Public policy and New
Forms of Economy in the
Digital Age
Public Policy: WHY It Matters?
Broad strategy government uses to accomplish
public administration goals
Purposive governmental actions that address matters of
concern to some part of society, for example healthcare,
poverty and education
It is a consensus building and compromise between
powerful actors and interest groups
ICT, POLICY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The United Nation (UN) govern the use of
ICT for sustainable development by
focusing on all aspects of SDG2030. But
ICTs are cited specifically in SDG:
4 4: Quality Education
5 5: Gender Equality
9 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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7 1 : Partnerships for the Goals
ICT, POLICY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
How the policy works:
1. ICT ecosystem: infrastructure, applications
and services, user engagement (refer to the
center)
2. Policy issues: economic, technical,
social/culture, governance (refer to the
multi-colored ring)
3. Stakeholder: government, business, civil
society, technical community, academic
institutions
4. Sustainable development opportunities:
the 17 goals
The ICT Ecosystem as a Foundation for
Sustainable Economic Development
Our Effort
An interoperable, seamless ICT
ecosystem is crucial to help populations reap the
benefits of ICT and further development
opportunity.
SDG 1
“end poverty in all its forms everywhere”
The ICT services are able to give marginalized
and remote communities access to a range of Give some other local examples on how ICT could be used to eradicate
services for improved quality of life poverty and hunger (SDG 1 and 2)
Multi-stakeholder Approaches
Our Effort
• International
Stakeholders play key roles in ensuring well
Partners Ministry of
• Statutory
Agencies Education &
informed and targeted policy approaches • Sub-system Ministry of
developers
Higher Education
SDG 4
“quality education for all”
Malaysian Education
ICT Transformation Plan
Malaysian Education Transformation Plan:
• Governing Boards
• Parents
“To accelerate the usage of ICT to support the • Students
• Expert Panels
overall education ecosystems” • Schools,
Colleges,
Universities
Give some other local examples on how ICT could be used to improve good
health and well-being (SDG 3)
Effective Policy Approaches To Support
an Enabling Policy Environment
Economic Policy Social/Cultural Technical Policy Governance Policy
Consideration Policy Consideration Consideration Consideration
• Investment • ICT skills • Infrastructure • Interoperability
• Data protection • Access for • Spectrum allocation • Public-private
• disadvantaged partnerships
Cross border data group
flow • Institutional
• Locally relevant capacity and
content, resources cooperation
and tools
Give some other local examples on how ICT could be used to promote for
decent work and economic growth (SDG 8)
Digital Trade
Roadmap
Digital Roadmap
Is a high level document that outlines what goal a business wants to achieve,
identifying some digital initiates that can help it get there. It provides a
blueprint for action that aligns digital initiatives with short and longer term
business objectives.
Why Do We Need a Digital Roadmap?
How Do We Get to a Digital Future?
What Activities Get Us There?
GOVERNMENT: 9 Steps for Unlocking Digital Trade
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
7 Steps for Unlocking Digital Trade
INDUSTRY: 7 Steps for Unlocking Digital Trade
Digital Tools to
Boost Business
Digital Tools for Business
Class Activity
Visit https://youtu.be/iXJrCswVcCE
Identify the digital tools used in the business.
Suggest other tools that they should deploy.
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