1. Malaysia Regional Multi-stakeholder Discussion Forum on Rural ICT Development Bangkok, Thailand, 4 July 2011 Rural ICT Policy Advocacy, Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building Regional Project 1

2. Objective of Malaysia on Rural ICT 1.Bridging the digital divide 2.ICT as an enabler/driver of social & economic development 3.Delivery of government services 4.Knowledge, creative & innovative society 2

3. Current Status 3

4. Governments Institutions Involved in ICT Policy & Implementation Communications and Multimedia Acts of 1998 (CMA 1998) Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture (MICC) Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Other Ministries and Government Agencies National Information Technology Council (NITC) Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation 4

5. Policy, Legal, & Regulatory Framework NITC & NITAICT Policy Division, MOSTIMyICMS 886CMA 1998MICC & MCMCNSF-BDD 5

6. Funding Mechanism 1.Government Allocation Demonstrator Application Grant Scheme (DAGS) Enterprise Innovation Fund Science Fund TechnoFund eContent Fund MAVCAP Fund MSC Malaysia Research and Development Grant Scheme (MGS) SMIDEC Grants Special Stimulus 2.Public-Private Partnership (PPP) 3.USP fund 4.NGOs & Academia 6

7. Rural ICT Initiatives TelecentreAgency USP Phases 2-5Min of Info, Com, Culture (MICC) Pusat Internet Desa (PID) – Rural Internet CentreMin of Info, Com, Culture (MICC) Medan Infodesa (MID) – Village Information KioskMin of Rural & Regional Dev (MRRD) Community Broadband Centre (CBC)Com & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Community Broadband Library (CBL)Com & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Pusat Komuniti Usahawan Digital (PKUD) – Digital Entrepreneur Community Centre Min of Domestic Trade, Cooperative & Consumerism (MDTCC) Pusat Maklumat Rakyat (PMR) – Citizen Information CentreDept. of Information (MICC) Rakan Muda Cyber Centre – Youth Cyber CentreMin of Youth & Sport (MYS) BDD KPKT – Housing and local Gov BDD programsMin of Housing & Local Gov (MHLG) Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti (PDKnet) – Community RehabilitationMin of Women, Family & Com Dev (WFCD) Pusat Info STI@MOSTI – Sci, technology & innovation Info CentreMin of Sci, Tech & Ind (MOSTI) State Govt TelecentresState Governments Smart SchoolMin of Education (MoE) SchoolnetGITN S/B (TM) Kampong Wifi – Village WifiCom & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Digital PekanMICC & MCMC Titian Digital ProgrammeHindu Youth Organizations, Port Klang Community Internet Access Centre Masjid As-Syakirin, Mata AyerITU-UUM & Mosque Committee 7

8. 3 Key Lessons from Project/Workshop Lesson#1- Malaysia Different models of telecentres-Coordination/Roles of universities/Research centre? Lesson#2- Thailand Being cluster-based & autonomous centre-champions Roles of universities/research centre; mentor, creative, holistic roadmap, empowering activities Lesson#3- Korea Rural ICT success depends on coordination among agencies at stake Committee set-up as a Control Tower for effective coordination 8

9. Issues & Challenges 1.Silo effects (too many agencies delivering/implementing the ICT services/policy) 2.Limited Funding (handover to the community in 2015) 3.Not enough local content (no killer applications) 4.Investment Vs GDP 5.Operating Expenditures (OPEX) 6.IT Push vs IT Pull 7.Political tool 8.Focal point for community (Community Leader) 9.Collaboration with NGO, PPP, University 9

10. Follow up projects 1.Analysis of Universal Access & Service Funding Mechanism (Prof. Zulk) 2.Local Content Development (Prof Ku) 3.Technologies: Optical Wireless on Rural Area (Dr Angela) Low Altitude Balloons Platform (Dr Fareq) 4.Network of TCs (National-MyReN concept & Regional linkages) 5.E-learning/commerce/services- ITU-UUM Academy 6.Roadmap (NITC platform to overcome silo effects) 10