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Malaysia. Rural ICT Policy Advocacy, Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building Regional Project. Regional Multi-stakeholder Discussion Forum on Rural ICT Development Bangkok, Thailand, 4 July 2011. Objective of Malaysia on Rural ICT. Bridging the digital divide

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  1. Malaysia Rural ICT Policy Advocacy, Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building Regional Project Regional Multi-stakeholder Discussion Forum on Rural ICT Development Bangkok, Thailand, 4 July 2011

  2. Objective of Malaysia on Rural ICT Bridging the digital divide ICT as an enabler/driver of social & economic development Delivery of government services Knowledge, creative & innovative society

  3. Current Status

  4. Government’s Institutions Involved in ICT Policy & Implementation Communications and Multimedia Acts of 1998 (CMA 1998) National Information Technology Council (NITC) Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture (MICC) Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Other Ministries and Government Agencies

  5. Policy, Legal, & Regulatory Framework

  6. Funding Mechanism • Government Allocation • Demonstrator Application Grant Scheme (DAGS) • Enterprise Innovation Fund • Science Fund • TechnoFund • eContent Fund • MAVCAP Fund • MSC Malaysia Research and Development Grant Scheme (MGS) • SMIDEC Grants • Special Stimulus • Public-Private Partnership (PPP) • USP fund • NGOs & Academia

  7. Rural ICT Initiatives

  8. 3 Key Lessons from Project/Workshop • Lesson#1- Malaysia • Different models of telecentres-Coordination/Roles of universities/Research centre? • Lesson#2- Thailand • Being cluster-based & autonomous centre-champions • Roles of universities/research centre; mentor, creative, holistic roadmap, empowering activities • Lesson#3- Korea • Rural ICT success depends on coordination among agencies at stake • Committee set-up as a Control Tower for effective coordination

  9. Issues & Challenges Silo effects (too many agencies delivering/implementing the ICT services/policy) Limited Funding (handover to the community in 2015) Not enough local content (no killer applications) Investment Vs GDP Operating Expenditures (OPEX) IT Push vs IT Pull Political tool Focal point for community (Community Leader) Collaboration with NGO, PPP, University

  10. Follow up projects • Analysis of Universal Access & Service Funding Mechanism (Prof. Zulk) • Local Content Development (Prof Ku) • Technologies: • Optical Wireless on Rural Area (Dr Angela) • Low Altitude Balloons Platform (Dr Fareq) • Network of TCs (National-MyReN concept & Regional linkages) • E-learning/commerce/services- ITU-UUM Academy • Roadmap (NITC platform to overcome silo effects) The End

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