Cabinet Approves Digital Data Sharing for Disasters and Emergencies

Thairath•Politics•3d ago

Reader Briefing

Thailand's Cabinet greenlights a new digital data sharing regulation to enhance disaster and emergency response through Big Data integration.

•The Thai Cabinet has approved a draft regulation for digital data sharing among government agencies.
•The regulation aims to address current delays and inefficiencies in data sharing, particularly for disaster and emergency situations.
•A central system will be established, managed by the 'Big Data Institute Public Organization' (สขญ.), to facilitate data exchange.
•Government agencies will be required to connect their systems to the central platform within 60 days of the regulation's effective date.

Overview

•The Cabinet has approved the principle of the Prime Minister's Office Regulation on Digital Data Sharing B.E. in order to receive and integrate data from government agencies.
•The current slow and inefficient digital data sharing between government agencies hinders the use of data for administrative improvements in disaster and emergency situations.
•The new regulation will define mechanisms for sharing, exchanging, linking, and integrating digital data from government agencies.
•A central system will be established to facilitate data sharing, managed by the 'Big Data Institute Public Organization' (สขญ.).
•Government agencies such as the Royal Irrigation Department and the Meteorological Department must link their information systems to the central system within 60 days from the regulation's effective date.
•Government agencies that are not ready must notify within 15 days to discuss and agree on further implementation for preparedness.
•The draft regulation aims to be a key mechanism to reduce steps and time for proposing draft laws to be concise and rapidly enforced.
•This initiative is part of the government's policy to drive the digital economy and improve public administration through Big Data and modern IT.

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Key Quotes

Ratchada Thanadirek

"The aforementioned draft regulation will be a key mechanism to reduce steps and time for proposing draft laws to be concise and rapidly enforced on government agencies, keeping pace with situations requiring urgent cross-agency data integration to support government decision-making."

ร่างระเบียบฯ ดังกล่าว จะเป็นกลไกสำคัญช่วยลดขั้นตอนและระยะเวลาในการเสนอร่างกฎหมายให้กระชับและมีผลบังคับใช้กับหน่วยงานของรัฐได้อย่างรวดเร็วยิ่งขึ้นและทันต่อการรับมือกับสถานการณ์ที่จำเป็นต้องมีการบูรณาการข้อมูลข้ามหน่วยงานอย่างเร่งด่วนเพื่อใช้สนับสนุนการตัดสินใจของรัฐบาล

Key Entities

Organization

Cabinet(ครม.)ℹ️

The Council of Ministers of Thailand, which has approved the draft digital data sharing regulation.

Big Data Institute Public Organization(สถาบันข้อมูลขนาดใหญ่องค์การมหาชน)

An organization that will manage the central system for digital data sharing under the new regulation.

Royal Irrigation Department(กรมชลประทาน)

A government agency that is mandated to connect its information system to the central data sharing system.

Meteorological Department(กรมอุตุนิยมวิทยา)

A government agency that is mandated to connect its information system to the central data sharing system.

Department of Provincial Administration(กรมการปกครอง)

A government agency that is mandated to connect its information system to the central data sharing system.

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation(กรมป้องกันบรรเทาสาธารณภัย)

A government agency that is mandated to connect its information system to the central data sharing system.

Person

Ratchada Thanadirek(นางสาวรัชดา ธนาดิเรก)ℹ️

Government Spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office, who announced the Cabinet's approval of the digital data sharing regulation.