A first of its kind event held in Indonesia, the Mini-Workshop aimed at  establishing a  clear and holistic picture of the  state-of the-art usage of ICT as regards the monitoring and management of AI. The event  also served as a venue to share best practices and lessons learned in the use and application of   ICT  and related communications  technologies (such as but not  limited to space/satellite information and communications, GIS, etc.)  in the  surveillance, monitoring and management  of AI in Indonesia,  and in general, for  other related environmental  health  and vector-borne  diseases.

Among the  key officials who  graced the occasion were the following: Mr.  Memed Zoelkarnain Hassan, National Committee for Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (KOMNAS FBPI) Secretariat; Dr. Elvieda Sariwati of the Indonesian  Ministry of Health; drh Sigit Nurtanto, of the Indonesian Directorate Animal Health DGLS-Ministry of Agriculture; Mr. Prasetio Wicaksono, from the  World Health Organization (WHO)  Representative to Indonesia;  Dr. Caryl Lockhart, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Ms. Siti Masyitah Rahma,  Team Penggulangang AI  PP Muhammadiyah, and the Mr.  Jonathan Bell, of the Community-Based Avian Influenza Control Project -Development Alternatives, Inc. (CBAIC/DAI). Several presentations were delivered by these organizations during  the day-long event, and  which were anchored on the key  objectives of the workshop.  For CISCAIs part, Dr. Jose Edgardo L. Aban provided  some highlights on CISCAIs  technical  design, followed by a technology demonstration by  Mr. Bambang Wijayanto, CISCAI Systems Administrator.

Later in the day and as a result of the discussions, a Concept-map of all Indonesian-based ICT-related activities was formulated by  the CISCAI “ Project Coordination Unit (PCU), and which was based on the discussions  and presentations made during the event.  Two action-agenda came out of the discussions and which were agreed upon by the participants. These are:

¢    Creation of an AI Indonesian Electronic Mailing list/ e-Forum for the  continuous and sustained exchange of  information resources among  the various AI stakeholders and players in Indonesia; and
¢    ICT activities for the further enhancement and development  of Short Messaging System (SMS)-based technologies.