Abstract
The current pandemic has further underlined the need for a knowledge-based digital plan which may help to manage with crisis periods as well as lead and accelerate digital transformation. Through the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) initiative, ESCAP supports member States in increasing the availability and affordability of broadband Internet across Asia and the Pacific. ESCAP is also supporting the implementation of the Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration (RECI) initiative which aims to develop knowledge products such as analysis reports and on-line knowledge tools, and build capacity of member States in developing seamless regional Information and communications technology (ICT) connectivity while managing external disturbance, environmental risks and shared vulnerabilities. The ability to properly measure e-resilience2 is a key component of successful disaster risk management and adaptation in the recovery period. Quantitative, indicator-based assessments can be applied to evaluate e-resilience by combining particularly relevant ICT and disaster risk reduction (DRR) related indicators of performance into a single composite dashboard. Bearing in mind all the above, ESCAP created an on-line e-resilience dashboard to solidify the common awareness and shared understanding of e-resilience and ways to measure it at the national level from pandemic management perspective, which may be seen as a step forward, towards digital transformation. ESCAP’s new interactive toolkit on e-resilience is aimed to support and accelerate action plan 2022-2026 under the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS). This dashboard is an example, which may be updated and replicated based on the specific needs of a member-state under specific circumstances, requiring the knowledge-based planning and sound actions from the policymakers. This document is aimed to describe general workflow needed to create a simple monitoring dashboard, augmented by practical examples taken from of development ESCAP’s new e-resilience monitoring dashboard.