5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-9 5-10 5-11 5-12 Capacity building and Human resources in ICT ....................................................................... 25 Infrastructure and Service Delivery ......................................................................................... 26 Health ...................................................................................................................................... 27 Education ................................................................................................................................. 28 Natural Resources and Environment....................................................................................... 29 Agriculture & Food Security .................................................................................................... 30 Good governance .................................................................................................................... 31 Gender, youth and social services ........................................................................................... 31 Media and Civil Society ........................................................................................................... 32 Tourism .................................................................................................................................... 33 Timeline for the implementation of ICT Solutions .................................................................. 34 6 STRENGTHENING THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE ICT SECTOR ........................................................... 35 6-1 Showing the Political will on ICT development ....................................................................... 35 6-2 Developing the role of the ICT Committee of the Parliament ................................................ 35 6-3 Developing the role of the Ministry ........................................................................................ 35 6-4 Developing the role of NATCOM ............................................................................................. 36 6-5 Developing Statistics Sierra Leone .......................................................................................... 36 6-6 Developing Standards Bureau ................................................................................................. 36 6-5 Setting up a National ICT Advisory Council ............................................................................. 36 6-6 Improving the performances of Service Providers .................................................................. 37 7 LEGAL AND SECURITY FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................... 38 7-1 Developing the national ICT legal framework ......................................................................... 38 7-2 Establishing a national security framework ............................................................................ 39 7-2-1 Establishing the Centre for ICT Intelligence ............................................................................ 39 7-3 Implementing the legal and security framework .................................................................... 40 SECTION C .............................................................................................................................................. 41 8 IMPLEMENTATION PLANS OF THE ICT POLICY ................................................................................ 41 8-1 To amend the legal and regulatory framework ...................................................................... 41 8-2 To establish the Centre for ICT Intelligence (CII) ..................................................................... 42 8-3 To improve Internet connectivity ............................................................................................ 42 8-4 To expand fixed and mobile access networks in remote areas .............................................. 43 8-5 To develop services and applications by local suppliers ......................................................... 43 8-6 To build capacity and develop national ICT skills ................................................................... 44 8-7 ICT services and skills for the marginalised/disadvantaged .................................................... 44 8-8 Develop and Use Geo-information to better know the market.............................................. 44 8-9 Affordable universal access/service ........................................................................................ 44 8-10 ICT and E-readiness Survey ..................................................................................................... 45 9 CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................... 45 ANNEXES ANNEXE A. – STRATEGIC POLICY CONSIDERATIONS …..……….…………………..………………………….46 A1-1 A1-2 A1-3 A1-4 A1-5 A1-6 A1-7 A1-8 Private Sector and Business Activity ....................................................................................... 46 Capacity building and Human resources in ICT ....................................................................... 48 Health ...................................................................................................................................... 48 Education ................................................................................................................................. 49 Natural Resources and Environment....................................................................................... 51 Agriculture & Food Security .................................................................................................... 52 ICT Infrastructure and Services Delivery ................................................................................. 53 Good governance .................................................................................................................... 54 ICT Policy of Sierra Leone Page 3 / 63