[governance] Re: Greetings from Fiji!

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear Izumi,

Thank you for this brief sumamry of the issues as it helps us
understand the issues in Japan better. I think that what is happening
in Japan raises critical issues for the rest of the countries. This
should form part of critical information infrastructure protection
plan (CIIP).

It will be great for countries to introspectively examine their
systems. It has been said that there is a ring of fire and the
earthquake in Christchurch, the earthquake in Japan all occurred
around the ring and some scientists predict that there may be a future
earthquake in South America.

ICT Strategy planning and internet governance must canvass some of
these topical issues. From Izumi's report, without any detailed
economic analysis or econometric modelling of sorts, one can
hypothesise that it can shunt economic growth not only because of the
direct cost and impact on human lives, trade etc but the unseen cost.


Well wishes to Japan and your people as you work towards complete recovery.

Kind Regards,

Sala


On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org> wrote:
> Dear Sara and all,
>
> Thank you for reminding me of this important subject. We have organized a "tour"
> to visit several devastated areas in the past week(s) and just came
> back two days
> ago. A total of more than 20 people took this tour, visited 10 cities.
> The situation is quite diverse, and in general, recovery works are slow in small
> cities in remote and rural areas than cities close to the central
> large cities, of course.
>
> But it also appears that those city governments who have better management
> skills got faster or more effective recovery and receiving more support from
> outside while those who lack these skills also lack sufficient support.
>
> While telco claims that they have recovered most of the land-lines, devils are
> in the details. Some city goverment offices are not yet equipped with PBX,
> many relief shelters don't have phones for the office (only for residents),
> many schools and shelters and other public facilities also do not have
> telephone and/or Internet access.
>
> If you have mobile, yes, you have basic connectivity. But that is not same
> as having regular fixed lines, broaband service connected to your office LAN.
>
> The lack of consistent ICT recovery policy by the government is evident,
> both local and central. Most are still "patch work" waiting for the requests
> to come. Same goes true for industry and some academia. Of course, there
> are people who are voluntarily trying to analyze and offer proactive support,
> they remain minority.
>
> Both centralized commands and decentralized coordination or systematic
> approach are needed, at least in my view, for quick and effective
> recovery support,
> but that is not there yet.
>
> To the credit of those working in the field, I am not criticizing them
> directly, but
> lack or preparedness, organized frameworks, are evident in a country where
> vast natural disasters are not foreign. ICT folks should stand up or wake up
> at least in Japan if they want to remain in the part of critical
> infrastructure for
> people and society.
>
> izumi
>
>
> 2011/5/8 Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>:
>> Dear Izumi,
>>
>> Greetings from Fiji! How is the recovery work in Japan? What is the
>> status of things there? It would be great to know what's happening in
>> Japan in terms of infrastructure, ICT etc? How is the work on the
>> ground?
>>
>> Our prayers and thoughts are still with your people as you journey to
>> rebuild and mitigate the risks.
>>
>> Warm Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Sala
>



-- 
Sala

"Stillness in the midst of the noise".
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