called upon the task team to ensure the realization of the “Roam like a Local”
in the SADC Region, along the phases that have been identified in the Report.
Ministers considered and approved the revised SADC Roadmap on DTT
Broadcasting Migration and called upon the Secretariat to expedite the setting
up of a DTT Project Management Office, that would oversee the
implementation of the SADC Roadmap; they called for a progress Report to be
presented at their next meeting.
The Ministers also considered and approved the draft SADC Model Laws on
Cyber Security; Cybercrime, Data Protection and Electronic Transactions, which
were developed in conformity with the Africa Union Commission (AUC) Draft
Convention on Cyber Security, which will be submitted to the AUC Summit in
January 2013.
Ministers also considered and approved the draft e-Commerce Strategy and
Action Plan, and directed the Secretariat to ensure that they effectively
implement the SADC e-Commerce Strategy and Action Plan. They noted the
plans to set up an ICT Observatory, and urged SADC Member States to set up
at a national level their own National Observatories.
The meeting noted that the SADC Summit adopted the SADC Infrastructure
Master Plan. The meeting also noted that in terms of the institutional
arrangements in place for the implementation of the Short Term Action Plan
(STAP), will be overseen by the ICT Sub Sector Committee (SCOM), which will in
turn report to the Committee of Senior Officials; and Committee of Ministers.
The Ministers also noted the work which is currently on going in the SADC with
regard to the updating of a number of guidelines to take into consideration
technological developments including the review of the SADC Frequency Band
Plan; the review of the Framework for Harmonisation of Frequencies for
PPDR; the review of the SADC Framework for Harmonisation of Frequencies for
PPDR; the review of the Framework for Harmonisation of Frequencies for
Public Protection for SADC and the development of a Guideline for Accessing
the Unlicensed Spectrum Bands.
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