4.2 Policy Key Action Areas Summary of Targets The priorities for the ICT sector in Liberia are driven by the development challenges and priorities as outlined in the National Development Plan (NDP), and taking into account regional and international goals, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the government strategy to ensure Liberia becomes a middleincome country by 2030. Based on these, the following are the priority action areas to be completed by 2024 under this policy: 1. Extension of the national backbone infrastructure to connect all 15 county capitals with redundant/duplicate links (to ensure reliability), as well as addressing last mile challenges to ensure universal access to broadband; 2. Building of the foundation for fiber networks in each county in the post 2024 period; 3. Establishing a Government Data Center with backup facilities; 4. Adopting Infrastructure sharing and dig-once policies; 5. Ensuring critical infrastructure is protected - establishing a Cybersecurity and Privacy division to manage the development and enforcement of national security policies, and develop a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT); 6. Facilitating the increased role and participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities in ICT; 7. Establishing publicly available online e-government services and Open Data systems; 8. Ensuring all Laws reflect needs for promoting e-commerce, ensuring online data privacy, child protection and admissibility of electronic evidence in court. 4.3 Summary of Targets Actionabl e Issues Measurable Targets Improving Policy/Regulator y Framework ● Cyber-security Digital Financial Complete review of existing policies and laws with a plan for harmonization where necessary Enact harmonization of existing policies/laws Update existing and draft new policies and laws as required (e.g., digital financial services, electronic transactions, protection of children etc. and others as needed) ● Year 1 ● ● Year 1 Year 2 ● Establish a national cyber-security advisory committee ● Year 1 ● Year 2 ● Draft cyber-security policy ● Year 3 ● Adopt cyber-security Legislation ● Draft a national policy on interoperability of telecom networks for digital financial services. ● Year 4 ● Draft consumer and child protection policy ● Year 2 ● ● Services Consumer Timeline (after adoption of ICT policy) 27