4. Integration of ICTs into Sectoral Policies Impetus to the socio-economic development that would not be achieved otherwise Policy development and implementation is direct responsibility of the Government. Impact in terms of both the matters addressed, but also for broader socio-economic development as sought by the Priorities and Action Agenda Integration of ICTs into sectoral policies will enable enhanced utilisation of such tools across the broad spectrum of socio-economic activities with a transformative effect. The process of integration will enable sector Ministries, Government Departments, as well as Constitutional and Statutory Entities to fully discover potential of ICTs and obtain a necessary understanding of how such tools could contribute to the development of respective sectors. Lower complexity and reliance on inputs from multiple stakeholders The OGCIO will coordinate with respective sector Ministries, Government Departments, Constitutional and Statutory Entities on the one-to-one basis, having regard to the preparedness and buy-in of respective stakeholders. OGCIO will work with stakeholders and the CoM to develop (as directed by the PM) an agreed-upon reasonable target percentage for spending on ICTs, as a percent of total project budgets, for all major future and recently developed projects in all sectors, across the GoV. This target will tentatively be in the range of 3.0 to 5.0 percent to be spent on ICTs within each project. Ready demand, existing models of ICT development and available implementation capacity Existing policy development and implementation instruments, including sector policies, corporate and business plans, expenditure frameworks and budgets, will be utilised. The first meeting of the National ICT Development Committee demonstrated that various Ministries and Government Departments (as well as Constitutional and Statutory Entities) acknowledge a potential of ICT contributions to their specific areas. The process of integration will be designed so that to enable such entities to transform an abstract need into specific fully understood policy actions. 5. Building Trust Impetus to the socio-economic development that would not be achieved otherwise Achieving this Priority will likely require legislative measures, including adjustments to the Penal Code. Furthermore, such areas as protection of critical infrastructure specifically require attention of the Government, as disruption of such infrastructure would have serious consequences for the life of the country. The state is also well placed to kick-start other measures, including related to awareness and education. Whenever other stakeholders demonstrate readiness to take over specific responsibilities, e.g., in terms of raising awareness and levels of education, the need for a state action should be re-evaluated. Impact in terms of both the matters addressed, but also for broader socio-economic development as sought by the Priorities and Action Agenda This Priority enables mitigating risks associated with achieving other Priorities and the ICT development in general. A failure to address this priority could, with increased utilisation of ICTs, increase vulnerability of Vanuatu to various disruptions and even cause a backlash against the ICT development. 62 National Information and Communication Technology Policy