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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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
3
ICT industry Competitiveness ICT industry Competitiveness 55
e-Governance 4 Strengthening competitiveness of Thai industries through ICT 6
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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
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
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