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ETDA's Vision for Thailand's Digital Economy

The Electronic Transactions Development Agency plans to enhance Thailand's digital economy by 2027, focusing on infrastructure, governance, AI, and digital ID adoption. The goal is to develop ninety thousand skilled digital workers and raise the digital economy's contribution to thirty percent of the country's GDP. Collaboration with Nectec is ongoing to possibly establish a national AI center.
The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) plans to enhance Thailand's digital economy by 2027, focusing on infrastructure, governance, AI, and digital ID adoption.

The goal is to develop 90,000 skilled digital workers and raise the digital economy's contribution to 30% of the country's GDP. Collaboration with Nectec is ongoing to possibly establish a national AI center.

ETDA's current infrastructure includes digital ID, timestamps, and digital signatures, with 18 million digital ID users and 449 government e-services already connected.

The agency aims to cover 80% of government services with digital IDs by 2025.

Additionally, 1,813 digital service platforms comply with the recent digital platform service decree.

ETDA is committed to AI governance, data sharing, and updating laws to leverage technology and innovation.
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