ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje ICT Human Resources Indicators M. Wongsaroje National Statistical Office, Thailand Session 6 : Future and supplementary Indicators

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 2 Outlines Requirements from Policy makers Thailand ICT Indicators 2003 Thailand ICT Indicators 2004 New challenge for 2005

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 3 Requirements from Policy makers Ministry of ICT Master plan  ICT human resource development Target: to increase Thailand ICT competitiveness Strategy: ICT human resources capacity building Indicators: ICT indicators conform to international standard and Telecommunication–related HR (number and skills) (2005) National ICT Master plan  Laid out administrative, monitoring, and assessment mechanisms, setting targets and achievement indicators for the overall plan, as well as for each strategy. IT2010 Policy Framework ICT Master Plan

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 4 Thailand ICT Indicators 2003 Published in 2003 by NECTEC  Result from a project to develop national ICT indicators aiming to collect statistics and data necessary for analysis of the nation’s ICT situation. ICT HR Indicators:  Enrollment rates education level: Pre-primary, Primary, Lower-secondary, General upper secondary, and Vocational upper secondary Source: Office of the National Education Commission, Ministry of education  Number of IT personal by job classification 2001  Estimated demand for IT manpower  Estimated demand for IT manpower in 2006 by job classification Source: the study done by NECTEC and Thammasat University 2001

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 5 No. of IT Personal by Job classification 2001

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 6 Estimated demand for IT manpower

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 7 Estimated demand for ICT manpower in 2006 by job classification

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 8 Thailand ICT Indicators 2004 Published in 2004 by NSO Human resource indicators:  Enrollment in IT training program of Ministry of Labor  Enrollment rate  Schools having internet access by types ICT indicators from household surveys  Labor Force Survey  ICT usage ICT indicators from establishment surveys  Business and trade surveys  ICT surveys 2004

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 9 ICT workforce indicators from HH surveys Data source : Labor force surveys Following OECD methods (Measuring the information economy 2002: occupations and skills in the information economy) Some indicators:  ICT-related workers (high skilled, low skilled)  ICT-related workers by education level  ICT-related workers by work status  ICT-related workers by hour worked  ICT-related workers by industry sector  ICT-related workers by average wages  ICT-related workers by establishment size

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 10 Rate of ICT-related workers by 1000 workers

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 11 Percentage of ICT-related workers by work status

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 12 ICT-related workers by industrial sector

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 13 ICT HR indicator from establishment surveys Data source: The 2004 Information and Communication Technology Survey (establishment)  coverage : ISIC 50, 51, 52, 55, 70, 72, 71, 73, 74, 92, 93, 15-37, 45, , 6304  one question about ICT human resource Number of software specialist Number of software specialist engaged in establishment by type, sex,economic activity and size of establishment

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 14 Number of software specialists in establishments 2004

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 15 Difficulties Unclear definitions Need for ICT Industry sector classification Need for ICT - related occupation classification Unclear data collection methods Difficult questions to understand for interviewers etc...

ICT Human Resource Indicators, WSIS Thematic Meeting on Measuring the Information Society, 7-9 Feb 2005, M. Wongsaroje 16 New Challenges in 2005 Need for telecommunication workforce indicator Challenging activities:  Definitions, classifications  Data collection methods  Data providers: households, establishments, registration records