ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh and Japanese Minister for Internal
Affairs and Communications Shindo Yoshitaka have discussed cooperation
in information and communications technology (ICT) and disaster
management.
Japan’s support for the
implementation of ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015 (AIM 2015) was also tabled
at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on April 30.
Minh stressed that the role of telecommunication providers is to ensure
the availability of high capacity infrastructure and quality services
while the government’s role is to regulate the supply and demand in
assuring an equal and affordable access and safety for the public and
fair competition amongst providers.
Minister Shindo shared Japan ’s experience on the utilisation of ICT in disaster management.
He highlighted the importance to have a standardised protocol of
network in the distribution of computing information of early warning to
population for wider areas. He emphasised on the urgency to inform the
evacuation scheme to the affected population.
The
Minister expressed Japan ’s willingness and readiness to provide
support to ASEAN and to strengthen ASEAN-Japan cooperation in this area.
While appreciating Japan’s support in the
provision and establishment of ASEAN’s current ICT Disaster Management
System, the ASEAN Chief expressed ASEAN’s interest in Japan’s
experience in designing and implementing ICT systems in Telemedicine
Practices in remote areas and Energy Consumption Monitoring for
environmental improvement.
The two sides shared high
confidence that the upcoming ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Policy Meeting on
Cyber Security Cooperation scheduled for September in Japan will
yield important outcomes to further enhance the bilateral cooperation in
the field.-VNA