KUALA LUMPUR: The ministers at the inaugural Asean Digital Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN1) expressed their commitment in looking forward to further deepe...
The ministers at the inaugural Asean Digital Ministers’ Meeting expressed their commitment in looking forward to further deepening cooperation with their Dialogue and Development Partners in enhancing digital cooperation, developing human resources, exploring emerging technologies for adoption, and improving the capacity to address cybersecurity risks in the implementation of the Asean Digital Masterplan 2025 .
ADGMIN1 was hosted by Malaysia and was chaired by Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. On its collaboration with China, the Asean ministers acknowledged the positive results from the wide range of Asean-China joint activities under the 2020 China-Asean Year of Digital Economy Cooperation which provided Asean Member States and China with opportunities to learn from each other’s practices in creating ecosystems for the digital economy and digitally-enabled industries to grow and prosper.
They had also endorsed the 2021 Asean-Japan Digital Work Plan which supports the implementation of ADM2025 initiatives relevant to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through digitalisation. The ministers welcomed the endorsement of the 2021 Asean-EU Digital Work Plan during the 1st ADGSOM+EU meeting to advance the cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including the on-going development of an ASEAN Digital Index and capacity building programmes on digital policies under the Enhanced Regional EU-Asean Dialogue Instrument Facility.
The Ministers acknowledged India for the progress made in the commissioning of Centres of Excellence in Software Development and Training in Cambodia and Laos and similar ongoing activities in Vietnam and Myanmar in addition to its assistance to the ICT human resource development through various knowledge sharing and capacity building programmes at reputable training centres in India.