Digital strategy in New Caledonia, by Jean-Francois Grandmougin. A presentatin given at APNIC 38 for the Opening Ceremony and Keynotes session.

1. DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT IN A
PACIFIC ISLAND :
The New Caledonia
strategic digital plan
www.gouv.nc www.opt.nc

2. New Caledonia
• French overseas collectivity
 18,500 sqk (~ Fiji), 2,000 km east of Australia,
20,000 km east of France
 Large administrative autonomy
• Local Government with specific skills
 Multicultural land
• French law system and customary authorities
• 3rd nominal GDP per capita in the Pacific
• But social, cultural and geographical disparities
• Pop. 260,000 – 2/3 Nouméa & surburbs
• 126,000 Facebookers !
• 255,000 mobiles, 3G access (95% pop)
• 73,000 households, 68% connected to ADSL
Nouméa

3. Digital issues for New Caledonia
FIGHT SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES
DEVELOP NEW
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
AROUND DIGITAL
TOOLS
• Help digital local
companies to
expand
MODERNIZE AND
UPGRADE
ADMINISTRATION TO
e-GOVERNMENT
• Fair use of public
ressources
SET UP A FAIR
GOVERNANCE FOR
DIGITAL
DEVELOPMENT
• Support a « high
level » governance
SHARE AND
PROMOTE OUR
EXPERIENCE IN THE
PACIFIC
• Be a reference in
the Pacific islands
area

4. The New Caledonia Digital Strategic Plan
• A plan decided by the Government of New Caledonia (GNC)
• 2009: a minister is in charge of digital issues
• 2011: a « Digital Team » is created to offer a digital strategy
• An institutional work with the partners of the GNC
• Provincial Houses of Representatives, Congress, Mayors, communication provider (OPT),
Chamber of Industry,…
• A « high level » legitimacy
• The Plan has been voted by the Congress of New Caledonia in October 2013
• Digital Council in September 2015

5. The New Caledonia Digital Plan
• A roadmap for a digital public policy
 4 key areas
• Infrastructure and access
• Digital trust and governance
• Digital uses
• Economic developement
 33 projects to address this public policy
• Domains: health, education, professional training, e-Government
• Estimated budget : 120 M AUD for a 5-8 years plan
 A « NC Digital Strategic Board » to offer a fair governance

6. OPT – Telecom perspectives and projects

7. Concrete actions
Remote medical consultation for
isolated Island (Tiga, Loyalty Islands)
Government discount to more than 10,000
students in order to buy PC, laptops or tablets.
Digital classrooms with
tablets and digital pictures
e-Government
Every Congress and Government session with
tablets to reduce paper and to increase digital use
More than 600
households with
3G and solar
energy to provide
Internet access.

8. THANK YOU…. MERCI….. OLETI !
JEAN-FRANCOIS GRANDMOUGIN
PHILIPPE GERVOLINO