Scientific and Cultural Organization, internet governance and technical standards entities. Vanuatu will not only aim to effectively implement its current obligations, but will also undertake and meet additional commitments, fitting to a responsible member of the international community. To the extent feasible, Vanuatu will seek to be an active and constructive player in international and regional organisations, including the ones listed above, as well as international and regional forums and processes, such as the Internet Governance Forum, post-World Summit on the Information Society process, and Governmental Advisory Committee of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers. In deciding on priorities and extent of the international and regional involvement, the Government will give due regard to the national priorities, available human and financial resources, as well as costs and benefits of such participation. In the context above, Vanuatu will, without prejudice to its sovereignty, seek to closely coordinate its actions and positions with its regional partners, especially within the Melanesian Region, but also the South Pacific and the Pacific in general, as well as its development partners. Furthermore, the Government recognises the value in learning from experiences of other countries, especially countries that share similar characteristics. It also notes synergies and cost efficiencies that could be achieved in designing and implementing or advocating certain initiatives on a regional or international level. Therefore it will seek to actively collaborate with its regional and international partners, wherever such collaboration could contribute to the achievement of the overall objective of this Policy. In undertaking and implementing international commitments, and otherwise exercising its rights and responsibilities, the Government will have due regard to the realistic ability, capacity and time needed for Vanuatu to meet such commitments in a sustainable manner without curtailing socio-economic development. Appropriate transition periods as well as understanding and support from development partners as well as other international partners will be sought for the implementation of such approach. Prioritising the Priorities Given the level of current availability and utilisation of ICTs and a potential for contribution to the socio-economic development from an increased adoption of ICTs, the Government could identify a very long list of important activities in this area. However, the Government also appreciates limitations with respect to financial and human resources as well as, importantly, its programme and project management capacity. Therefore the Government will seek to identify and work on a realistic number of priorities. Generally, criteria set out in Part IV of this Policy will be used to identify such priorities. The Government recognises that an effective use of resources and achievement of tangible results requires consistency of efforts over time. Therefore it will seek to ensure stability of its priorities. However, due to an extremely dynamic nature of the ICT sector, a periodic reassessment of such priorities is appropriate. The above, however, should not be interpreted as restricting other stakeholders from undertaking activities that contribute to the overall objective 52 National Information and Communication Technology Policy