Thailand’s Experiences on National Plans and Progress Towards Building Information Society

Expert Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation Towards Building Information Societyin Asia and the Pacific, 20-22 July 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

Areewan Haorangsi

Ministry of Information and Communication TechnologyThailand

Contents

Current Situation in the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes

Recommendation for Regional Collaboration

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Role of Governments and All Stakeholders in the Promotion of ICTs for Development (C1)

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Timeline for IT 2010 and the Five-Year National ICT Master Plan

96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

Ninth National Economic and Social Development

Plan 2002-2006

Tenth National Economic and Social Development

Plan 2007-2011

IT 2010 (2001-2010)

National ICT Master Plan(2002-2006)

IT 2000 (1996-2000)

2nd ICT Master Plan(2009-2013)

Establishment of Ministry of ICT(October 2002)

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Thailand 2nd National ICT Master Plan 2009-2013

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Hardware Software Communication

SMART Thailand

ICT Professionals and “Information-Literate” People

National ICT governance (Institutional arrangement, Rules and Regulation, Financing, …)

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ICT infrastructure Development

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ICT industry Competitiveness ICT industry Competitiveness 55

e-Governance 4 Strengthening competitiveness of Thai industries through ICT 6

Information and communication infrastructure and Access to information and knowledge (C2 & C3)

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Number of population with ICT access and use

6.97 7.088.47 9.32

10.9612.54

14.45 15.39 16.04 16.9916.54

21.6824.74

28.29

31.86

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

2547 2548 2549 2550 2551

Mill

ion

Popu

latio

n

Internet

Computer

Mobile

2004 20072005 2006 2008

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Ratio of Computer and Internet Users in 2008 (classified by location)

28.2

43.8

28.5 27.124.1

26.5

18.2

36

18 17.8

13.915.4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

%

คอมพิวเตอร

อินเทอรเน็ต

ComputerInternet

Overall NortheastNorthBKK Central South

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Mobile Users Penetration per 100 Inhabitants (2008)

52.8

72.7

59.8

49.544.5

49.1

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

ทัว่ประเทศ กทม. กลาง เหนือ ต.อ.น ใตOverall BKK Central North Northeast South

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Backbone Expansion: Quantity and Quality Improvement through new technologies Encourage TOT and CAT to invest substantially in

expanding its broadband services

TOT to expand core network based on NGN

Last mile access: reaching the remote areas ICT Community Learning Centers

The disadvantaged group Notification of USO

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Capacity Building (C4)

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Life-long Learning Information Literacy ICT Specialist

Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs and enabling environments (C5 & C6)

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Law Establishment and Enforcement Thai Computer Emergency Response Team

(ThaiCERT) Computer-Related Crime Act B.E. 2550 (2007) Other laws

Safer Internet Environment for general use and children ICT Housekeeper Project

ICT Applications (C7)

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E-Government: GIN, GFMIS, e-Auction ….

E-Business/E-Commerce: sectoral, SMEs

E-Education: DLF, UniNet

E-Health

E-Environment: GIS, Disaster Management

E-Agriculture

To sum up – our situation

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Progress has been mixed reflecting priorities of the country

Not all indicators and goals are measured/ monitored

Awareness among stakeholders on WSIS and commitment to WSIS needs some improvement government agencies so that concerted effort can be

made;

Private sectors to generate more public-private partnership

Recommendations for regional collaboration

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Forum/mechanisms to share experiences and exchange information and knowledge among policy makers should be on a regular basis

Thank you

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