Public Policy

With deep community roots in all 10 ASEAN countries and extensive experience in big tech companies, we offer unrivalled expertise in combining local intelligence with an understanding of the internal operations of global tech companies to deliver tangible results.

How we can help

We help organizations navigate complex policy challenges and create impactful solutions in ASEAN

Strategic

Engagements

Through our on-ground network of partners, we have strong relationships with policymakers and stakeholders at national and sub-national levels.

Policy

Advocacy

We collaborate with clients to develop effective policy positions and strategies to influence policy outcomes.

Policy

Research

We help organizations make informed decisions related to government policies based on thorough analysis and evidence-based insights.

Policy

Programs

We develop specific policy programs to demonstrate your organisation's impact and contribution to the local economy and communities.

Our Experience

Led the incentive negotiation, operationalisation, and announcement of a data region investment in Malaysia worth US$6 billion - the largest technology investment in the country, announced by the Prime Minister.

Secured the necessary permits and approvals for the deployment of Terragraph in Penang. Terragraph is a 60GHz wireless distribution network that can be mounted on street furniture to deliver gigabit speeds to dense underserved urban areas.

Secured license exemption for a subsea cable investment in Malaysia, after 9 months of advocacy.

Philippine Commission on Elections Elections Partnership with Meta: co-led the development of civic education campaign from strategy building, asset development, to launch; served as relationship manager, and led coordination for capacity building training and prepared Meta resource speakers for the engagements.

Philippines Congressional Hearing: Facilitated and participated in a committee hearing in congress to help the Congress understand the programs and activities of Facebook/Meta on child safety, etc.

Led the tech industry’s advocacy efforts on the cabotage policy. This included landing over 70 news articles, drafting and sending 4 industry letters to the Prime Minister, and meeting 7 Ministers.

Legislative Reform: Advocated for the repeal of the Anti-Fake News Act 2018 by educating Members of Parliament on the ineffectiveness of censorship as a tool against misinformation.

Congressmen and Senators, who are members of committees directly involved in regulating social media, and government agencies related to digital technology and trade are always informed and invited to participate in the events, and Meta has always gotten positive feedback with a participation, a video message, or a message of support to the program/s.

Facebook Malaysia Digital Talent Program: Partnered with 8 Federal and State agencies to implement a digital upskilling program for jobseekers, achieving over 1,000 certificate earners in 2021.

‘Made by Malaysia, Loved by the World’ program: Partnered with MATRADE and DHL to implement a large-scale training programme to train 2,000 SMEs across 7 states in Malaysia to export globally using Facebook.

Digital Literacy: Partnered with Teach for Malaysia and Ministry of Education to implement a digital literacy program called We Think Digital, which trained 2,500 students nationwide to think critically and share thoughtfully online.

COVID-19/Vaccine Initiatives: Partnered with Jawatankuasa Khas Jaminan Akses Bekalan Vaksin COVID-19 (JKJAV) and Ministry of Health to (1) increase public vaccine acceptance by promoting vaccination and tackling vaccine misinformation; (2) facilitate vaccination rollout through the Covid-19 Information Centre, Eligibility and Scheduling Sign-Up, and WhatsApp Chat Bots with MOH and World Health Organization; and (3) support local communities through the Community Help tool and a mental health campaign.

Facebook Philippines Human Rights Impact Assessment: supported the team in drafting the company response, outlining all co-led local efforts in child safety, misinformation, digital citizenship, and elections integrity over 3 years. Supported development of resources/presentations for external outreach/press briefing.

Digital Literacy: Took over the social media channels of 2 government agencies to reach 3 million people online and teach them about digital literacy.

Facebook MSME Skills Training Program (With specialized/enhanced programs for women and disabled): Partnered with 6 government agencies to implement a digital upskilling program for entrepreneurs, achieving over 18,000 learners from 2017 to 2019.

Digital Literacy Program: Partnered with the Department of Education and the Overseas Welfare Workers Administration to implement a digital literacy program called We Think Digital, which trained over 400,000 through face-to-face workshops from 2018 to 2020.

Online Security and Resiliency Training - built educational resources and training delivery mechanism to scale a much-needed security and resiliency training for human rights defenders, at a time when we are criticised for the harm our platform is causing to human rights. Trained over 60 human rights organisations and trained close to 1,000 human rights defenders on safety and security