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CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga An Aurora solon urges use of Information and CommunicatioTechnologies (ICTs) in times of calamity and disaster to deliver basic services such as decisionsupport systems for the agricultural and rural sectors, improving health care delivery to the poorand far-flung areas.

This was acknowledged by Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara of Aurora province during the ceremonialaunching of the 2nd National ICT of the Philippines (2nd NICP) Summit held at the FortStotsenburg Hotel in this Freeport recently.

Congressional Commission on Science & Technology and Engineering (or COMSTE)recognizes the significance of ICTs in delivering basic services which also recognized the neeto implement these projects through public-private partnerships, where government need notspread thinly (and therefore ineffectively) its already limited resources, and it can also tap into thvaried and thriving expertise of its private sector, and therefore engage all sectors of society innation-building, Angara said.

At least 4,000 delegates are expected to join the 2nd NCIP Summit and Convergence 2009 onNov. 5-7 at the Fontana Convention Center. The 2nd NCIP Summit 2009 and Convergence 200is a back to back event which is being organized by the National ICT Conference of thePhilippines (NICP) and spearheaded by Clark Development Corporation, Metro Clark ICT Counc(MCICTC), and Cyber City Teleservices, Inc.

I am particularly glad that the 2nd National ICT Summit has asked me to speak on global ICTopportunities, and supportive government policies on ICT. This is exactly how we work inCongress and in COMSTE: Finding ways to leverage global experiences, technologies andopportunities with our own assets, and at the same time provide for an environment ingovernment where both the private and public sectors of society can be competitive, Angarasaid.

Angara also said that when congress created the commission in 2007, we had immediatelyidentified the IT and IT-enabled industries as one of the major players in the Philippines strugglefor global competitiveness, identifying the IT sector as an important enabler in many othersectors in society, especially in science and technology.

MCICTC Chair George Sorio said the event will also include track sessions featuring variousCICT initiatives and talks from key players in the Business Process Outsourcing and Information

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Technology (BPO-IT) industry and in recognition of the important role of the ICT in advancingtodays growing business activities here and abroad.

For his part, IT Panel of COMSTE also has legislative recommendations that will work to furtherthe global competitiveness of the ICT sector, especially the business process outsourcing (BPO)sectors, Angara said.

MCICTC is a member of the NCIP, which represents the national venue of united partnership forthe Philippines ICT industry.

The NCIP is the hub of super regions in Asia with ready Information Technology platforms forinvestment destinations.

The two events be will be participated by wide variety of sectoral members of ICT in theacademe, ICT-related business industries and other related investment projects in the country;and being supported by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology andsponsored by Peregrine Global Gateways, ComClark, Savers Group of Companies, Cyber City

and CDC.

Organizers also include the Department Trade and Industry (DTI), National Economic andDevelopment Authority (NEDA), Clark Investors and Locators Association, Philippine Society ofInformation Technology and Educators (PSITE) and Fontana Leisure Parks.

I am proud to have been a co-author of this bill, as it provides for the use of ICT infrastructure,systems, and resources for nation building and global competitiveness. I am thus hopeful that thwill be enacted this year or early next year. We at the Lower House have actually approved it onthird reading last year; it is now on second reading at the Senate, Angara told the members ofvarious ICT councils during the ceremonial launching of the 2nd NICP Summit here next month.

Angara added that the country is a world-leader in ICT services. Let me tell you about someprojects we have initiated in the COMSTE that can be instrumental to nation-building.

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