4.3 SUMMARY OF STRATEGIC GOALS AND TIMELINES ACTION ITEM STRATEGIC GOALS Improving Policy/ • Complete review of existing regional Regulatory policies and laws with a plan for Frameworks harmonization where necessary • Enact harmonization of existing policies/laws • Update existing and draft new policies and laws as required (e.g, digital financial services, postal serviced, electronic transactions, protection of children etc. and others as needed) TIMELINE • Year 1 • Year 1 • Year 3 Cyber-security • Establish a national cyber-security advisory committee • Draft cyber-security policy • Adopt cyber-security legislation • Year 1 Digital Financial Services • Draft a policy on digital financial services including interconnection / interoperability with telecom networks • Year 1 Consumer Protection • • Year 2 Draft consumer and child protection policy • Year 2 • Year 2 Expanding and improving • Map existing and planned fiber and • Year 2 ICT infrastructure passive utility infrastructure – roads, electricity grids, towers, pipelines etc • Adopt a “dig once” regulation • Year 1 (i.e requirement for inclusion of ducts in all new and resurfaced and existing roads where possible and provision for use by third parties of new long distance telecom infrastructure laid by operators) • Adopt passive and active infrastructure • Year 1.5 sharing guidelines for all ISPs and mobile network operators to allow for collocation of equipment • Define terms for Rights of Way • Year 1 access over public land • Complete the implementation of key • Year 5 infrastructure programs (e.g, national terrestrial backbone network etc) 17