Introduction
An idea was born after the successful hosting of the 2007 PacINET annual conference in Honiara, Solomon Islands. PacINET is one of the largest and most active Internet Society Chapters in the Asia Pacific region that represents the interests of users in the Oceania Pacific region. It focuses on local issues and developments in the Pacific region, and seeks to provide impartial advice to governments and the public on Internet-related matters that are relevant to Pacific Island people.
Active discussions were conducted amongst our local Information Technology (IT) professionals on the concept of creating such a similar but local body to represent the interests of users within the country. After years of discussions and meetings, ITSSI was conceived in 2015 and registered under the Company Haus as charitable body in pursuant to section 6 of the Charitable Trusts Act.
Vision
The ultimate vision of ITSSI is to represent the interests of our local users and strive to promote the development of human resources and enhance the level of the IT industry within the country.
Composition
ITSSI is an association of national or indigenous IT professionals. It adopts the similar organization structure as our other industry national associations such as the EASI (Economics Association), the Accountants Associations, MASI (Media Association) and Lawyers Association.
Once it is fully structured, ITSSI would open invitations for memberships from locals both within the country and overseas under different categories or types of membership. ITSSI would encourage membership from both individuals and groups such as corporate entities or other associations. Benefits for these different types of memberships would be promoted to allow choices.
Objectives
ITSSI is striving to promote these objectives:
- To support the Government with its initiatives in ICT
- To Support the Education System within in the country
- To advocate and promote ICT literacy within the public community d) To stimulate research to promote ongoing development in ICT
- To promote the discussion of national ICT issues in the country
- To promote the training and development of the members of the Society
- To establish standards for compliance both for local IT practitioners and external investors h) To instantiate code of ethics and professional practices for IT professionals.
- To establish partnership and/or affiliation with the Government, stakeholders and other regional or global bodies with the common goals and objectives.
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