The structure of the PMO is designed to better support the implementation of the Government of Liberia e-Government strategy. In implementing this structure, it is imperative to cater for alignment in the current infrastructure, organization structure and availability of resources within MoPT. As part of MoPT, the PMO set-up is called "e-Liberia Office". The Project Management Office - e-Liberia Office is a directorate under the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication and supports the e-Government Strategy implementation through monitoring projects delivery, controlling the relation with vendors, managing the procurement process, ensuring compliance with policies and standards, auditing projects at hand over, knowledge management and sharing for areas related to project management. The PMO plays the following roles: Functions of the PMO: ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Provide technical advice, updates and recommendations to ensure that appropriate methods, tools, products and applications, framework policies for e-Government that cover the planning, development and maintenance of information systems and technology, are consistently communicated across, adopted and used effectively across MACs. Develop business cases for new technologies required to enhance or maintained the level of performance, thereby assessing the financial impact and requirement Provide e-Services solutions, options and alternatives to MACs exploring e-services delivery to the end-users Conduct requirements gathering and business analysis to translate MACs user business needs into technical requirements. Coordinate the communication exchange between MACs (inter and intra) on eServices projects and developments Engage project sponsors and stakeholders and facilitate project processes such as Change Management, Business Process Re-engineering Manage the content and advice the MACs on the content management on the eGovernment Portal. Encourage the adoption of Government-wide Shared Services and promote the benefits of sharing information across the MACs. 6.4 The Role of the Ministry To align and coordinate the development of ICT infrastructure across the different ICT sectors and ensure overall coordination, formulation, implementation, review, and oversight of the National ICT Policy. This includes coordination with the independent regulatory authorities (LTA, IBA), as well as the Universal Access Fund, and the National ICT Agency, to achieve the objectives of this policy. Additional roles include: 1. Carrying out periodic Impact Analysis of ICT initiatives to advise policy; 2. Ensure the collation, openness and availability of comprehensive and accurate ICT data in collaboration with other Ministries and agencies; 3. Establish the periodic review of policies and its continual alignment to the overall vision and mission of the GoL through an inclusive multi stakeholder 54