Among the main goals and objectives of the e-ASSAP are the following:

• Identify ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development) champions within Asian parliaments and governments;
• Sensitize high-level Asian parliamentarians on the use of information and communication technologies for the development and transformation of their constituencies and country;
• Learn about the approach taken by UNDP, Global Knowledge Partnership, and others in the international community to ICT4D;
• Highlight critical policy issues that affect the formulation and implementation of ICT policies and strategies, including policy options;
• Share lessons learnt and best practices from across Asia, Europe and North America that could be adapted and applied to situations in participating countries;
• Provide Asian nations with sub-regional and regional contexts for inter-country cooperation on issues relating to ICT for development;
• Identify the possibilities and roles of various levels of government to participate and benefit in the ICT revolution; and
• Highlight gender issues