OBI Research Office Activities

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OBI Research OfficeActivities
Professor Toshio Obi
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General Information

• Title of the Project APEC e-Government Research
  Center at Waseda University.
• Proposed APEC Economy
• Japan (Co-sponsored APEC Economy Thailand)
• Project Overseer
• Professor Toshio Obi, Waseda University, Tokyo
• Total Cost
• USD 100,000 per year
• Project start and end date
• January, 2004 December, 2009
• Faculty DyDirector Dr.Iwasaki,Prof.Kano,Prof.Hig
  uchi
• Prof.Negoro,Prof..Kudo,Prof.Lin,
  
• Researchers Luis,Tanaka,Imamura,Morse

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Objectives of the Project (1)

• To monitor and evaluate e-APEC activities
• To support GCIO projects for networking and
  workshops as core resources
• To establish APEC e-University Networks as
  centers for excellence in Human Resource
  Development (HRD) for e-Government through
  e-learning courses / system by using the latest
  technologies such as IPv6 and Next Generation
  Networks (NGN)

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Objectives of the Project (2)

• To implement ICT training and research programs
  to address the needs on the new environment and
  digital society
• To assist activities of the International Academy
  of CIO for data bank /seminars
• To promote partnership and interactive
  collaboration among academic institutions, the
  government and the industry in supporting HRD
  requirements in the new economy.

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Progress since last Report (1)

• E-Government World Ranking Since 2005.
  Assistance in surveying the development of
  e-Government worldwide (e-Government World
  Ranking).
• http//www.obi.giti.waseda.ac.jp/e_gov/2008-02_Wo
  rld_e-Gov_Ranking.pdf
• Participation in international conferences
  organized by APECTEL, ITU, UNESCO

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Progress since last Report (2)
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Progress since last Report (3)

• Organization of seminars and workshops at Waseda
  University
• CIO Conference 23 March 2007
• CIO Conference 22 November 2007
• Distance learning programs on e-Governance
  between universities
• George Mason University United States of
  America
• De La Salle University Philippines
• Peking University / BUPT China
• Chulalongkorn University Thailand
• Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia

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Progress since last Report (4)

• Organization of an APECTEL CIO Workshop on
  Environment and Cultural Heritage (Tokyo, Japan)
• March 25,2008
• Support to the CIO and e-Government courses
  conducted by Waseda University
• Book Publication E-Governance. A Global
  Perspective on a New Paradigm. Toshio Obi
  (editor). IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2007.

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APECTEL/EC Joint Conference on e-Governance
Lima, Peru (1)Feb.27 Policy
Reccommendations

• It is a good time to evaluate the activities on
  e-government and economic policy with ICT in the
  same context, since competition policy and ICT
  are more interrelated with e-government than in
  the past.
• Both ICT and competition policies cannot be
  discussed in a single economy and need both
  global and regional attention. On this regard,
  regional cooperation on the role of ICT for open
  trade and investment facilitation for regional
  integration as institutional framework is
  valuable.

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APECTEL/EC Joint Conference on e-Governance
Lima, Peru (2)

• There is strong demand for creating a
  comprehensive master plan for e-government, while
  prioritizing the agendas of structural reform,
  deregulation and competition in the APEC region.
• CIO as decision-maker of ICT management can play
  an important role of integration between
  e-government and structural reform policy.
• Need for close relationship between EC and TEL
  for common policy issues

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APECTEL(unofficial) CIO Workshop on Environment
and Cultural Heritage (1)

• The Workshop had speakers and participants of the
  following APEC member economies China, Chinese
  Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Peru, Philippines,
  Thailand, United States, and Vietnam. 9
  Economies 40 participants
• The main topic of discussion was the usage of ICT
  for the protection of the environment and
  cultural heritage, and the role of CIO in this
  issue.
• Through the presentation of experiences from
  member economies, an insight on the protection of
  cultural heritage (e-museums, in the case of
  China, Japan and Thailand) was given.

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CIO Workshop(2)

• ICT was presented as a tool for preserving the
  national culture (the case of Philippines) and to
  contribute to the conservation of environment
  CIOs have to balance the usage of ICT with the
  protection of environment and cultural heritage.
• A collaboration network on issues related to the
  role of APEC CIOs and the protection of
  environment and cultural heritage needs to be
  established and strengthened.
• _at_ Keynote speakers Vice Minister Mori of Japan
  and Chairman Pairash of NECTEC Thailand
• _at_Organized by the Center Intl Academy of CIO
• and supported by Japan and Thailand

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Thank you very much

• Contact Information
• Professor Toshio Obi
• APEC e-Government Research Center Waseda
  University
• 1-3-10 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
  (169-0051), Building 29-7 ,Japan
• obi.waseda_at_waseda.jp
• http//www.obi.giti.waseda.ac.jp/