The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Thailand, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has been organizing the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on ICT Applications from 18-21 May 2011 at UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand to mark the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). The focus of the forum is on creative economy thru ICT, and ICT Applications in various eServices.
In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the UN General Assembly to declare 17 May as World Information Society Day to focus on the importance of ICT and the wide range of issues related to the Information Society raised by WSIS. In November 2006, the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Antalya, Turkey, decided to celebrate the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on 17 May of every year.
Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on ICT ApplicationsThe purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide .
Delegates during Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on ICT ApplicationsThis year, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day highlights the theme “Better life in rural communities with ICTs”. ICTs are increasingly in demand to meet the
Millennium Development Goals. In the rural context, ICTs provide enhanced opportunities to generate income and combat poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy.
Celebrating World Teleco & Information Society Day WTISD 2011
