NATIONAL ICT4D PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR LIBERIA
Name of Project
Establish national level ICT4D Steering Committee
Validate and Enact National ICT Policy
Development Impact
ICT4D Steering Committee is the high-level
Governance and policy making body for ICT in
Liberia; it will ensure that planning and investments
in ICT programs support GOL’s Economic Growth
& Development Plan 2012-2027 Vision.
Liberia will have a national ICT policy in place
which will be the foundation for ICT development,
help in meeting PRS and MCC objectives, and
joining the World Society for Information Sharing
(WSIS) community
Potential to expand and restructure Liberia’s
Technical/Financial Assessment for obtaining
Internet and global connectivity infrastructure to
International Gateway Connection for Liberia via
provide immediate and significant strengthening of,
multiple broadband technologies
and benefits to, ongoing ICT4D initiatives to meet
PRS and MCC objectives in the long run
Implement Inner Monrovia Fiber Optic Backbone
GOL ICT Infrastructure Assessment
Connect Govt. Business, NGOs, Civil Society, and
Key Sectors, and Link them to the International
Gateways.
Develop framework for e-Government standards
and information sharing in Gov’t.
Policy Reform for restructuring Internet Infrastructure Bring Liberia’s Internet infrastructure up to
and Inter-connectivity to raise it to international international standards, resolve bottlenecks and
level of performance
make connectivity affordable
Enact National ICT Supplementary Acts to Establish the regulatory framework for starting ecomplement the Telecommunications Law of 2007; Government in Liberia by establishing an enabling
and also implement policy objectives in-line with policy and operational regime
ECOWAS ICT Supplementary Acts.
Liberia for the first time will have a formal CIO
structure in the executive line ministries, governed
Establish Chief-Information-Officer (CIO) Regime in
by a CIO Council, comprising senior technology
Line Ministries which will be headed by a CIO
officials of key ministries who will be responsible
Council
for all aspects of ICT including budgetary and
operational authority
Implement E-Government Policy and Standards for
Implementation
The advent of Government provision of E-services
to Liberian citizens using the Internet: this will be a
major leap in meeting PRS goals and bridging the
ICT gap
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