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Click Here & Upgrade PDF Complete Expanded Features Unlimited Pages Documents 7.4 JUDICIARY The proliferation and penetration of ICTs across the country comes with potential misuse resulting in negative impacts to the nation, businesses and individuals. Therefore, the Judiciary is expected among other things to: (a) (b) (c) (d) Assist in the delivery of justice to support the performance and growth of the ICT sector; Implement ICT projects that can accelerate the delivery of justice to the benefit of all Zambians; Build human resource capacity within the Judiciary system to support the growth of legal framework on ICTs; Support the growth of regulatory processes especially in dispute resolution within the ICT sector. 7.5 CO-OPERATING PARTNERS Zambia s cooperating partners fall in the category of either multilateral or bilateral. Therefore, their participation in the promotion, integration and deployment of ICTs in country programmes is very essential. Access to information and knowledge resources through ICTs is now widely recognised as a vital component in accelerating social and economic development, especially for developing countries like Zambia. Today, the concept of ICT for Development is a priority agenda item in country programmes of many international organizations and development agencies. Therefore, Government shall work closely with cooperating partners involved in sustainable development programmes to undertake the following initiatives: a) b) c) d) e) f) Mobilise technical and financial resources to support the implementation of this policy; Integrate ICTs in development cooperation (country support programmes) in Zambia; Mobilise the support of other partners in fundamental areas of education, infrastructure and universal access, health, governance, scientific research, commerce, etc to participate in implementing this policy; Facilitate the setting up of links and relationships between national academic and research institutions and similar institutions abroad; Support the effective participation of Zambia in international fora concerned with ICTs; and Promote and encourage investment in ICT through Foreign Direct Investment, ICT Expos etc. 58

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National ICT Policy of Zambia

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Zambia

Type of Document (for States): Strategy Documents: Other Strategy Documents

Topics

Cyber Crime
Cyber Terrorism
Cybersecurity Awareness
Data Protection
Economy and Finance
Gender
Human & Digital Rights
International Cooperation
National Cyber Defense
Public-Private Partnership
Sustainable Development

United Nations Regional Group

African States

Issuing Body

Ministry of Transport and Communications of Zambia

Summary

Outlines 13 pillars:

Attaining sufficient and world-class human resource capacity in critical and relevant ICT skills required for developing and driving Zambia’s information and knowledge-based society and economy;
Integrating ICTs into the education system and developing the nation’s Research and Development (R&D) capacity to support, facilitate and contribute to the development of key sectors of the economy including the development of appropriate local ICT products and services;
Promoting widespread public access to information through appropriate traditional and new technology solutions based on relevant local content while promoting cultural heritage;
Developing a competitive local ICT industry supported by a clear policy roadmap, as well as a fair and transparent regulatory framework and pro-investor market conditions resulting in the effective participation of the private sector in value-adding, export-oriented services, which will serve as the main engine for accelerating the development of the local economy;
Increasing access and promoting widespread deployment of ICT services through the expansion of the nation’s telecommunications backbone infrastructure covering the whole country;
Improving public sector management as well as efficient and effective delivery of public goods and services through the implementation of E-Government systems;
Promoting Zambia’s full and effective participation in national, regional and global trade through E-Commerce services and facilities;
Improving productivity as well as competitiveness of the agricultural sector through the use of ICTs in the planning, implementation, monitoring and the information delivery process;
Improving access to quality healthcare as close to the family as possible through the deployment and exploitation of ICTs and other modern technologies;
Integrating ICTs into the development of the tourism industry and facilitating conservation of Zambia’s natural resources and heritage as well as protecting the environment;
Using ICTs as an instrument to bring issues relating to youth and women into all aspects of the economy and society, as well as empowering youths and women through opportunities created by the implementation of ICT projects and programmes in the country;
Developing appropriate institutional, legal and regulatory system in order to support the development of a competitive local ICT sector based on convergence principles, which will be supported by fair, predictable, and transparent legal and regulatory frameworks; and
Safeguarding national, institutional and individual security concerns to support the development, deployment and effective use of ICTs within the Zambian economy and society at large.

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Year Published: 2006

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