THAILAND

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ADOC 2.0 WEEK 2009
ICT Training at College of Asian Scholars
VIETNAM
THAILAND
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
INDONESIA
CHILE
PHILIPPINES
PERU
MEXICO
Thailand OCTOBER 2009
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ADOC Center in Khon Kaen
Opening Ceremony by H.E. Roy Y.Y. Wu on 8
August 2008.
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ADOC Center in Khon Kaen , Thailand
H.E. Roy Y.Y. Wu Representative, Taipei Economic
Cultural Office in Thailand
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Khon Kaen is in northeastern of Thailand 440 Km.
from Bangkok.
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College of Asian Scholars
Founded by Prof.Dr.Krasae Chanawongse In 2002
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Faculty
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Mission Accomplishing
Skills Ethics Leadership
Gold Medal Women football, University Sport, 2008.
Leadership
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Agenda

• 1. Government Policy on ICT
• Background
• Targets of ICT Policy
• ICT development strategies
• ADOC Center in Khon Kaen,Thailand
• ADOC center and ICT Policy
• ADOC Training
• Experience on difficulties

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Agenda (Cont,)

• Successful Stories
• Future Perspectives of ADOC Center
• The future plan of the ADOC center
• Difficulties in the future

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1. Government Policy on ICT

• BACKGROUND
• Thailands Information and Communication
  Technology (ICT) policy places a priority on the
  role of ICT in social and economic development by
  emphasizing the improvement of the quality of
  life and society through developing a
  knowledge-based society

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BACKGROUND

• In the global context, the development of ICT in
  Thailand can be considered average
• Compare with the other Asia countries, they are
  more developed than Thailand

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BACKGROUND

• The main factors holding back the development of
  ICT in Thailand
• Insufficient and limited coverage of the
  information and communication infrastructure
• A shortage of ICT human resources
• The low and limited ICT usage of the general
  public
• Lack of ICT knowledgeable person in the public
  sector

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Targets of ICT Policy

• Build capacity in using technology as a tool for
  national development in order to leverage
  Thailands status as a potential leader
  country.
• Increase the percentage of knowledge workers
• Develop the Thai economy by increasing the value
  of knowledge-based industries

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ICT development strategy

• Strategy 1
• Develop ICT professionals and general human
  resources who are information literate
• Develop ICT professionals and general human
  resources who are information literate
• Development of ICT professionals
• Development of personnel in other fields and the
  general public
• Other support measures for overall human
  development

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ICT development strategy

• Strategy 2
• Improve the national ICT management structure.
• Improve the process of proposing and allocating
  budgets
• Improve related laws and regulations and their
  enforcement
• mechanisms in order facilitate the use of ICT and
  the conduct of e-Commerce/ e-transaction.
• Improve the national ICT development indicator
  database system

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ICT development strategy

• Strategy 3
• Develop ICT infrastructure
• Expand the types of services, expand service
  coverage areas and improve the efficiency of the
  communication network
• Accelerate the achievement of information security

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ICT development strategy

• Develop ICT infrastructure to upgrade education
  and life-long learning
• Develop ICT infrastructure for key social sectors
  
• Increase the efficiency of telecommunication and
  ICT network resource management

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ICT development strategy

• Strategy 4
• e-Governance
• Strengthen central agencies responsible for
  setting the framework and standards needed
• Develop electronic services by all government
  agencies
• Strengthen ICT capacity for provincial government
  agencies and local government units

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ICT development strategy

• Strategy 5
• Enhance competitiveness of the ICT industry to
  add economic values and increase earnings
• Provide funding support to the new enterprises
• Upgrade Thai ICT product and service standards to
  meet global standards
• Create opportunities in marketing and competition
  for Thai businesses
• Promote domestic and foreign investment in ICT
  industries

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ICT development strategy

• Strategy 6
• Use ICT to build sustainable
  competitiveness for Thai industries
• Build awareness and develop capacity in ICT for
  businesses
• Build confidence in electronic transactions

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ICT development strategy

• Promote the use of ICT in strategic manufacturing
  and service sector
• Enhance competitive capacity of small and medium
  enterprises (SMEs) and community enterprises.
• Promote the use of ICT in energy-saving measures

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2. ADOC Center in Khon Kaen

• The number of trainees is increase from 836 in
  2008 to more than 1,000 in the half of 2009

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Unemployment
Housewife
There are 5 groups of trainees
Students
Youths
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ADOC Center in Khon Kaen
ADOC Computers Course Girlss Football Festival
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ADOC Center in Khon Kaen

• There are 8 courses
• Introduction to internet
• Introduction to computer basic skill
• Introduction to web design

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ADOC Center in Khon Kaen

• Introduction to outlook
• Introduction to MSN
• Introduction to Microsoft office
• Introduction to Chinese language
• Introduction to word typing

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ADOC Center in Khon Kaen

• Experience on difficulties
• How to effectively instruct the very beginner
• Teaching material
• Expense for food, beverage, transportation and
  documentation

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3.Successful Stories
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4.Future Perspectives of ADOC Center
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Future Perspectives of ADOC Center
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Possible difficulties in the future

• Outdated of hardware and software
• Decreasing of budget.

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Thank you.
By Dr. Kasom Chanawongse President College of
Asian Scholars Thailand