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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy and E-Development Projects in Thailand: The Impact on Grassroots and Virtual Public Sphere. OVERVIEW. Introduction. New ICTs promise a myriad of benefits The World Bank has launched a policy on Information and Communication Technology

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  1. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy and E-Development Projects in Thailand: The Impact on Grassroots and Virtual Public Sphere

  2. OVERVIEW Page 2

  3. Introduction • New ICTs promise a myriad of benefits • The World Bank has launched a policy on Information and Communication Technology • 2 main programs supported by the World Bank are ̔e-Readiness̕ and ̔Country Gateways̕ which initiatives of InforDev. Page 3

  4. E-Readiness • An assessment of a country’s status regarding ICT infrastructure • Includes the accessibility of ICT to the population, the suitability of the policy environment for ICT effectiveness, and country’s everyday use of ICT. Page 4

  5. Country Gateways Program • Purpose • To provide country level information and resources, and promote local content development and knowledge sharing • Provides e-government, e-business, and e-learning • Contribute to better connectivity and use of ICT Page 5

  6. ICT Policy in Thailand • To cooperate with public and private sectors in implementing projects to apply ICT for poverty reduction in Thailand • Most projects are involved with the ICT application for community development Page 6

  7. ICT Policy in Thailand (IT 2000) Page 7

  8. ICT Policy in Thailand (IT2010) Page 8

  9. E-Development in Thailand e-Thailand Project Page 9

  10. 1) E-education-School Net Objectives: To provide Internet access for schools To provide opportunities access to the world’s information and knowledge resources To reduce the gap in education quality between schools in urban and rural areas Page 10

  11. 1) E-education-School Net Page 11

  12. Microsoft Thailand Partners in Learning Here comes your footer  Page 12

  13. 2) E-commerce An initiative to bridge the digital divide in local community Telecenters are operated by monks/temples, schools, NGO’s offices, post offices,and Tambons offices. Page 13

  14. 2) E-Commerce for Rural Development Page 14

  15. 3) E-government System developed to monitor readiness for e-government development Page 15

  16. SEE System Online Survey System Page 16

  17. SEE System Monitoring and Evaluation System Page 17

  18. 3) E-government Thai Tambon Net Page 18

  19. 3) E-government Products with One Tambon One Product (OTOP) 5-star Logo Page 19

  20. 3) E-government Thai Tambon Net Page 20

  21. A Case Study of E-Development and Virtual Public Sphere of Grassroots- Lahansai Information Technology Page 21

  22. Virtual Public Sphere Page 22

  23. Organization Launched Telecentres Projects in Thailand Page 23

  24. To explain the Non-govenment Organisation‘s roles in terms of promoting CMC in rural community and the feedback of people to create a virtual public sphere Observation: Attended the activities Focus group: Interview 16 people at Lahansai Information Technology Centre and observed the users at the telecentre Questionnaire Objectives Method Page 24

  25. Findings Lahansai Information Technology Usage • Propose of use • Collect information of local business groups for the government • Typing reports and local business data • Sending e-mail • Search via Internet • Send Fax • Scans photo • User • Local scholars and the officers of telecentres • Children and educated people • Foreigners and tourists Page 25

  26. Discussion • Telecentre is not able to attract the local adult people in communities and people living nearby. • The knowledge gap is still the main obstacle to develop IT for local people. • Most members of Lahansai Saving for Production Group are not able to use Internet although Community Organizations Dev. Institute (CODI) and Burirum Teaching College trained them. • E-commerce has not occurred in the society. • ICT seems to save local business data rather than exchanging information between the business groups. Page 26

  27. Recommendation Page 27

  28. Conclusion • Thai telecentres are still developing to connect rural communities with information and resources beyond their geographic boundaries, encouraging information dissemination, information exchange and communication. • Comparing to the mainstream media, the new media may not widely popular in some rural communities and the grassroots. • Both mainstream media and new media may not disseminate the information to the grassroots effectively. Page 28

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