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Session 6 : Future and supplementary Indicators. ICT Human Resources Indicators. M. Wongsaroje National Statistical Office, Thailand Email: mwongs@nso.go.th. Outlines. Requirements from Policy makers Thailand ICT Indicators 2003 Thailand ICT Indicators 2004 New challenge for 2005.
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Session 6 : Future and supplementary Indicators ICT Human Resources Indicators M. Wongsaroje National StatisticalOffice, Thailand Email: mwongs@nso.go.th
Outlines • Requirements from Policy makers • Thailand ICT Indicators 2003 • Thailand ICT Indicators 2004 • New challenge for 2005
Requirements from Policy makers • Ministry of ICT Master plan • ICT human resource development • Target: to increase Thailand ICT competitiveness • Strategy: ICT human resources capacity building • Indicators: ICT indicators conform to international standard and Telecommunication–related HR (number and skills) (2005) • National ICT Master plan • Laid out administrative, monitoring, and assessment mechanisms, setting targets and achievement indicators for the overall plan, as well as for each strategy. • IT2010 Policy Framework • ICT Master Plan 2002-2006
Thailand ICT Indicators 2003 • Published in 2003 by NECTEC • Result from a project to develop national ICT indicators aiming to collect statistics and data necessary for analysis of the nation’s ICT situation. • ICT HR Indicators: • Enrollment rates 1999-2002 • 5 education level: Pre-primary, Primary, Lower-secondary, General upper secondary, and Vocational upper secondary • Source: Office of the National Education Commission, Ministry of education • Number of IT personal by job classification 2001 • Estimated demand for IT manpower 2001-2006 • Estimated demand for IT manpower in 2006 by job classification • Source: the study done by NECTEC and Thammasat University 2001
Estimated demand for ICT manpower in 2006 by job classification
Thailand ICT Indicators 2004 • Published in 2004 by NSO • Human resource indicators: • Enrollment in IT training program of Ministry of Labor 2002-2003 • Enrollment rate 1999-2002 • Schools having internet access by types • ICT indicators from household surveys • Labor Force Survey 2001-2003 • ICT usage 2002-2003 • ICT indicators from establishment surveys • Business and trade surveys 2002-2004 • ICT surveys 2004
ICT workforce indicators from HH surveys • Data source : Labor force surveys 2001-2003 • Following OECD methods (Measuring the information economy 2002: occupations and skills in the information economy) • Some indicators: • ICT-related workers (high skilled, low skilled) • ICT-related workers by education level • ICT-related workers by work status • ICT-related workers by hour worked • ICT-related workers by industry sector • ICT-related workers by average wages • ICT-related workers by establishment size
ICT HR indicator from establishment surveys • Data source: The 2004 Information and Communication Technology Survey (establishment) • coverage : ISIC 50, 51, 52, 55, 70, 72, 71, 73, 74, 92, 93, 15-37, 45, 6021-6023, 6304 • one question about ICT human resource • Number of software specialist • Number of software specialist engaged in establishment by type, sex,economic activity and size of establishment
Difficulties • Unclear definitions • Need for ICT Industry sector classification • Need for ICT - related occupation classification • Unclear data collection methods • Difficult questions to understand for interviewers • etc...
New Challenges in 2005 • Need for telecommunication workforce indicator • Challenging activities: • Definitions, classifications • Data collection methods • Data providers: households, establishments, registration records