To further develop the country’s ICT industry, a new six-year masterplan crafted by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is pushing for the establishment of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the strengthening of the local labor pool.
The Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011-2016, which was released on May 30, “envisions inclusive growth for the country with good governance and anti-corruption as overarching theme”, according to Neda.
In the document, it was argued that “transforming the CICT into the DICT should result in a thorough implementation of the national e-strategies cutting across other critical sectors such as e-education and e-health, and the country’s representation in international and regional ICT bodies.”