Press Release: The Opening Ceremony of ICT Elite Camp 2006

The ADOCⁱ Secretariat had held the opening ceremony of the ICT Elite Camp on June 26 at the diplomatic officials' training center in Taipei. The Executive Secretary Wang, Chan-Ping of the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Bureau of Foreign Trade and Secretary General Chen, Cheng-Chung attended the ceremony. In addition, the representatives of Partner Member Economies introduced themselves to each other and the sponsor related about the ADOC Program.

The ADOC Secretariat has created the ICT Elite Camp from June 26 to July 7 for the purpose of enhancing the ability of Partner Member Economies to promote their ICT development using local resources and capabilities. The Taiwan Textile Research Institute has assisted with implementation. Government officials, businessmen and scholars from Partner Member Economies, such as Indonesia, Peru, Chile, Philippines, Viet Nam and Papua New Guinea, have been invited to attend this training program. The present ICT Elite Camp includes a series of activities that relate Chinese Taipei's successful developments in digitalization policies, e-government, e-commerce, e-learning and digital opportunities. Furthermore, the Camp also has provided solutions to challenges that the Partner Member Economies have faced. At the same time, the Camp has promoted the sharing of ideas among APECⁱ members.

The APEC Digital Opportunity Center (ADOC) Program has been operational since August of 2004. The Program has made several accomplishments. It has assisted six Partner Member Economies to establish ADOC Offices and Digital Opportunity Centers with ICT software and hardware. This year, the ADOC Program seeks to expand its projects in the direction of business opportunities. The ADOC Secretariat will hold e-Business Entrepreneurship Seminar and ICT Road Show so as to increase business cooperation between Chinese Taipei and Partner Member Economies. The ADOC Secretariat hopes that the various projects would serve to educate and lead to the enhancement of ICT development and policies from a top to bottom approach.