6-8 November 2007, Bangkok

The workshop, a joint activity of ITU, UNESCAP and APT, will build upon the results of the meeting conducted in the 2006 in the region on the same subject. It will discuss definitions, collection methodologies and data collection issues both for infrastructure indicators and household ICT statistics, as well as other ICT indicators. This meeting is aimed to assist the Members in the process of ICT Statistics collection and use, more specifically:

1. to inform the Members of the ICT indicators in the region from various UN and other Inter-governmental agencies, their purpose and data availability;

2. to discuss indicators currently collected by ITU including definitions;

3. the need for new indicators and their collection methodology;

4. the use of these indicators in policy making and regulation;

5. to discuss challenges related to information society measurements, present possible solutions and identify technical assistance needs.

Administrative documents:

• Invitation letter (pdf format) - English

• Agenda (pdf format) - English

• Information Note (pdf format) - English

• List of participants - English

Documents:

• Final Report (pdf format)

Tuesday 6 November 2007

• Opening (pdf format)

• Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development, Esperanza Magpantay, ITU (pdf format)

• ITU work on ICT Measurement, Esperanza Magpantay, ITU (pdf format)

• UNCTAD and ICT measurement, Susan Teltscher, UNCTAD (pdf format)

• ICT Policy and Regulatory Framework Development, Jean-Michel Sadoul, UNESCAP (pdf format)

• ITU Telecommunication/ICT Indicators: Infrastructure and access, Monika Muylkens, ITU (pdf format)

• Telecommunications Malaysia - A roundup of indicators and trends, Koay Hock Eng, SKMM, Malaysia (pdf format)

• Usage, Collection & Dissemination of Telecommunication / Infocomm Infrastructure & Access Data in Singapore, Ng Cher Keng, IDA, Singapore (pdf format)

• ICT Statistics Situation in Japan, Mr. Daisuke Okabe, Embassy of Japan in Thailand (pdf format) - Appendix 1 (pdf format), Appendix 2 (pdf format)

• Capacity Building Workshop on information Society Statistics: Infrastructure and Household Indicators, Indrani Kaushal, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India (pdf format)

• Market and analyst expert at Market and tariff regulation department of the Communications Regulatory Commission, Communications Regulatory Commission, Mongolia (pdf format)

• Country report, Union of Myanmar, Ms. Nelly (pdf format)

• State of Telecommunication and ICT Development in Samoa, Elisapeta Pasa-Anesone (pdf format)

• Country paper on ICT Status in Nepal, Subarna Shakya (pdf format)

• Country Report on ICT Statistics, Lao PDR, Somlouay Kittignavong (pdf format)

• Country Paper on Information Society Statistics: Core ICT Indicators, Bangladesh, Ashis Kumar Kundu (pdf format)

• ICT household statistics: model questions and questionnaire design, Sheridan Roberts (pdf format)

Wednesday 7 November 2007

• Core ICT indicators on access to, and use of, ICTs by households and individuals, Esperanza Magpantay, ITU (pdf format)

• ICT household statistics: model questions and questionnaire design, Sheridan Roberts (pdf format)

• Collection, Analysis & Dissemination of Households� and Individuals� Infocomm Usage Data in Singapore, Ng Cher Keng, IDA, Singapore (pdf format)

• How to collect ICT statistics using household surveys � the ITU manual on ICT household surveys, Sheridan Roberts (pdf format)

• Statistical capacity building by ESCAP, Ilpo Survo, UNESCAP (pdf format)

• ICT Business Statistics: Core Indicators, Susan Teltscher, UNCTAD (pdf format)

• ICT sector and ICT trade: Trends and surveys, Susan Teltscher, UNCTAD (pdf format)

• ICT sector and trade core indicators: classifications and concepts, Sheridan Roberts (pdf format)

• Measuring ICT impact at the firm level, Susan Teltscher, UNCTAD (pdf format)

• UNCTAD Capacity Building on ICT measurement, Susan Teltscher, UNCTAD (pdf format)

• The Impact of ICT Use in Manufacturing Firms in Thailand, Ruamporn Sirirattrakul , National Statistical Office, Thailand (pdf format)

Thursday, 8 November 2007

• Use of ICT Indicators in regulation, Ashish Narayan, ITU (pdf format)

• Why E-Policy Matters: New ICT Indicators for Knowledge Economy, Daewon Choi, UNESCAP (pdf format)

• Role of ICT in Enhancing Technological Capabilities, K. Ramanathan, UNESCAP (pdf format)

• Connectivity and Development, David Hastings, UNESCAP (pdf format)

• Challenges related to ICT data collection and suggested solutions, ITU (pdf format)