Centre di Humanes et Societas: modernize COMELEC

Sabado, Setyembre 28, 2013

Reforming Elections: Philippine Experience

The Government of the Philippines' Commission on Elections and its allied government agencies can do well to modernize the whole gamut of equipment and software now existing and in use within the Commission.

In April 2013, private sector group encouraged the head of that agency to upgrade the Comelec system to the state-of-the-art and the best communications technology. Considering the dynamics of government approval of unsolicited proposals, it may either take a long process before the public sector responds to the proposal, but it is also possible that government may not mind encouragements such as this at all.

The following companies mentioned below, among many other suppliers for an integrated election mapping and results delivery system, are the real choice technology service providers.

Sample Election Management Systems suppliers:

1. Caliper Technologies

2. ESRI (ESRI supplies the ARC GIS software at NAMRIA and the Land Registration Authority):

3. Critigen Election Managemsystems integrators

4. Harris Corporation Florida USA

Supplier of integrated communications system, satellite communications, and all-application government integrated information technology hardware and software.

5. Oracle Corporation

Provider of networking service, most applicable to geographic information systems-based solutions for business and industry.

See more of this here.

Biyernes, Setyembre 27, 2013

Transforming elections in the Philippines

The perspective in Philippine elections could be transformed into a more efficient, fraud and corruption-free system.

This is espoused by the private sector as shown below:

The Government of the Philippines' Commission on Elections and its allied government agencies can do well to modernize the whole gamut of equipment and software now existing and in use within the Commission.

In April 2013, private sector group encouraged the head of that agency to upgrade the Comelec system to the state-of-the-art and the best communications technology.

Considering the dynamics of government approval of unsolicited proposals, it may either take a long process before the public sector responds to the proposal, but it is also possible that government may not mind encouragements such as this at all. See more of this article here.

It is envisioned that if not under this administration, a similar system shall emerge through the political will of the succeeding administrations.

In some ways, fighting climate change will not solve the problem

After the 2005 Hyogo Conference, scientists urged the United Nations to consider that the various conflicting issues surrounding Climate Change is "distracting governments" from providing solutions to threats of disasters worldwide.

"The current UN focus on "fighting climate change," as illustrated in the Nov. 27 UN Development Programme's Human Development Report, is distracting governments from adapting to the threat of inevitable natural climate changes, whatever forms they may take. National and international planning for such changes is needed, with a focus on helping our most vulnerable citizens adapt to conditions that lie ahead. Attempts to prevent global climate change from occurring are ultimately futile, and constitute a tragic misallocation of resources that would be better spent on humanity's real and pressing problems."

A letter written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon ventilated sentiments of scientists and technology experts on the issue of focusing deeper into finding means to adapt to the threat of climate change.

HMES