Operationalizing
Implementation of this Policy
Responsibility for the implementation of this Policy rests with:
1 The Honourable Prime Minister as the Minister responsible for ICT and
Telecommunications;
2 The multi-stakeholder National ICT Development Committee, which
has been established and is chaired by the Honourable Prime Minister.
This Committee shall have the primary responsibility for the further
development and coordinated implementation of this Policy. The
Committee shall have a right to set up working and advisory groups to
assist it in its work and take other appropriate actions that are necessary
or useful in achieving objectives of this Policy;
3 The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO),
which shall support the Honourable Prime Minister, as the Minister
responsible for ICT and Telecommunications, in her/his duties, as well as
act as a secretariat to and otherwise facilitate the work of the Committee.
The OGCIO will also support stakeholders in their efforts to implement
this Policy;
4 The Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulator
(TRR) shall act as the sector regulator as well as an implementing
agency for specific ICT development initiatives, particularly where such
implementation could not be more effectively done by a sector-specific
Ministry or Government Department;
5 Responsible Ministries, Government Departments, Constitutional and
Statutory Entities and other stakeholders, which are responsible for
implementation of this Policy in their respective areas.
The Government envisages that this Policy will be implemented through a programmatic approach, based on the principles of results-based-management, and
supported by:
1 Consolidated list of strategies for implementation of specific Priorities
set out by this Policy, which would also specify responsible and
supporting Ministries, Government Departments, Constitutional or
Statutory Entities, and, where appropriate, other stakeholders. This
list will be initially approved by the Council of Ministers. However, the
National ICT Development Committee will have a power to update it;
2 Implementation plan, which will be based on the consolidated list of
strategies and, based on submissions from and after consultation with
stakeholders responsible for implementation of specific strategies, will
also include specific activities, outputs and timelines for implementing
such strategies, key performance indicators (including targets), as well
as related risks and strategies for their mitigation. The implementation
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