Digital policy action areas fora connected ASEAN - ASEAN best practice benchmarking andan action plan for regional harmonization
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Table of Contents
1 Introduction and background
ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
ITU unified framework and linkages with ADM 2025
Emerging best practice strategies and trends across all indicators
A first global unified framework assessment
Mapping ADM 2025 desired outcomes to the unified framework targets
2 Regulatory harmonization opportunities and priority tracks
2.1 High-level snapshot of ASEAN digital regulatory practices
Overview and global digital readiness
ASEAN readiness
Areas of strength
Areas for improvement
ASEAN benchmark analysis
B1: National digital policy agenda
Areas of strength
Areas for improvement
B2: Regulatory capacity
Areas of strength
Areas for improvement
B3: Good governance
Areas of strength
Areas for improvement
B4: Collaborative governance
Areas of strength
Areas of improvement
B5: Stakeholder engagement
Areas of strength
Areas of improvement
B6: Legal instruments for ICT/telecommunication markets
Areas of strength
Areas of improvement
B7: Legal instruments for digital markets
Areas of strength
Areas of improvement
B8: Market rules
Areas of strength
Areas of improvement
B9: Regional and international cooperation
Areas of strength
Areas of improvement
Summary: Areas for improvement at the regional level
2.2 ASEAN action plan for regulatory harmonization
Towards a harmonized agenda
Priority areas, challenges and proposed target areas for ASEAN member states
Priorities
General challenges
Proposed target areas for action
Ongoing initiatives in the ASEAN region
Action plan for regulatory harmonization 2023-2025
2.3 Way forward
Appendices
Appendix A: Country status summary on regulatory and policy readiness
A.1 Unified framework summary overview of country progress
A.2 Brunei Darussalam Country Factsheet
A.3 Cambodia Country Factsheet
A.4 Indonesia Country Factsheet
A.5 Lao P.D.R. Country Factsheet
A.6 Malaysia Country Factsheet
A.7 Myanmar Country Factsheet
A.8 Philippines Country Factsheet
A.9 Singapore Country Factsheet
A.10 Thailand Country Factsheet
A.11 Viet Nam Country Factsheet
Appendix B: Brunei Darussalam
B.1 Policy and regulatory landscape and priorities
B.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps
B.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
State of play and priorities
B.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory Capacity
State of play and priorities
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
B.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
B.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
State of play and priorities
B.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
B.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
State of play and priorities
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
B.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
B.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
State of play and priorities
B.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Cooperation
State of play and priorities
B.12 Proposed target areas to addressing regulatory and policy gaps
B.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix C: Cambodia
C.1 Policy and regulatory landscape, priorities, and challenges
C.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps
C.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
C.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory Capacity
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
C.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
C.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
C.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
C.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
C.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
C.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
C.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Collaboration
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
C.12 Proposed country target areas to addressing unified framework regulatory and policy gaps
C.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix D: Indonesia
D.1 Policy and regulatory landscape, priorities, and challenges
D.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps in the ITU unified framework
D.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
D.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory Capacity
D.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
D.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
D.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
State of play and priorities
D.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
D.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
D.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
D.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Cooperation
D.12 Proposed country target areas to addressing unified framework regulatory and policy gaps
D.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix E: Lao P.D.R.
E.1 Policy and regulatory landscape, priorities, and challenges
E.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps
E.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
E.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory Capacity
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
E.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
E.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
E.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
E.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
E.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
E.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
E.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Cooperation
E.12 Proposed target areas to addressing regulatory and policy gaps
E.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix F: Malaysia
F.1 Policy and regulatory landscape, priorities, and challenges
F.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps in the ITU unified framework
F.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
State of play and priorities
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
F.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory capacity
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
F.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges in addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
F.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges in addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
F.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
State of play and priorities
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
Challenges in addressing gaps
F.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges in addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
F.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges in addressing gaps
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
F.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
State of play and priorities
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
F.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Cooperation
State of play and priorities
Challenges in addressing gaps and ongoing initiatives
F.12 Proposed country target areas to addressing unified framework regulatory and policy gaps
F.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix G: Myanmar
G.1 Policy and regulatory landscape, priorities, and challenges
G.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps
G.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
G.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory capacity
Challenges to addressing gaps
G.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
G.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
G.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
State of play and priorities
G.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
G.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
G.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
G.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Cooperation
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
G.12 Proposed target areas to addressing regulatory and policy gaps
G.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix H: Philippines
H.1 Policy and regulatory landscape, priorities, and challenges
H.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps
H.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
H.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory Capacity
H.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
State of play and priorities
Ongoing initiatives to address gaps
H.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
H.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
H.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
State of play and priorities
H.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
H.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
Challenges to addressing gaps
H.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Cooperation
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
H.12 Proposed target areas to addressing regulatory and policy gaps
H.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix I: Singapore
I.1 Policy and regulatory landscape and priorities
I.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps
I.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
State of play and priorities and ongoing initiatives to address gaps
I.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory Capacity
State of play and ongoing initiatives
I.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
State of play and priorities
I.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
I.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
State of play and priorities
I.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
I.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
State of play and priorities
I.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
State of play and priorities
I.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Collaboration
State of play and priorities
I.12 Proposed country target areas to addressing regulatory and policy gaps
I.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix J: Thailand
J.1 Policy and regulatory landscape, priorities, and challenges
J.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps
J.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
J.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory Capacity
J.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
J.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
J.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
J.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
J.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
J.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
J.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Cooperation
J.11 Proposed country target areas to addressing regulatory and policy gaps
J.12 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025
Appendix K: Viet Nam
K.1 Policy and regulatory landscape, priorities, and challenges
K.2 Overview of regulatory and policy gaps
K.3 Benchmark 1: National Digital Policy Agenda
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
K.4 Benchmark 2: Regulatory Capacity
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
K.5 Benchmark 3: Good Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
Key challenges Viet Nam faces in improving the target score for Good Governance include the integration of the Center Governance system with the Local Provincial System and Developing a National Data Center.
K.6 Benchmark 4: Collaborative Governance
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
K.7 Benchmark 5: Stakeholder Engagement
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
K.8 Benchmark 6: Legal Instruments for ICT/Telecom Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
K.9 Benchmark 7: Legal Instruments for Digital Markets
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
K.10 Benchmark 8: Market Rules
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
K.11 Benchmark 9: Regional and International Cooperation
State of play and priorities
Challenges to addressing gaps
K.12 Proposed target areas to addressing regulatory and policy gaps
K.13 Key priorities for achieving the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025