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| Regional Roundup : Asian Forum on ICT Policies and e-Strategies, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) | ||||
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| A seventeen point declaration was adopted by delegates as a key outcome of the Asian Forum on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policies and e-Strategies, held from 20 – 22 October 2003 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). The Kuala Lumpur declaration will provide regional input into the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to be held in Geneva (Switzerland) in December 2003. Held under the auspices of the United Nations ICT Task Force (UN ICT Task Force), the forum was organized by the Asia Pacific Development Information Programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), supported by the Malaysian Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia and jointly sponsored by the Government of Japan. It was attended by representatives from 22 countries in the Asia Pacific region. ‘To ensure the views of developing nations of the Asia-Pacific region are not marginalized in the international discussions on formulating guidelines towards the Information Society at WSIS,’ says a press release, ‘emphasis was placed on specific policies on poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals, governance, gender, infrastructure and access, human capacity, content and applications, enterprises and entrepreneurs, and regional co-operation. The specific needs and interests of least developed countries, landlocked and developing island nations of the Asia-Pacific region were also highlighted.’ Importantly, the declaration ‘is timed so as to be able to make a contribution to the Geneva phase of WSIS 2003. As follow up and in light of the outcomes of the Geneva phase of WSIS, we agree to convene the Asia-Pacific Forum on ICT Policies and e-Strategies, which will involve stakeholders from the public, private sector, civil society, regional and international organizations, during the inter-Summit period (2003-2005) to: review national and regional action plans vis-à-vis the WSIS 2003 Plan of Action; discuss common challenges in implementation; exchange information on lessons learned and best practices, and establish solutions-oriented e-strategies.’
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