Asia Pacific Area Network

A Web Portal to Information and Collaboration APAN Mission Communicate and share information electronically to facilitate regional understanding, promote confidence among Asia Pacific neighbors, and enhance security cooperation. A Web Portal to Information and Collaboration

APAN Concept Design an easy access website Build a base of partners Support conference registration Support exercises and seminar games Develop collaboration capabilities

Users from 63 Countries/*Areas Who Australia Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia India Indonesia Japan Kiribati Laos Madagascar Malaysia Maldives Mauritius Marshall Islands Micronesia Mongolia Nauru Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Palau PNG Philippines ROK Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka France Germany Italy Mexico Netherlands Poland Portugal Saudi Arabia Spain Sweden Switzerland Russia Turkey UK Venezuela Yugoslavia *Taiwan Thailand Tonga Tuvalu US Vanuatu Vietnam Western Samoa Argentina Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile Finland As of 1 Oct 01, we have users from 63 countries or areas, 40 of which are within the Pacific area of operations. Perhaps the global nature of APAN capabilities is demonstrated by the 23 countries outside of the region included in this list. While Canada, France and Russia are not surprising, given their frequent attendance and participation in major conferences, Venezuela, Poland and Saudi Arabia users have probably learned of our site by word of mouth. Users from 63 Countries/*Areas

APAN Web Usage Registered Users Daily Users 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001

Asia-Pacific Information Backbone NIDS PKO MPAT SAGIP PKO GDIN APMMC

Information Partners Regional Thailand U.S.A. Asia Disaster Preparedness Center Global Disaster Information Network – Asia Pacific Working Group Thailand Ministry of Defense Army Training Command Army Institute of Advanced Studies Army Secretary’s Office Supreme Command J-3 National Defense College Philippines National Defense College Armed Forces J-5 U.S.A. Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies Center of Excellence for Disaster Mgm’t and Humanitarian Assistance Pacific Disaster Ctr Center for Civil Military Relations Partnership for Peace Info Mgmt System Bangladesh International Institute for Strategic Studies

Elements of Partnership Exchange of Ideas, Papers and Programs Cross Linking each other’s Web Sites Staff Exchanges

APAN Web Site Demo

Changed American format to accommodate Asian terms Changed American format to accommodate Asian terms. Some our Thai customers with names about 30 letters long could not get their user ID to take, and many customers did not understand the first and last name labels.

“I cannot overemphasize this website… it may very well be the most significant development in international coordination that has happened for my command. I urge all of you to try to take advantage of it.” Admiral Dennis C. Blair Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Command