AIJC Associate Dean Madeline B. Quiamco and ICT for Development Associate Director Flordeliza Azarcon joined 35 other stakeholders in a workshop to draft the Philippine Community eCenter Roadmap for 2010 held 29-31 August at the Boracay Regency Beach Resort. The 3-day workshop was convened by the Center for Information and Communications Technology (CICT) with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.

Using the outputs of the round of Regional Consultation Workshops called by CICT earlier in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Tacloban, Iloilo, Zamboanga, and Cagayan de Oro, the participants drafted the roadmap for implementation of the Philippine Community eCenter Program, that is, its vision, mission, goals and objectives, and strategies.

Other inputs to the workshop were provided by resource persons from the ICT and academic sectors. CICT Commissioner and Officer-in-Charge Angelo Timoteo de Rivera and Ms. Maria Teresa Camba, Director, CICT-NCC Field Operations Office, provided  essential information on the Philippine CeC Program and CICT’s hopes for it.  Mr. Shadrach Basheerhamad, IDRC Senior Program Officer, shared innovative ideas on building and implementing a roadmap based on his experiences in India and Sri Lanka. Mr. Tommy Lopez, President, University of Makati, gave an enjoyable presentation on social marketing. Commissioner Monchito B. Ibrahim, CICT Cyberservices Consultant and Acting Commissioner, described the present and future of ICT-based services, the country’s major sunrise industry Dr. Elizabeth Manugue of the Development Academy of the Philippines was the workshop facilitator.