Development of Model Government CIO Councils or TEL02/2006 project was endorsed under the former Human Resource Development Steering Group (HRDSG) and Business Facilitation Steering Group (BFSG). The project goal was to establish “An Adaptive Model on Government CIO Institutionalization for e-Government Development” which will be much contributing to the development of e-Government and GCIOs considered the key implementation element of e-APEC strategy.

In project implementation, two workshops were organized successfully. Member economies co-sponsored this project including Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Viet Nam, Malaysia and USA formed up a Joint Researcher Team or JRT to play an active role in executing the target objectives upon the whole project agenda. The project succeeded its planned activities as well as its overall objectives.

Contributing agencies to the project included e-Government Research Center, Waseda University, Japan, for hosting the first workshop and CIO University Program, School of Business Administration, George Mason University, USA, for hosting the second workshop. The two workshops produced the most valuable thought through the Waseda Statement and George Mason Statement that reflected those meaningful direction and guideline towards GCIO development especially in APEC region.