Components and the Presentation of the Details of the NICI-2005 Plan
1. The details of the NICI-2005 Plan are organized in terms of the following levels:
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The 8 Pillars – each representing a Sub-Plan of NICI-2005
The Government Policy Commitments – relating Area of Focus of each of the Sub-Plans
The Sub-Plan Programmes and Initiatives
The Programme Objectives and Goals
The Plan-Actions --- relating to the implementation of each of the Programmes of the Sub-Plans
The Time-Bound Measurable (TBM) Targets – associated with each of the Plan-Actions
The Plan-Action Implementation Agencies --- corresponding to each of the Plan Actions
2. The NICI-2005 Plan is built on 8 Pillars of the Plan --- each representing a Sub-Plan, these include:
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Human Resource Development Sub-Plan;
ICTs in Education Sub-Plan,
Facilitating Government Administration and Service Delivery Sub-Plan;
Developing and Facilitating the Private Sector Sub-Plan;
Deployment and Spread of ICTs in the Community Sub-Plan;
ICT Infrastructure Development, Legal Regulatory,
Institutional Provisions and Standard Sub-Plan; and
Foreign Direct Investment Drive in ICTs Sub-Plan.
3. For each of these Sub-Plans, the relevant Government ICT Policy Commitments are documented. This is followed by the identification of a
number of Programmes for implementation under the Sub-Plan. The Objectives and Goals of each of the Programmes are documented followed
by the identification and description of the specific Plan-Actions to be implemented under the Programme. Each of these Plan-Specific Actions has
associated with it a number of Time-Bound Measurable Targets. To complete the process, corresponding, Implementation Agencies are identified
for each of the Plan Actions.
4. Some of the Plan-Actions has associated with them Plan-Action Prerequisites and Linkages. The Prerequisites defines what need to be done
before a specific Plan-Action can be implemented while the Linkages links the Plan-Action with other Plan-Actions within the NICI-2005 Plan
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