...11th EAWG Meeting...
...12th EATF Meeting...

              Updates on 11th EAWG Meeting
                       17-18 June 2002
                          Singapore

Focus of 11th EAWG
          Intra e-ASEAN Activities
          Agenda with Dialogue Partners
Intra e-ASEAN Activities: Key outcomes
          Co-ordination Management
          Progress of Development of Funding Mechanism
          Project Prioritization and Action Plan
          Project Updates and New Proposals
Co-ordination Management
          RIA matrix
          CA Steering Committee
          Report to SEOM on IAI-ICT concerns
          On IAI-ICT related issue
                          5 programs: Telecom Framework, Nat’l ICT Master Plan, ICT Legislation, HRD, e-Government
                          Regular report by the Chair of IAI-ICT (Myanmar)
                          EAWG will be consulted in the formulation and implementation of ICT-related projects
Progress of Development of Funding Mechanism
         Endorsed preliminary report consolidated by Brunei
                         Decision on various funding schemes
                                  # Focus on ICT Fund created by ASEAN Gov’t
                                  # Need to include other innovative schemes involving private sector and dialogue partners
                         Develop the details of high impact projects
         Finalize the completed paper and submit to next SEOM in August
Project Prioritization and Action Plan
         Macro view: how to realize e-ASEAN Framework Agreement
                        Repackage the fragmented projects into consolidated ones with their comprehensive action plan
                        Justify the setting up of special e-ASEAN Fund with the repackaged high impact projects
         Convene a special meeting of EAWG during 9-10 July 2002
                       Work out the details based on list of prioritized high impact projects
                       Draft the annual EAWG progress report to SEOM
                                  # Examine methodology used by IBM
Work Program Updates
         Progress of key on-going projects
                      ARIX/ISP Forum
                      e-Commerce Legal Framework
                      Trade and Investment Database
                      e-ASEAN Technical Architecture
                      SchoolNet and e-Learning
                      e-Visa
         New Proposals
                      Common Certification Standard for ICT Skill Competency in ASEAN (Indonesia)
                      Wiring ASEAN: ICT Strategies, Development, and Implication for Development (Singapore)
                      ASEAN Service Access Platform (Singapore)
                      Capability Maturity Model (ASEC)
         Decision
                     Further reexamine the proposals before endorsement
                     Merging the similar projects to strengthen the proposals
Other matters
          ICT Country updates
          East Asia Economic Forum, KL October
          Next meeting : Bangkok October
Agenda with Dialogue Partners
          CER (Australia & New Zealand)
                       Discuss framework and mechanism of cooperation
                       AADCP
                       Virtual Colombo Plan
                       Potential cooperations
                                     # trade facilitation
                                     # e-Commerce
                       Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
                                     # Framework and management channel
                                                  - Either through individual members or EAWG
                                     # Potential cooperation
                                                  - Workshop on ICT policy development in Lao PDR w WB
           EAWG-China
                      2nd Seminar on ASEAN-China ICT
                      ICT Workshop series
                      MOU on China-ASEAN ICT Sector
                                       # HRD
                                       # Infrastructure
                                       # Information Security
                                       # Joint seminars
Dialogue Partners Engagement
          EAWG-Korea
                      Bridging the Digital Divide in East Asia: East Asia Special Cooperation Initiative
          EAWG-Japan
                      CICC IT training for CLMV
                      ECOM: Trustmark, ebXML
                      Guideline on EC
                      TEDI
                      Skill Standard
           EAWG+3
                      Asia e-Learning
          Next Steps (cont.)
                     Identify permanent focal points and country coordinators
                     Link the repackaged high impact projects to the dialogue partners’ proposals
          Guest Speaker
                    Private Sector Participation
                                   # Presentation on “Asia’s Rise as Global Economy’s New Driver” by Mr. Edward Zeng (Chairman and CEO, Sparkice Inc., China)