SECTION C 8 IMPLEMENTATION PLANS OF THE ICT POLICY The carrying out of this Policy relies on the preparation of ten comprehensive plans that will be focused on the implementation of the priority activities tabled under Section B (5-1 to 511). The ten Implementation Plans will be completed by December 2009, prepared by the Policy Unit established by MIC in collaboration with NATCOM. The National ICT Advisory Council shall supervise the preparation of the ten plans and oversee their timely implementation in partnership with the stakeholders identified as Accountable Stakeholders for the priority activities (see 5-1 to 5-11). Below are the ten Implementation Plans: SN Implementation Plan PLAN I To amend the current legal and regulatory framework to reflect industry and regulatory convergence; PLAN II To establish the Centre for ICT Intelligence (CII); PLAN III To improve Internet connectivity; PLAN IV To expand and improve fixed and mobile access networks; PLAN V To develop services and applications by local suppliers; PLAN VI To build capacity and develop national ICT skills; PLAN VII To develop appropriate ICT services for marginalised/disadvantaged (e.g. the physically challenged); PLAN VIII To develop and use Geo-information to better know the ICT market; PLAN IX To promote private and community resource centres for affordable universal access/service; PLAN X To set up a national information system with relevant ICT indicators and to annually conduct E-readiness surveys. 8-1 the To amend the legal and regulatory framework The objective of this implementation plan is to have a regulatory framework for technology convergence and that enables efficient operators and service providers to enter the market and to offer innovative services as affordable as possible for the benefit of the country: ICT Policy of Sierra Leone Page 41 / 63