Galexia Projects

ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations

ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Electronic Commerce project - Phase 1 (March 2004)
ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Electronic Commerce project - Phase 2 (Electronic Contracting and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)) (February 2006)
ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Electronic Commerce project - Phase 3 (Mutual Recognition of Digital Signatures) (April 2007)
ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Survey of Cyberspace Laws (August 2005)
Special Assistance - Awareness Raising and Technical Assistance - Phase 4 (January 2008)

News and Downloads

Galexia’s Case Study on the E-Commerce Project »
Galexia’s article about the UNCITRAL Convention on Electronic Contracting published in the Computer Law & Security Report - March 2006
PDF summary of project »
First workshop - Singapore - May 2004
Second workshop - Bangkok - October 2004
Third workshop - Cambodia - February 2005
Fourth workshop - Malaysia - July 2005
Fifth workshop - Singapore - September 2005
Sixth workshop - Manila - May 2006
Seventh workshop - Brunei - September 2006
Eighth workshop - Laos - March 2007
Ninth workshop - Cambodia - March 2007
Tenth workshop - Jakarta - March 2008

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ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Electronic Commerce project - Phase 1 (March 2004)

Galexia won a competitive tender for a groundbreaking project that will streamline electronic commerce in South East Asian nations.

Galexia is partnering with global law firm Baker & McKenzie to develop and implement a harmonised legal infrastructure for electronic commerce in ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).

The goal of the project is to assist ASEAN to integrate into one market for goods, services and investment by the establishment of a harmonised legal, regulatory and institutional environment for e-commerce. Additionally, there is an opportunity for some of the developing nations within ASEAN to ‘leap-frog’ paper based commerce and develop more efficient electronic transactions for cross-border trade. The project is the first of its kind to be conducted in the Asia Pacific region, and is second only to the European Union in its approach to legislatively facilitate borderless electronic transactions across a group of nations.

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ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Electronic Commerce project - Phase 2 (Electronic Contracting and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)) (February 2006)

In February of 2006, Galexia was commissioned to undertake an extension of the ASEAN Project. This project extension focused on harmonising electronic contracting and Online Dispute Resolution legal infrastructures in the region.

This project extension produced the following outputs:

A compilation of discussion papers focussing on ASEAN and international developments in electronic contracting, Online Dispute Resolution and jurisdiction of legal frameworks;
Surveys on the electronic contracting and Online Dispute Resolution legal landscapes in ASEAN member countries;
The development of a proposed framework for harmonised legal infrastructure for electronic contracting and dispute resolution; and
The compilation of implementation guides to support the proposed framework.

This project, as well as its extension, is funded by the ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Program Stream. AADCP is funded by the Australian Government, through AusAID and implemented in close collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and is managed by ACIL Australia Pty Ltd.

ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Electronic Commerce project - Phase 3 (Mutual Recognition of Digital Signatures) (April 2007)

One of the key steps to be fulfilled in the e-ASEAN Framework Agreement[1] is that Member Countries will need to allow the mutual recognition of digital signatures across borders in ASEAN.

The current ASEAN E-Commerce Project (Phase 3) on the Mutual Recognition of Digital Signatures is designed to help ASEAN Member Countries develop a common strategy to meet this objective.

The development of an ASEAN Digital Signature Strategy will assist ASEAN countries in addressing the legal, policy, technical and infrastructure issues needed to develop common methods for mutual recognition of digital signatures. It will assist those countries with legal infrastructures to make necessary adjustments and provide direction for those countries yet to implement an infrastructure.

Five steps have been identified as necessary in the establishment of a harmonised legal framework covering mutual recognition of digital signatures in ASEAN:

Step 1: Develop recognition clauses for foreign digital signatures;
Step 2: Develop recognition criteria for foreign digital signatures;
Step 3: Identify interoperability model;
Step 4: Establish governance structure or arrangement for accreditation of foreign digital signatures; and
Step 5: Establish a technical committee/body to monitor the implementation of mutual recognition of digital signatures.

This phase runs from April through December 2007.

ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Survey of Cyberspace Laws (August 2005)

Galexia was also commissioned to conduct a Survey of Cyberlaws in ASEAN and to produce a “gap analysis” which was published as a report for member countries in August 2005.

Potential Cyberlaws to be discussed include:

Consumer protection;
Privacy and data protection;
Cyber-crime;
Spam;
Online content regulation;
Digital copyright;
Domain name regulation;
Electronic contracting; and
Dispute resolution.

This project is funded by the ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) - Program Stream. AADCP is funded by the Australian Government, through AusAID and implemented in close collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and is managed by ACIL Australia Pty Ltd.

Special Assistance - Awareness Raising and Technical Assistance - Phase 4 (January 2008)

Galexia has been assisting ASEAN meet targets set in the Roadmap for Integration of e-ASEAN Sector (the e-ASEAN Roadmap). Measures contained in the e-ASEAN Roadmap for e-commerce include:

Measure 78: Enact domestic legislation to provide legal recognition of electronic transactions (i.e., cyber-laws) based on common reference frameworks. (Deadline: 31 December 2008)

Galexia’s project on e-commerce legal infrastructure for ASEAN has been expanded to include special assistance for Indonesia. This phase will run from January to April 2008.

Indonesia has developed draft legislation to meet this target - the Electronic Information and Transaction Bill. It is an ambitious piece of legislation covering e-government, electronic contracting, privacy, cyber-crime, spam, digital copyright and other cyberlaw issues in a single omnibus Bill.

This new project will assist Indonesia through:

The research, preparation and distribution of materials on the benefits, issues and challenges of developing e-commerce legislation in Indonesia; and
A high-level awareness raising and technical assistance workshop to facilitate the promotion of the Indonesian Electronic Information and Transaction Bill.

The Harmonisation of E-Commerce Legal Infrastructure in ASEAN Project is funded by the ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP). AADCP is funded by the Australian Government through AusAID, implemented in close collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat, and managed by Cardno Acil.

[1] ASEAN Secretariat, e-ASEAN Framework Agreement, 2000, <http://www.aseansec.org/6267.htm>.