12 Being a Responsible Member of the International and Regional Community; 13 Prioritising the Priorities; and 14 Utilisation of Appropriate Tools. Implementation of this Policy will fall into the remit of the Honourable Prime Minister, as the Minister responsible for ICT and Telecommunications. He/ she will be supported by the multi-stakeholder National ICT Development Committee, which shall have the primary responsibility for the further development and implementation of this Policy. Overarching support will also be provided by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and the Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR). Ministries, Government Departments, Constitutional and Statutory Entities will be responsible for the implementation of this Policy in their respective areas. This Policy will be implemented through a programmatic approach, based on the principles of results-based-management, and supported by a consolidated list of strategies1, implementation plan, issue- and sector-specific policies and/ or strategies, corporate and business plans as well as expenditure frameworks and budgets of respective stakeholders. Initiatives under this Policy, requiring public funding, will be funded from regular funds of respective stakeholders (including regular budgets of respective Ministries, Government Departments, Constitutional and Statutory Entities), as well as the ICT Development Fund and Universal Access Policy Fund. The Government will seek to partner with development partners, international and regional organisations as well as local and international public, private and non-profit and volunteer organisations, including multinational corporations as well as international and regional civil society organisations, in implementing this Policy. An implementation plan for the initial consolidated list of strategies shall be approved within 3 months from the adoption of this Policy. The Government envisages that this plan will cover a 5 year period. The implementation will be supported by an effective monitoring and evaluation framework. The National ICT Development Committee will report on the implementation of this Policy on an annual basis. The Government will seek to ensure that the National ICT Policy stays sufficiently up-to-date, and will generally aim to review and, where appropriate, revise this Policy within 5 years from its adoption. 1 Initial list is attached to the Policy as Annex C. Executive Summary 9