ICT and its Challenges for Asia-Pacific Cities and Local Authorities

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1 ICT and its Challenges fr Asia-Pacific Cities and Lcal Authrities CITYNET Secretariat in Ykhama City, Japan KEYNOTE SPEECH By Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi Prgramme Manager CITYNET (Reginal Netwrk f Lcal Authrities fr the Management f Human Settlements) At the Asia-Pacific Reginal Frum f Cities and Lcal Gvernments in the Infrmatin Sciety Octber 2003 Shanghai, China

2 Outline f Presentatin First : Challenges faced by Asia-Pacific Cities and Lcal Gvernments tday. Secnd: Ptential f ICT in helping Asia-Pacific Cities and Lcal Gvernments meet the challenges. Third: Reginal level initiatives that aim t strengthen the capacity f cities and lcal gvernments thrugh the ptimal use f ICT

3 Asia-Pacific is a very imprtant regin! 23 cities are expected t have mre than 10-millin peple by cities in develping cuntries 11 cities will be in Asia China: Beijing, Shanghai Bangladesh: Dhaka Indnesia: Jakarta Pakistan: Karachi Thailand: Bangkk Philippines: Metr Manila India: Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad,, Mumbai

4 Challenges faced by Asia-Pacific Cities and Lcal Gvernments Uncntrlled migratin frm rural t urban areas. Inadequate jbs fr emplyment. Deteriratin f lcal envirnment cntributing t wrsening f the glbal envirnment. Inadequate city planning and management. Overburden f basic-urban services.

5 Rapid Grwth f ICT, especially in access t Internet 0% 9% 75% 15% 1% Africa Asia-Pacific Eurpe Latin America Nrth America Surce: Internet hsts Status f Internet Penetratin By Regins (% f hsts per regin)

6 Ptential f ICT in helping Asia-Pacific cities and lcal gvernments meet the challenges 1. Prmting Gd Gvernance 2. Creating mre jbs and building small and medium-scale business 3. Imprving revenue f cities thrugh intensive tax cllectin system 4. Prmting better educatin and health care 5. Imprving pprtunities fr, and access t, a glbal ecnmy

7 ICT can help in: (1) Prmting gd urban gvernance Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada,, India & Naga City, Philippines Imprving accuntability Enhancing transparency Increased participatin f citizens in city planning and management (2) Jb creatin and establishment f small- and medium- scale business Butwal,, Nepal prvides access t traders and farmers in acquiring better markets fr their gds, India generates mass emplyment thrugh a multi- purpse technlgy center Kerala, India

8 ICT can help in: (3) Imprving revenue f cities thrugh intensive tax cllectin system Indre,, India tax cllectin dubled with the implementatin f cmputerizatin system (4) Prmting better educatin and health care Wellingtn, New Zealand prvides basis f educatin prgrammes in schl Natinal Cmputer Center, Philippines empwers 1000 lcal gvernments thrugh trainings n ICT

9 ICT can help in: (5) Imprving pprtunities fr, and access t, a glbalizing ecnmy CITYNET prvides pprtunity fr lcal gvernments t frm partnerships frm all ver the wrld thrugh SMART-Cities ( ap.rg/)

10 Reginal level initiatives t strengthen capacity f cities and lcal gvernments thrugh ICT The Plan fr Establishment f ICT-Shanghai Reginal Training Centre as part f CIFAL Centre f UNITAR CITYNET-ESCAP ESCAP Capacity-Building Prjects fr Lcal Gvernments in Prmting Pr-Pr Pr ICT Strategies thrugh knwledge netwrking and the establishment f a reginal resurce facility.

11 Reginal level initiatives t strengthen capacity f cities and lcal gvernments thrugh ICT A newly set-up SMART-Cities (Sustainable Management Actins Resurce Tls fr Cities) f CITYNET, available at Sustainable Management Actin Resurce Tl fr Cities

12 Reginal level initiatives t strengthen capacity f cities and lcal gvernments thrugh ICT Objectives f SMART-Cities T meet the urgent needs Asian Cities have fr a platfrm with ready-access access t gd and best practices in urban envirnmental areas; As a medium fr fstering partnerships between lcal gvernments and private crpratins mainly frm Eurpe thrugh the Webprtal,, which in turn is t imprve pprtunities fr lcal gvernments an access t a glbalizing ecnmy; As part f CITYNET s cntinued effrts t strengthen the capacity f Asian lcal gvernments thrugh the implementatin f gd gvernance, particularly n issues related t transparency, accuntability, and respnsiveness within varius sectrs f lcal gvernments and lcal cmmunities.

13 Thank yu! CITYNET 5F, Internatinal Organisatins Centre Pacific-Ykhama, Minat Mirai Nishi-ku ku,, Ykhama, , 0012, Japan Tel: (81-45) ; 2161; Fax: (81-45) inf@citynet-ap.rg