(b) The host agreement be revised by COMESA by October 2011; Standards and Type Approval Capacity Building Decision 58. Council made the following decisions: (c) The Secretariat should present the revised agreement to Executive Committee in February 2012; and (a) That the Secretariat should convene a workshop on ICT standardisation for all Member States. (d) The Secretariat should present the host agreement to the COMESA Policy Organs. Next Generation Network (NGN) Remittance of ARICEA contributions Decisions 56. Council made the following decisions: Decisions 59. Council made the following decisions: (a) The Secretariat should develop a concept paper on the study on the readiness of Member States to migrate and deploy Next Generation Network and broadband connectivity; (a) That Member States with arrears should pay their contribution; and (b) All members should include the ARICEA contributions in their budget. (b) The study should develop a road map for the implementation of NGN and broadband connectivity; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) (c) The study should also come out with enabling policy and regulations to pave way for migration and deployment of NGN and broadband connectivity; and Decisions 60. Council made the following decisions: (d) The COMESA Secretariat should conduct the study in collaboration with International Telecommunications Union (ITU). (a) The Secretariat should proceed with the development of the two systems (the cross-border trader’s information system and an online business directory); and Infrastructure Sharing (b) Member States should provide the required data for the regional information systems once they become operational. Decision 57. Council made the following decision: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) (a) That the Secretariat should develop policy guidelines on infrastructure sharing. Decisions 61. Council made the following decisions: (a) The Secretariat should publicise the GIS; and 18