Indonesia Government Officially Deploys Blueprint for Banking Digital Transformation
The Financial Services Authority has officially launched the Blueprint for Digital Banking Transformation, which will establish guidelines for the banking industry, to meet the policy milestone on the challenges and risks associated with banking’s digital transformation.
Singapore’s First-of-its-kind Health District
With more tech-enabled health services and initiatives being implemented to meet the requirements of the population, Singaporeans feel more at ease when it comes to their well being.
New Hi-Tech RNA Pilot Manufacturing Facility Launched in NSW
The University of Sydney announced that is part of the NSW government’s first-of-its-kind $96 million pilot facility which will include laboratories and pre-clinical trial spaces to enable early-stage RNA-based drug development.
Indian Institute of Madras Launches Virtual Reality Course
The course is being coordinated by IIT-Madras’s Centre of Excellence on Virtual Reality and Haptics and is offered in both online and offline modes for anyone with an engineering background.
The Philippines and Australia Collaborate to Boost Agricultural Research
The Philippines has one of Asia’s largest agricultural research systems and the government has partnered with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research to help strengthen the country’s R&D capabilities.
HKSTP Unveils New Roadmap to Drive I&T Impetus
The agency unveiled a new roadmap that will help realise the government mission to establish world-class I&T as a pillar of Hong Kong’s next era of economic success.
Vietnam Launches Climate-Smart Maps and Adaptation Plans
The government released an instructional video and five atlases to help guide the use of CS-MAPS. Using colourful illustrations and animations, the video is an easy-to-understand and enjoyable reference to materials on CS-MAP.
Singapore Centralised Low-Carbon Initiatives to Support Green Plan 2030
Boosting solar power and importing low-carbon energy are among the possibilities being considered by the country to decarbonise its power infrastructure as part of its attempt to achieve a sustainable future.
India Launches Tokenisation System to Boost Digital Payments Security
The tokenisation of RuPay cards will secure the sensitive financial data of customers, curb cyber fraud, and provide a faster check-out experience for customers.
Establishing Sydney as a Global Tech Hub
Tech Central precinct is set to become a global tech hub with a tech giant set to establish its headquarters at the site; Central Station and delivery of Tech Central will create a commercial core in the City’s south.
QR Programme Accelerated to Boost Digital Payments in the Philippines
Authorities are implementing inventive ways to encourage transactions as a way to contain the outbreak and keep people safe. The Philippine QR scheme is being hailed as a game-changer for the country’s digital payments.
Vietnam Releases Nationwide Digital Transformation Index
The index aims to provide an overview of the digital transformation situation in Vietnam in 2020, helping government ministries, agencies and localities design solutions to promote their digital transformation plans.
Catalysing Data Technology Adoption Across Malaysia
MDEC recently announced a week-long curation of virtual events featuring talks and panel discussions by data and industry experts to foster a thriving data and AI ecosystem in the country.
Indonesia Urges Artificial Intelligence to Boost Education
AI algorithms can reform higher education, avoiding errors that affect quality and effectiveness. The government has urged educational institutes to use AI since it can help with education and the wider workforce in the sector.
Digital Job Programme Launched in the Philippines
The MoU with the Cooperative Development Authority and the Department of Information and Communications Technology aims to capacitate and empower people to be “tech-savvy” during the pandemic.
Singapore-Australia Developing Green Economy Agreement for a Sustainable Future
To address carbon emissions and promote a sustainable future for the country, Singapore and Australia are developing a Green Economy Agreement that will reduce negative climate impact and create jobs.
Vietnam Launches Bug Bounty Programme to Enhance Cybersecurity
The Bug Bounty programme helps the government connect with leading domestic and international security experts and saves time and costs while ensuring the network security of national digital platforms.
Ramping Microgrids Tech in Regional Australia
The six-year program aims to improve the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in regional communities and demonstrate solutions to technical, regulatory or commercial barriers to the deployment of microgrid technologies in Australia.
The Philippines to Accelerate Health Tracking System Software Project
With the dramatic growth in medical and other digital technologies, the Philippine government has pushed the healthcare sectors to use cutting edge medical devices to improve citizens’ health and health care facilities.
Indonesia Unveils its Latest Digital Transformation Strategy
The Indonesian government has been focusing on accelerated digital transformation due to the pandemic and is looking to provide high-quality telecommunications services.
Philippine Sustainable Finance Framework Accelerates to Next Phase of Development
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the finance sector have launched a roadmap for the use of low-carbon energy to support global efforts to combat climate change and a transition to a low-carbon economy.
EXCLUSIVE: OpenGovLive! Virtual Breakfast Insight: Best Government in the World! Enriching Digitalisation Initiatives in the Public Sector
Digital executives convene to discuss how to accelerate and redefine digital operations for a better citizen experience.
Delhi, India Launches Smart Parking Application
The MyParkings mobile application is an Internet of Things-enabled, contactless, paperless digital solution to aid Delhi residents book parking spaces remotely.
EXCLUSIVE: Gunasekharan Chellappan, Country Manager, Singapore, Red Hat on an Open Hybrid Multi-Cloud Strategy for High-Performance Organisations
Guna provides insights on how Red Hat helps organisations in their cloud transformation using an Open Hybrid Multi-Cloud strategy.
EXCLUSIVE: Gunasekharan Chellappan, Country Manager, Singapore, Red Hat on an Open Hybrid Multi-Cloud Strategy for High-Performance Organisations
Guna provides insights on how Red Hat helps organisations in their cloud transformation using an Open Hybrid Multi-Cloud strategy.
The Philippines to Push Further on Digital Readiness and Accelerate Digital Transformation
Both the Philippine public and private sectors have prioritised expanding the country’s digital infrastructure and making ongoing efforts to establish digital initiatives for citizens.
ASTRI Leverages “Federated Learning” Tech to Facilitate Credit Scoring
ASTRI and its industry partners are collaborating to leverage a privacy-preserving technology, called “Federated Learning”, to develop AI models and output in the form of encrypted parameters to MSMEs get access to financing.
Digital Technology Estimated to Earn Vietnam $74 Billion by 2030
Vietnam stands to benefit from the digital technology market if it focuses on upgrading digital skills for workers, encourages business innovation, and enhances the accessibility and quality of information.
New Zealand to Deploy Digital Identity Services Trust Framework for Citizens Safety
To help citizens in the country in storing personal information and other information safely without having that information or data leaked or in any state of cyber threats, the government providing the New Landers Digital Identity Services Trust Framework.
Australian Researchers to Develop AI For Geospatial Intelligence
University of Wollongong researchers will share in $1.2 million in funding as part of a Federal Government program to strengthen Australia’s critical geospatial intelligence capabilities.