{"id":256157,"date":"2020-05-26T21:10:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T01:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256157"},"modified":"2020-05-26T21:10:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T01:10:06","slug":"neda-chief-pushes-for-digital-transformation-under-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/26\/neda-chief-pushes-for-digital-transformation-under-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"NEDA chief pushes for digital transformation under \u2018new normal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_154969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154969\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18157483_432150837145996_4906717629080925060_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-154969 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18157483_432150837145996_4906717629080925060_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18157483_432150837145996_4906717629080925060_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18157483_432150837145996_4906717629080925060_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/18157483_432150837145996_4906717629080925060_n-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chua, also acting National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general, said digital transformation, particularly in government offices, is one of the key elements for economic resilience. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drkarlchua\/photos\/a.380159522345128.1073741827.380154679012279\/432150837145996\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drkarlchua\/\">Dr. Karl Kendrick Chua \/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Digital transformation should be one of the structural reforms that the government should push for under the \u201cnew normal\u201d amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chua, also acting National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general, said digital transformation, particularly in government offices, is one of the key elements for economic resilience.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe reason for this (is) under the \u2018new normal\u2019, contact is going to be very much restricted and one way to continue providing service or transacting is we have digital transaction(s),\u201d he said during the virtual general membership meeting of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chua, however, acknowledged that pushing for digital transformation would be a difficult process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He thus encouraged the private sector to help improve the country\u2019s information technology infrastructure by bringing down the cost while increasing the quality of services through competition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cBut in NEDA, I\u2019ve pushed for the national ID (identification system) further. We are in the process of procuring,\u201d Chua said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He urged businesses that have the skill and the talent to bid out and provide the solution for the national ID.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cOnce we have this final procurement package, which is a systems integrator bid out, and we have a good proposal, we are going to roll out and register everyone in the coming two years. It\u2019s a fantastic opportunity. If everyone has (an) ID, there\u2019s (a) bank account, everything else will follow,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Digital transformation should be one of the structural reforms that the government should push for under the \u201cnew normal\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":154969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256158,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256157\/revisions\/256158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}