI
• Technical Architecture

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e-Commerce

• Focus on B2B
• Legal Infrastructure
• Electronic Payment Gateways
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism
• IPR/CA/PKI
• Framework for Security

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Trade Liberalization

• Common Certification Standards for ICT Skills and
  ICT Companies
• Freer Flow of ICT Manpower

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e-Society

• SchoolNet
• ASIA Incubator in 2003
• Knowledge Worker Development Program

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e-Government

• Development of e-Government Master Plan
• e-Government Applications
• e-Visa
• e-Passport
• Trade EDI Initiative
• Smart Card

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Collaboration with other regions/bodies

• e-ASEAN 3 China Japan Korea
• Joint Statement on East Asia Cooperation issued
  by ASEAN3 leaders At the Third Informal Summit
  in November 1999
• To encourage technical cooperation in information
  technology and e-commerce

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Some e-ASEAN3 Proposed Projects

• Asia e-Learning
• East Asia Special Cooperation Initiative
• Seminar on ASEAN-China ICT

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Collaboration with other regions/bodies

• ASEAN-CER (Australia and New Zealand)
• Framework for the AFTA-CER Closer Economic
  Partnership (CEP)
• at the 6th annual consultations, Hanoi, September
  2001
• a formal and structured approach to promote
  trade, investment and regional economic
  integration

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Collaboration with other regions/bodies

• addresses all areas affecting trade and
  investments between ASEAN and AU/NZ
• tariff and non-tariff issues
• custom cooperation
• e-commerce
• other new economy issues

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Collaboration with other regions/bodies

• Asia Pacific Telecommunity
• Joint Effort on Capacity Building
• Explore Possible Areas of Cooperation