P@SHA becomes a member of WITSA
Posted on May 20, 2008 07:31 PM -0400
On May 18, 2008 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, P@SHA was unanimously voted in as a member of the World Information Technology Services Alliance (WITSA), joining the ranks of the 70 countries who are already members of WITSA.
The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) is a consortium of over 70 information technology (IT) industry associations from economies around the world. WITSA members represent over 90 percent of the world IT market. As the global voice of the IT industry, WITSA is dedicated to:
- advocating policies that advance the industry’s growth and development;
- facilitating international trade and investment in IT products and services;
- strengthening WITSA’s national industry associations through the sharing of knowledge,
- experience, and critical information;
- providing members with a vast network of contacts in nearly every geographic region of the world;
- hosting the World Congress on IT, the premier industry sponsored global IT event;
- hosting the Global Public Policy Conference; and
- hosting the Global Information Security Summit.
Founded in 1978 and originally known as the World Computing Services Industry Association, WITSA has increasingly assumed an active advocacy role in international public policy issues affecting the creation of a robust global information infrastructure, including:
- increasing competition through open markets and regulatory reform;
- protecting intellectual property;
- encouraging cross-industry and government cooperation to enhance information security;
- bridging the education and skills gap
- reducing tariff and non-tariff trade barriers to IT goods and services; and
- safeguarding the viability and continued growth of the Internet and electronic commerce.
WITSA has a real impact on the global IT environment. It strengthens the industry at large by promoting a level playing field and by voicing the concerns of the international IT community in multilateral organizations, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the G-8 and other international fora where policies affecting industry interests are developed. WITSA statements are available here.
