DICT

AN AGENCY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
14 September 2011 | Senate Session Hall

Department of Information & Communications Technology

FILIPINOS DEPEND HEAVILY ON ICT

As of June 2010

85 Million mobile subscribers 30 Million internet users

The Philippines has been dubbed: Texting capital of the world Top social networking nation

ICT & JOB CREATION

IT-BPO Industry
2004 $ 1.3 Billion 101,000 people In 6 years... 2010 $ 9 Billion 530,000 people

500% increase in revenues 400% in employment growth

ICT & JOB CREATION

Projections
by 2016 $ 26 Billion 1.3 Million people
In 2010, the Philippines became the #1 destination for BPO Voice

CICTs EVOLUTION

CREATED BY

Composed of

EO 264 signed Jan.04 Natl Computer Center(NCC) Telecommunications (TELOF) PhilPost NTC

CICTs EVOLUTION
In Aug. 05 EO 454 was signed moving NTC back to DOTC EO 603 transferred back to DOCTC all other communications agencies leaving CICT w/ only NCC & PHILPOST

In Feb. 07

CICTs EVOLUTION
In Jan. 09 CICT regained its original composition thru EO 780

It seemed like the government could not quite get the right formula.

CICTs EVOLUTION
But what happened next was so unexpected, the industry was taken by surpriseif not outright shock

CICTs EVOLUTION

ABOLISHED BY

EO 47 signed June 23, 11 Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) of the DOST

REPLACED WITH

ROLE OF DICT

DICT
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY

The countrys premier government agency devoted to developing and promoting a national ICT strategy.

DICT BILL

DICT
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY

DICT Bill will not add to government bureaucracy because it will only reassign and re-engineer existing ICT-related mandates.

DICT BILL

DICT
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATIONS

DICT Bill can actually harmonize the bureaucracy

consolidate govt ICT systems and encourage creative ICT solutions to bring down cost thereby, helping govt become efficient & effective.

TECHNOLOGY

THE SITUATION

DICT
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY

Many projects launched under the e-government have failed due to a myriad of problems, primarily uncoordinated processes and an overall lack of technical expertise across implementing agencies. This is where the CICT could have made a differenceand where the DICT will.

IMPACT OF DICT
The Congressional Commission on Science, Technology and Engineering (COMSTE), which I chair, foresees the DICT having great impact beyond the ITBPO industry.

1987

COMSTE
Congressional
Commission on Science & Technology and Engineering

IMPACT OF DICT
TELEMEDICINE
Through telemedicine, ICT can propel governments efforts to provide universal healthcare.

1987

COMSTE

IMPACT OF DICT
PRECISION FARMING
Acute food security and climate change issues highlight the need for real-time decisionsupport systems in our agricultural sector.
E T

Satellite feed

Satellite image analysis

1987

Farming recommendations

COMSTE

IMPACT OF DICT
E-LEARNING
World-class education can be brought to every school in the country, especially those in farflung areas, via ICT connectivity.
E T

1987

COMSTE

IMPACT OF DICT
COMBATING CYBERCRIME
We need the DICT in the campaign to curb cybercrime as the lead agency strengthening and securing the bureaucracys ICT systems.
E T

1987

COMSTE

INTL MODELS
Rank Country

81

Kenya

82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

Namibia Morocco Cape Verde Mongolia Philippines Albania Pakistan Peru Ukraine

CONCLUSION
3 CRUCIAL ELEMENTS OF A NATIONAL ICT STRATEGY THROUGH THE DICT
1. universal access and literacy 2. expanding the use of emerging technologies 3. and fostering an effective regulatory system for business

AN AGENCY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE

DICT

CONCLUSION
We urgently need the DICT to help us collectively bridge the digital divide.
generate jobs solve national challenges improve government services empower the poor

AN AGENCY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE

DICT

CONCLUSION
I ask for your support in the expeditious passage of this long-awaited measure. The digital age is upon us, yet we have been behind the curve for far too long. We need a major transformation fast now.

AN AGENCY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE

DICT

Thank you.
AN AGENCY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
14 September 2011 | Senate Session Hall

DICT