Commission to impose a levy on licensees to fund universal access. Consideration should be given to levying purchasers (e.g. perhaps calculated as a fraction of the fee payable for topping-up a service account). 95. The Government will reexamine its approaches to duties and tariffs (e.g. the goods tax) on imported ICT equipment. While reducing or eliminating duties and tariffs would appear to reduce revenue to the Government, the stimulus that increased ICT use would give to economic activity is likely to more than offset that reduction, increasing the overall tax take in the longer term. 96. Consistent with its policy of cooperation in ICT with other Pacific countries, the Government will also explore opportunities for joint and bulk purchasing of ICT hardware and software.35 It is possible that significant savings might be realized if Pacific countries were able to coordinate their procurement efforts to deal jointly with ICT vendors. 97. The following table summarises the strategies and actions for achieving ICT Objective 1: Reference 1.1 ICT Strategy Promote the creation, recording, preservation and enjoyment by means of ICT of locally relevant content. ICT Objective 1 Actions  Develop programme to support the use of ICT to preserve, promote and sustain Solomon Islands art and culture.  Support and promote the production of electronic content that reflects the values of Solomon Islands society.  Support the development of ‘virtual libraries’ of Solomon Islands content, with appropriate protection for rights owners.  Complete the National IP Strategy project currently underway.  Reform intellectual property legislation to ensure it is effective in relation to electronic content and electronic delivery.  Investigate new approaches for giving protection to traditional owners and custodians of traditional cultural works, styles and artifacts. 1.2 Enhance protection for ICT users in their  Reform consumer protection safeguards to ensure they are effective for online transactions (refer 35 Subject to compliance with national competition laws. Page | 34 Solomon Islands National ICT Policy

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