Thursday, January 31, 2008 Body to draft 10-year plan for ICT By Joy Romares-Sevilla
THE Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII) announced that the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Task Force in Davao City would draft a 10-year plan for ICT development.
Simeon Marfori, DCCCII president, said in Wednesday's edition of the Club 888 press forum at the Marco Polo Davao that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has already signed a memorandum ordering the ICT Task Force to start working on the ICT development plan.
"The creation of the 10-year plan will rationalize the resources that we have, magiging maayos at maganda if we will have a development plan for the ICT. We are asking something like this before and hopefully, it will be completed as soon as possible," Marfori said in an interview, adding that he has no idea how long will it take for the ICT Task Force to complete the conceptualization of the plan.
Marfori said the ICT Task Force is composed of some members of the City Council, representatives from the regional office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Davao City Investment and Promotion Center (DCIPC), and from the private sector such as the DCCCII and the ICT Davao Inc.
Marfori considers the ICT industry as one of his key priorities aside from the agriculture and tourism sectors which the chamber will give focus to this year.
"ICT is the fastest growing sector in Davao. We will continue what we have started to further develop ICT. We have unique advantages over other regions in Mindanao and we hope that Davao will be the ICT hub in Mindanao," he said.
