Experiences shared by Janette Toral at the U.P. Manila - PRSSP forum last November 23, 2011 at UP Manila.

1. E-­‐Commerce
Law:
Lobbying
Lessons
Learned
Jane6e
Toral
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2. Fight
injus?ce
We
can’t
do
e-­‐commerce!

3. What
is
E-­‐Commerce?
• E-­‐Commerce
is
the
exchange
of
informa?on
or
transac?ons
using
any
form
of
electronic
communica?on.
• Covers
both
commercial
and
non-­‐commercial
transac?ons
(Republic
Act
8792,
The
E-­‐Commerce
Law)
• The
Internet
is
the
informa?on
highway
or
public
network
where
e-­‐commerce
and
various
forms
of
communica?on
take
place.
• E-­‐commerce
that
takes
place
over
the
Internet
is
oUen
referred
to
as
Internet
Commerce.
• Mobile
Commerce
-­‐
transac?on
takes
place
in
mobile
devices
such
as
cellular
phone
and
personal
digital
assistant
(PDA).

4. (1) Find
passionate
people
(stakeholders,
beneficiaries)
(2)
Spark
conversa:on
(discussion
groups,
face-­‐to-­‐face
forums)
(3)
Lower
entry
barriers
(4)
Powerful
iden??es

5. “Don’t
ask
what
the
DOST
Secretary
can
do
for
you.
Talk
to
your
legislators.
Otherwise,
you
get
what
you
deserve.
You
get
what
you
worked
for.”
-­‐
Dr.
William
Padolina
(former
Department
of
Science
and
Technology
Secretary)

6. (5)
Create
rockstar
advocates
(include
them
in
the
group)

7. (6)
Shared
ownership
-­‐ Not
limited
in
Metro
Manila

8. (7)
Live
offline
Live
online

9. (8)
Empower
people
with
knowledge

10. (9)
Inspira?onal
leadership
ALL
or
Nothing

11. (10)
GET
RESULTS

12. What
is
the
E-­‐Commerce
Law?
Republic
Act
8792

16. Dialogue
on
E-­‐Government
• RA
8792
E-­‐Commerce
Law
mandates:
– Accept
the
crea?on,
filing,
or
reten?on
of
such
documents.
– Issue
permits,
licenses,
approval
in
electronic
form.
– Require
and/or
accept
payments
in
electronic
form.
– transact
the
government
business
and/or
perform
governmental
func?ons
using
electronic
commerce,
and
for
the
purpose,
are
authorized
to
adopt
and
promulgate,
aUer
appropriate
public
hearing…

17. E-­‐Commerce
Law
• Mandates
the
government
to
have
the
capability
to
do
e-­‐
commerce
within
2
years
or
before
June
19,
2002.
(Sec?on
27)
• Mandates
RPWeb
to
be
implemented.
RPWeb
is
a
strategy
that
intends
to
connect
all
government
offices
to
the
Internet
and
provide
universal
access
to
the
general
public.
(Sec?on
28)
• Made
cable,
broadcast,
and
wireless
physical
infrastructure
within
the
ac?vity
of
telecommunica?ons.
(Sec?on
28)
• Empowers
the
Department
of
Trade
and
Industry
to
supervise
the
development
of
e-­‐commerce
in
the
country.
(Sec?on
29)

19. E-­‐Commerce
Law
• Tasks
the
DTI,
DBM,
and
BSP
to
enforce
this
law
and
issue
implemen?ng
rules
and
regula?ons,
in
coordina?on
with
DOTC,
NTC,
NCC,
ITECC,
CoA,
other
concerned
agencies
and
the
private
sector.
(Sec?on
34)
• Create
a
Congressional
Oversight
Commi6ee
composed
of
the
Commi6ees
on
Trade
and
Industry/Commerce,
Science
and
Technology,
Finance
and
Appropria?ons
of
both
the
Senate
and
House
of
Representa?ves
to
oversee
the
law's
implementa?on.
(Sec?on
35)
• Funding
for
con?nued
implementa?on
of
the
E-­‐Commerce
Law
shall
be
included
in
the
annual
General
Appropria?ons
Act.
(Sec?on
36)

20. IRR
for
ECA
• Authority
of
the
Department
of
Trade
and
Industry
in
supervising
and
direc?ng
the
implementa?on
of
the
law.
(Sec?on
2)
• Principles
that
shall
govern
the
implementa?on
of
the
E-­‐Commerce
Law.
Mechanisms
for
private
sector
input
and
involvement
in
policy-­‐making
by
government
agencies,
in
respect
to
the
implementa?on
of
the
law,
shall
be
promoted
and
widely
used.
(Sec?on
3a
and
b)
• Equal
tax
treatment
to
both
e-­‐commerce
and
tradi?onal
transac?ons
(Sec?on
3d)

21. IRR
for
ECA
• Mandates
businesses
to
protect
the
privacy
of
users
and
give
them
control
to
protect
such.
(Sec?on
3e)
• Encourage
small
and
medium
enterprises
in
order
to
gain
access
to
IT
resources.
(Sec?on
3g)
• Government
to
provide
equal
and
transparent
access
to
informa?on.
(Sec?on
3l)
• Private
sector
is
encouraged
to
explore
means
of
se6ling
e-­‐commerce
disputes
such
as
arbitra?on
and
media?on.
(Sec?on
3m)

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