[governance] Commissioner Lallana to Lead UNDPs Project to Promote Policies for Open Computing Standards in Asia-Pacific Countries

[Stine Loft Rasmussen]

Commissioner Lallana to Lead UNDPs Project to Promote Policies for Open
Computing Standards in Asia-Pacific Countries 

Monday, 12 February 2007 . Dr. Emmanuel C. Lallana, former Commissioner of
the Philippines Commission on Information and Communications Technology
joined UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) as
Project Adviser of the Government Interoperability Frameworks (GIFs)
Project. 

The GIFs Project is a joint initiative of UNDP-APDIP, IBM, Oracle and the
International Open Source Network. It aims to help Asia-Pacific countries
share and create strategies, blueprints and policies for adopting the right
blend of open standards and technology services. The goal will be for more
countries to develop universally compatible applications and networks to
make internal and external government services and transactions more
automatic, affordable, efficient and service-oriented. 

According to Dr. Lallana; "The GIF Project meets a growing global interest
in interoperability using open standards, recently demonstrated by the
submission by 20 government's National Bodies to the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) expressing concerns on a standard".
As Project Adviser, Dr. Lallana, in coordination with UNDP-APDIPs Programme
Coordinator, will manage the overall research work and ensure the timely
implementation of the project's activities. Specifically, he will be
responsible for leading the review of existing GIFs, the convening of a
study group on GIFs, and the writing and publication of a step-by-step guide
on GIF formulation and policy recommendations for countries interested in
developing their own GIFs. 

Dr. Lallana has extensive government and research experience. At the
Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) - the apex
ICT body of the Philippines government, he led the Human Capital Development
Group and served as the Chairman of the CICT Working Group on International
Affairs from September 2004 to June 2006. Dr. Lallana is also widely
published. He wrote the chapter on the "Philippines" and co-wrote the
chapter "Social, Political and Cultural Aspects of ICT" in the Digital
Review of the Asia Pacific 2005/2006 (in http://www.digital-review.org
<http://www.digital-review.org/> ). Other recent publications include: An
Overview of ICT Policies and e-Strategies of Select Asian Economies
(UNDP-APDIP and Elsevier, 2004); SMS in Business and Government
(DOST/ICT4D.ph, 2004); State of e-Government in the Philippines 2003-2004
(Congressional Oversight Committee on eCommerce, 2004); and m-Government:
Mobile/Wireless Applications in Government (in
http://www.egov4dev.org.topic4.htm <http://www.egov4dev.org.topic4.htm/> ).
He was the Series Editor of e-Primers for the Information Economy, Society
and Polity, vols. 1-7 (online versions at:
http://www.apdip.net/elibrary#iesp), which was jointly published by
UNDP-APDIP and the e-ASEAN Task Force. 

For more information on the GIFs Project, please visit
<http://www.apdip.net/projects/gif> http://www.apdip.net/projects/gif 

 

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