Joint UNCTAD – ITU – UNESCAP Regional Workshop on Information Society Measurements in Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, July 2006, Presentations and Country papers
Wednesday, 26 July 2006
09:00 - 09:30 Participants’ registration
09:30 - 10:00 Opening session
Welcome, introduction and workshop objectives
Opening Statements by UNESCAP, UNCTAD and ITU
Mr. Shigeru Mochida, Deputy Executive Secretary and Officer-in-Charge, a.i. UNESCAP
Dr. Susan Teltscher, Chief, ICT Policy and Analysis Unit, ICT and E-business Branch, SITE, UNCTAD
Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Head, ITU Regional Representative and Head of the Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, ITU
10:00 - 10:30 Evidence-based policy making:
Linking the ICT policy and ICT measurement agendas
Keynote speech: H.E. Professor Suchai Charoenratanakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
Chairperson: Dr. Anchalaporn Siriwan, Principal Advisor on Foreign Affairs, Ministry of ICT, Thailand
10:45 - 11:30 Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
Presentation of core ICT indicators, results of ICT metadata survey, link to WSIS outcome
Dr. Susan Teltscher, Chief, ICT Policy and Analysis Unit, ICT and E-business Branch, SITE, UNCTAD [ppt]
Ms. Esperanza C. Magpantay, Statistician, Market, Economics and Finance Unit (MEF/PSF), Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU [ppt]
Discussion
11:30 - 12:30 ICT household statistics (Country experiences)
Moderator: Mr. Sam Paltridge (OECD)
Ms. Na, Eun-a, Researcher, Internet Statistics, NIDA, Republic of Korea [ppt]
Mr. H E Koay, Manager, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Malaysia [ppt] [country paper 1] [country paper 2]
Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 ICT household statistics (cont. country experiences)
Moderator: Mr. Sam Paltridge (OECD)
Ms. Agnes K.M. LO, Census and Statistic Department, Hong Kong [ppt] [country paper]
Ms. Cher Keng Ng, Director, Strategic Planning, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), Singapore [ppt]
Mr. Aym Ekramul Hoque, Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Bangladesh [ppt] [country paper]
Discussion
15:00 - 16:00 ICT household statistics
Definitions, model questions, response categories
Ms. Sheridan Roberts, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia [ppt]
Discussion
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 17:45 Continuation of discussion: ICT household statistics
18:00 Reception for workshop participants
Thursday, 27 July 2006
Chairpersons:
Mr. Shahid. R. Din, Information Technology Officer, Information, Communication and Space Technology Division, UNESCAP (morning)
Dr. Thaweesak Koanantakool, Director, NECTEC, Thailand (afternoon)
09:30 – 11:00 ICT business statistics and ICT sector
Country and regional experiences
Moderator: Mr. Sam Paltridge (OECD)
Ms. Estela T. de Guzmán, Director, National Statistics Office, Philippines [ppt]
Ms. Jirawan Boonperm, Deputy Secretary General, National Statistical Office, Thailand [ppt]
Mr. Yusif Yusifov, Head, State Statistical Committee, Azerbaijan [ppt] [country paper]
Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 ICT business statistics and ICT sector
Country and regional experiences (Continuation of discussion)
Moderator: Mr. Sam Paltridge (OECD)
Mr. Haiqi Lu, Senior Statistician, International Statistical Information Center (ISIC), China [ppt]
Ms. Khusanova Mukhsina, Principal Specialist, State Committee on Statistic of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan [ppt] [country paper]
Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:45 ICT business statistics and ICT sector
Definitions, model questions, response categories
Ms. Sheridan Roberts, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia [ppt]
Mr. José Cervera-Ferri, consultant, UNCTAD [ppt]
Discussion
15:45 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Other ICT indicators; international data collection
Mr. Ko Chih Tung, Regional Adviser Asia-Pacific Region, UIS [ppt]
Ms. Esperanza C. Magpantay, Statistician, Market, Economics and Finance Unit (MEF/PSF), Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU [ppt] [Case study: Hong Kong] [Case study: Australia]
Ms. Muriel Guigue, Associate Expert, ICT Policy and Analysis Unit, ICT and E-business Branch, SITE, UNCTAD [ppt]
Friday, 28 July 2006
Chairperson: Dr. Thaweesak Koanantakool, Director, NECTEC, Thailand
9:30 – 11:30 Questionnaire design, data collection, analysis and dissemination
Roundtable discussion on capacity building needs and technical assistance
Moderator: Mr. José Cervera-Ferri, consultant, UNCTAD [ppt]
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 12:15 Conclusions, recommendations and next milestones
12:15-12:30 Closing session
Mr. Shigeru Mochida, Deputy Executive Secretary and Officer-in-Charge, a.i., UNESCAP
Dr. Susan Teltscher, Chief, ICT Policy and Analysis Unit, ICT and E-business Branch, SITE, UNCTAD
Ms. Esperanza C. Magpantay, Statistician, Market, Economics and Finance Unit (MEF/PSF), Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU
Miscellaneous