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 Operationalizing Implementation of this Policy 55

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