Digital empowerment
As part of its vision for a digitally inclusive Philippines, the DICT conducted the first leg of the Bayang Digital ang Bagong Pilipinas Regional Roadshow at the National University (NU) Clark campus in Pampanga last March 14 and 15.
The roadshow aimed to encourage citizens and the government to imbibe the principles of Bagong Pilipinas and fully embrace digitalization across governance, public service, industries, commerce, and lifestyle.
DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy underscored that the agency continues to bring its services closer to the people. It strives to link Filipinos to reliable and secure connectivity and provide tools and information on the responsible use of digital data.
“Digitalization is the way in order to make our country competitive worldwide. This is the way to breach the digital divide because when you have a digital divide, you have an economic divide, a gender divide, you have a generational divide, so we need to breach that. That’s what we’re doing in all these digitization efforts,” he said.
Through the roadshow, the DICT actively engaged with the participants by listening to their concerns on how the government can become a relevant partner in their digital empowerment.
Those who participated in the roadshow were students, faculty members, women, programmers, government employees, local government officials, parents, and other stakeholders.
Offices including the Cybersecurity Bureau; Government Digital Transformation Bureau; ICT Industry Development Bureau; ICT Literacy and Competency Development Bureau; National ICT Planning, Policy and Standards Bureau; e-Government Team; Free Wi-Fi for All Project Management Team; National Broadband Program; National Government Data Center; and the National Government Portal Project also set up interactive booths for the attendees.
Attached agencies of the DICT namely the National Privacy Commission and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center also joined the roadshow.
