Internet/Digitalization. INQUIRER FILES MANILA, Philippines — Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed to intensify cooperation in accelerating the region’s digital transformation in order to further support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The 3rd Asean Digital Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings (ADGMIN) held in Boracay Island in Aklan province from February 9-110 tackled the region’s progress in the second year of the Asean Digital Masterplan (ADM) 2025, which aims to transform Southeast Asia into a “leading digital community and economic bloc.” In their “Boracay Digital Declaration,” Asean member states approved further strengthening cooperation to “accelerate the region’s digital transformation efforts to support the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF), and to make sure that Member States have access to best practices and strategies to stimulate better use of digital services for COVID-19 mitigation and recovery efforts.” The ACRF, as defined by Asean, serves as the consolidated exit strategy from the COVID-19 crisis, which enumerates the region’s response through the different stages of recovery by focusing on key sectors and segments of society that are most affected by the pandemic, setting broad strategies, and identifying measures for recovery in line with sectoral and regional priorities. Each […]
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