On 1-2 December, APCICT organized the Fifth Session of the Governing Council of APCICT-ESCAP in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting welcomed the Governing Council’s elected representatives from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, the Republic of Korea and Thailand as well as partners from APCICT’s “Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders Programme”.
Participants of the meeting reviewed APCICT’s work programme and achievements since the Forth Governing Council in 2009, and discussed the Centre’s plans and ICT capacity development initiatives for 2011. In addition to reviewing APCICT’s previous and upcoming activities, Governing Council members also participated in the National Workshop of Indonesia and attended a fieldtrip to Denpasar City, to experience first-hand an e-Government project site in Indonesia.