“National Digital Policies and Flagships Projects under the New Normal Era”
CICC Conference23Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES)
Office of the Permanent Secretary: administer overall matters ofthe Ministry (MDES)

External & independent but
relatedNational
Cybersecurity

Broadcasting
Regulator

Digital Government

Digital Economy Promotion Agency(DEPA): to promote digital economy withprivate sector; smart cities, digital skills,
digital park

Thai Meteorological Department (TMD):
oversee all meteorological matters of thecountry; to support on weather forecast
data for agriculture

Office of the National Digital Economyand Society Commission (ONDE): oversee
National Plan of Digital Economy andSociety; digital transformation plan

Thailand Post : oversee all related toPostal services and other related
activities; to support on logistics forecommerce (State enterprise)Electronic Transactions Development
Agency (ETDA): mainly oversee
ecommerce, digital service standard

National Statistical Office (NSO): mainly
oversee national statistics, survey &related information for the country; as
focal entity (data)

Office of the Personal Data Protection
Commission (PDPC): mainly oversee
personal data protection policies(to be established 2022)

National Telecom plc (NT): oversee telecom
service potential, 5G & satellites, delivery ofdigital services across public health,agriculture and transportation segment

41. Digital infrastructure
2. Boost the economy withdigital technology
3. Equal and equitable society

2017
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4. Digital government
5. Digital workforce
6. Trust in the use of digitaltechnology

5Thailand 2023 - 2027

SRECODES Thailand
2023 - 2027
MDES strategic & operation five-year plan torearrange the move towards digitaltransformation for Thailand along Covid-19
situation*
6EOED

Strategic Sustainability

To gear toward sustainability strategically for Thailand’s digitaltransformation along with SDGs

Eco-system enhancement

To enhance the eco-system for digital transformation and digitalcompetitiveness of the countryData-driven decision

To manage and leverage towards data-driven policies

Organizational Assets

To efficiently utilize the capability of all MDES assets(infrastructure, time, budget, capital, worker, data, sharing resource)

C Collaboration

For MDES internal organizations to unite & collaborate with other external organizations with digital technology

Engagement/Empower

For people to engage in the digital transformation and to empower people with digital literacy

R Resilience

Digital technology is the key for Thailand to bounce back from Covid-19 (economically & socially)

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New digitalproducts/services

Digital Economy
Size Matters

Definition for Digital
EconomyOECD Framework ofCategorization▪ Update Supply & Use
Table for intersectoral
representation as OECD

▪ Update the definition inline with OECD updates▪ 5 Groups of Digitalproducts/services:
Digital Industries, Digital
Tourism, Digital Trade,
Digital services, Digital
Finance & related
services▪ 7 Groups of Digitalproducts/services: DigitalIndustries, Digital
Tourism, Digital Trade,
Digital services, DigitalFinance, Education,
Health & related services

Digital Economy
Satellite Accounts

Macroeconomic
Digital Statistics▪ Update the definition inline with OECD updates▪ 7 Groups of Digitalproducts/services▪ With an initiative toconstruct the Digital
Input-Output Tablefor year 2017, withrevisation

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Operators

System providers

Supported by DEPA

▪ AIS 5G NextGen Platform
Network Slicing, Edge Compute (MEC), Cloud
Hyper Scalers Services, End to End Visibility
with Analytics Dashboard, Enterprise
Application Marketplaces: Metaverse, etc.
▪ 5G Infrastructure tested by TOT
Visualize basic telecommunication
infrastructure for resource reduction▪ 5G Ecosystem by TRUE 5G
Smart Residence with IoT for living, Smart
Retail for e-price tags, Smart healthcare,
Cloud AI Robotics, etc.
▪ Smart Farm by DTAC
Smart Devices that using IoT technology tomaximize natural resource.

▪ Signal transmitter by Ericsson
Updated 4G signal to be 5G by Settled thesignal transmitter model AIR 4455 in
Thailand as the first location in the world.
They set on the roof of 7-11.

▪ Plant Simulation by PTT Digital
Automated Management System that cananalyze the result in the real time through5G Network.

▪ Virtual Football Game(VR Football Game) by Nokia & AIS
Cooperative Cloud Robot via 5G Network
allows users to play football as if they were
kicking a ball right there▪ Delivery Drone by Fling Company
Using remote control via 5G Network todeliver objects by drone.

Source: salika.co & AIS▪ Smart Factory & Transport by Huawei
Digital Twin & Neolix Autonomous driving
With 5G connectivity.

▪ 5G NextGen Center with AIS
Set up in Thailand Digital Valley in EEC(Eastern Economic Corridor) as focal pointfor start-up & business cooperation

15Government Data Catalog Platform (GD Platform)

Cabinet Resolution

Agency Data Catalog (CKAN Open-D)

Agency Data
Catalog A

Government Data ServiceFramework

GD Catalog Registration & Management

GD Catalog Services(CKAN Open-D)

Agency Data Agency Data
Catalog C
Catalog B

In 2020-2022 : TNSO has supported
government agencies In developing theirdata catalog.

In 2021-2022 : TNSO has developed theIn 2022 : Developing the central
Government Data Catalog Platform for collecting platform for Government Datathe list of data and metadata from all Agency
Catalog and Directory services
Data Catalogs.

Getting the readable machine data fileand upload to .Stat Suite
Thailand National Statistical Office

CKAN Open-D is a Thailand extension ofCKAN Software (https://ckan.org/),
which is an open-source Data Management
System software.

