DTI conducts info session on e-commerce roadmapBy Gliceria N. Cademia, Trade and Industry Development Specialist, DTI-EMB
The Department of Trade and Industry’s Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB) recently conducted an info session on the 2016-2020 E-commerce Roadmap and global practices of e-commerce at the Audio Visual Room (AVR) of DTI International Building, Makati City. The activity was one of the seminar series under the Philippine Export Competitiveness Program (PECP) of DTI-EMB.
Cristina Reodica, Division Chief of the DTI’s Sector Planning Bureau (SPB), said the roadmap sets targets for information security, data privacy, electronic payment, consumer protection, and logistics. By 2020, it is projected that e-commerce will contribute 25% to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and that 100,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and 40-50% of internet users will engage in e-commerce. At the same time, there will be fast and competitive internet access; cybercrime enforcement and protection will be in place as well as online and connected government infrastructure.
The 52 roadmap action agenda are aligned with the six I’s of the ASIA Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Digital Prosperity checklist and with the Philippine E-commerce Act.
Meanwhile, Michael John Menzon, account manager of Trancosmos Philippines, Incorporated, the biggest Japanese Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company in the Philippines, talked about global practices in e-commerce.
He enumerated five types of e-commerce models: 1) Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e.g. Lazada, Zalora, Metrodeal etc.; 2) Business-to-Business; (B2B) e.g. Alibaba.com; 3) Government-to-Business (G2B) e.g. DTI (business registration), SEC etc.; 4) Government-to-Consumer (G2B) e.g. passport processing, birth / marriage / death / no marriage certificates request; and 5) Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) e.g. OLX., Facebook, Instagram, Shopee.
He also cited e-commerce global practices and trends in 2016 (please see side bar).
Participants were advised that investigation on complaints in C2C and social media websites are not under the DTI’s purview but that of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
The info session was participated by business support organizations composed of the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI), Philippine Printing Technical Foundation, Inc. (PPTFI), Chamber of Philippine Cosmetics Industry (CPCI), Printing Industry Association of the Philippines (PIAP), Virgin Coconut Producers and Traders Association of the Philippines (VCOP), Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP), and Philippine Franchising Association (PFA); Philippine exporters namely, Century Pacific Food, Inc., Goldware Essentials Company, Century Pacific, and Philippine Native E-Tailers Company; and personnel of DTI-EMB.
The full text of the 2016-2020 E-commerce Roadmap is downloadable at
http://e-commerce.gov.ph/index.php/roadmap. Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=82792.0