JORDAN NATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY (2013-2017) Action Plan The Action plan should be reviewed and updated frequently (at least bi-annually) in response to international developments by competing economies and competing ICT sectors and in response to identified and articulated ICT sector needs. Execution of activities and thus achievement of objectives is directly related to obtaining funding allocated for specific activities and/or recruiting international technical assistance for the same purpose. Annex 5 provides guidance to readers of the annual financial requirements to execute all initiatives and actions defined in the National ICT Strategy. Financial requirements identified in this strategy are estimates. Actual requirements are to be defined by responsible stakeholders prior to implementation. All the activities described in the National ICT Strategy are activities of national importance. While the majority of actions require financial resources, the most substantial are related to telecommunication infrastructure investments. With Jordan’s open telecommunication sector, such investment opportunities can only be identified as an opportunity not imposed on operators or investors. Therefore, whether such investments are actually made depends on whether investors/operators perceive the benefit of the investment. Since the GoJ is no longer active in or financially capable of making infrastructure investments, the ability of both the telecommunications and IT sector to benefit from new telecommunication investments depends on the how investors/operators view the commercial viability of the investment. For this reason, it is the government responsibility to provide and maintain a business environment which is conducive to repeated private sector investment and which enables the ICT sector to grow and be competitive by considering proactively all legal and regulatory implications. Although the responsibility of most investments falls on the private sector, particularly those related to infrastructure, education and product and service development, it is the joint responsibility of MoICT and the ICT private sector to seek support to secure funding for the execution of the defined activities needed to achieve the stipulated objectives. Activities are to be re-prioritized based on the availability of funding as funding is expected to remain a challenge which may hinder the achievement of the strategic objectives and defined targets. 25