Utilization

Data Catalog for All.Stat Suite
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Statistics Sharing Hub16

Cabinet Resolution

Government Data Catalog Platform (GD Platform)
Agency Data Catalog (CKAN Open-D)

Agency Data
Catalog A

Government Data Service
Framework• Supporting the government
agencies to create themachine readable data fileand disseminate in Agency
Data Catalog.

GD Catalog Registration & Management

GD Catalog Services(CKAN Open-D)

Utilization

Agency Data Agency Data
Catalog C
Catalog B

In 2020-2022 : TNSO has supported
government agencies In developing theirdata catalog.

In 2021-2022 : TNSO has developed theIn 2022 : Developing the central
Government Data Catalog Platform for collecting platform for Government Datathe list of data and metadata from all Agency
Catalog and Directory services
Data Catalogs.

Data Catalog for All

Power BI SDMX
Thailand National Statistical Office

Project in 2023
• promoting the exchange ofOfficial Statistics according The Data Integration
to the SDMX standards formutual benefits.Stat Suite

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Staging
Data
Feeding

Secondary data

DatasetPrepareDataset
Loader

Sharing
Hub

Secondary data

DatasetService(SDMX-JSON,SDMX-XML,SDMX-CSV)

R-SDMX
Python SDMX
MS Excel

Dashboard Template

Primary Data
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Input Output Table
Initiated by Wassily Leontief in 1950sNobel prize winner in 1973 for this analysis.
Thailand adopted since 1970s by NESDC
180 x 180 sector classification with 1 ICT sector
describe the sale and purchase relationships
between producers and consumers within aneconomy. They can either show flows of final
and intermediate goods and services definedaccording to industry outputs.

Digital Input-Output Table
Pilot DIO Table with 2017 data

Only purchasers’ price85 sectors (50 digital sectors)
Pilot I-O analysis on digital sectors
Still lack the margins relationship.
To further develop margins.
This mainly supports calculation
for backward/forward linkages
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Aims
MODEST Model: (as a quantitative evaluation tool)Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for
Thailand as pilot caseTargets on the impact scenarios of digital technology on
Economic growth & Digital divide, including Covid &counteracting policies

Aim for policy recommendations for DO and EA ofADM2025 through model simulations

Main Contributions
Quantitative economic tool for impact scenarios. For
example, 1% cut of VAT, what would happen to the macro
economy and sectoral effects in % changes, e.g. GDP rises
0.02 %, exports drop 0.1 % as a consequence.

1. Scenarios of impacts

2. Normative OPTIONS

3. Catalyst for ASEAN

Suggests scenarios of impacts

Quantitative results suggest options forThorough process as pilot case for otherfrom shocks and policy

decision making on policy recommendation.

members to grasp and go for capacity

simulations as foresights

building and further development

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Macro Results
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Possible Provincial Results (subject to data constraint)
Figure 2 Contribution to change inGDP (Exp.)

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Exports
Government
Consumption

Impacts on Macro variables

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GDP
deflator

Exchange
rate (real)-0.0080-0.0057-0.0079

Returns to Employment Terms ofcapital
Trade (ToT)

Project Process

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Scenario A: Extreme damage

Scenario B: High damage

Covid-19 made a list of damages to

Covid-19 made a list of damages to

the Thai economy:

the Thai economy:- exports drop 60%- exports drop 40%- Number of tourists drop 80%- Number of tourists drop 60%- etc.

- etc.

Measure 1: cut VAT 1%

Measure 2: cut digital related tax 2%

To alleviate Covid-19 impacts on

To alleviate Covid-19 impacts on thethe Thai economy:

Thai economy:

Mixes of Measure 1 and Measure 2

Mixes of Measure 1 and Measure 223

Proceeding on the third and fourth Activities: Model & Database development
Set up: Model Framework
Revised Preliminary Inception Report was submitted to ASEC (9th DEC).
Sub-Steering Groups (MODEST & Micro-MODEST) were organized and managed formodel development.
Obtained some data from data sources.
To submit draft interim report in March.
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Aims

Difference in Digital Statistics

Examining the lessons from the pilot case of Thailand
to give the guidelines for ASEAN member countries
on preparing the digital statistics for CGE databaseand micro-simulation on bridging digital divide

The Key is Harmonization
promote the effective cooperation toStudy on data gap for ASEAN member countries andassessment on including the digital statistics for theCGE & Bridging digital divide integrated simulation.

narrow the development gap for digitalstatistics (data gaps) among AMS andbetween ASEAN and the rest of theRecommendations on the harmonized approach for theapplicable CGE database and bridging digital divide
simulation for ASEAN

world. Example is the difference in the

categorization of Digital Input-Output
Table/Satellite Accounts.

Main Contributions
The guidelines could help suggest on how to harmonize the database forregional measurement and recommend the regional ASEAN model/indicatorswith inter-relationship on economic activities in the future.
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2. Guidelines & Data Gap Analyses

3. Recommendation for ASEAN

Collaboration with ASEAN

Data gap analyses for ASEAN member

Suggestion for harmonized alignment

members’ statistical officesstates.

for applicable CGE database and1. Collaborationon the official statistics for

digital divide indices andthe digital economy

capacity building for ASEAN

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Phase III
Phase III will deal withthe application of theexample of the pilot
model of Thailand forother AMS. Making theMulti-country model.

The Key is Harmonization

Phase IV
Phase IV will create theASEAN Digital Economy
Integrated Simulation
Model (DEISM) for theASEAN Regional analysiswith scenarios for theASEAN region as a whole.

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