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The following are the plans and strategies for the Department of Information Communication Technology.
It will be a road map for the operations of the department.
- Modernise and update the national ICT policy and strategic plan.
Create the necessary policy framework to accommodate for the convergence of the
information technology and communications sector. Create the necessary forums for
consultations with all key stakeholders nationally on ICT matters. Collaborate with
local and international partners to formulate a new National ICT policy and detailed
strategic plan.
- Work closely with stakeholders to make ICT hardware and software more affordable.
Collaborate with the Department of Finance (DOF) and Central Bank of Seychelles
(CBS) and possibly other stakeholders to ensure that the retail price of ICT hardware
is comparable to what is provided abroad. Engage in possible agreements with international
software vendors so that they are discounted for students and teachers. Engage into
discussion with DOF, CBS, banks and other stakeholders to provide loans to students,
teachers, Government employees for the purchase of ICT hardware and software.
- Increase the residential penetration of computers and Internet access.
Collaborate with stakeholders to provide discounted and more attractive Internet
packages. Bundle Internet access with the procurement of a computer via a loan scheme.
Encourage the uptake of computers.
- Collaborate with ICT service providers to continue investing in their infrastructure
and introducing affordable and innovative services.
Conduct a short study on investment in the ICT industry for the past couple of years.
Evaluate if the investment in the ICT industry is adequate or requires more players.
Work with stakeholders to established a conducive environment to stimulate further
competition and introduce new services.
- Promote improved universal access to basic ICT service and ensure that tariffs
are competitively priced.
Work with stakeholders so that the coverage of services like cable TV, hot spots,
public payphones, wireless and ADSL Internet access, should be extended to Praslin
and La Digue. Review the USO Policy and see its implementation.
- Promote and facilitate the deployment of e-commerce in Seychelles.
Work closely with SIB to enable launching more than one e-commerce service provider
Collaborate with DOF to ensure the financial legislative framework is in order to
accommodate e-commerce for even SME. Deploy the ITU donated hardware as an e-commerce
assistance programme for parastatals and small businesses. Work with stakeholders
to create awareness and educational campaigns on e-commerce.
- To connect all government departments to the Electronic Government Network
(EGN) in order to allow for secure integration of the various information systems
of government:
This network will connect not only all the Government Department headquarters but
also all the extensions of Government at the community level (e.g. District Administration
Offices). In order to accelerate the deployment of this network, a combination of
out-sourcing and in sourcing of works and services will be used. Part of this strategic
is also to implement a government-wide intranet on EGN where Government officers
can access to find relevant information and services internal to Government itself.
- To computerize the core processes of Government Departments with appropriate
information systems:
This involves working in close collaboration with the different government Departments
and agencies on order to implement information systems that are relevant to their
needs and supports the delivery of their core services. These systems will also
focus on the capture of information, their processing and presentation in a manner
to support the decision-making processes of Government. In order to accelerate the
deployment of these systems a balance of in sourcing of parts of the system development
cycle will be used. It is targeted that at least 75% of the Government Departments
will have been computerised in the above manner by 2010.
- To make available Government Services (E-Services) available online on the
Internet, where appropriate, for access by businesses and the public:
As the computerisation process of Government Departments is undertaken, in
each case, opportunities for delivery of online E-Services will be identified and
these implemented. As a central part this strategy, is the development of a central
Government E-Service Portal, accessible on the internet, whereby on E-Services offered
by Government are available.
- Modernise the ICT legislative framework to bring it in line with established
and developed ICT markets:
This include the review the Broadcasting and Telecommunication Act and the development
of the regulations pertaining to:
> License Fees
> Interconnection
> Competition
> Interception of communications
> Infrastructure sharing
Consultations will also be undertaken with all stakeholders on the drafts of these
legal devices.
- Work to Increase the residential penetration of computers and internet access:
Collaborate with stakeholders to provide discounted and more attractive Internet
packages and explore the possibility of promoting the bundling of Internet access
with the procurement of a computer via a loan scheme. The target by 2010 is to achieve
at least a household penetration of computers of 25% and to have more than 6,000
internet subscribers nationally.
- Explore the possibility of connecting Seychelles to the main Internet optic
fibre communication backbone via a submarine cable:
Work with all service providers to establish the minimum requirement for the optic
fibre submarine link to Seychelles . In collaboration with stakeholders, DOF, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and other agencies, establish a model for financing the
establishment of this link and its maintenance. A framework for the utilisation
of services on the cable by local service providers also needs to be established.
- Promote the expansion of a nationwide, all pervasive wireless network for
Internet access:
Review of the wireless network policy, as per international best practises, to allow
all ISPs to have open access to frequencies (sharing of frequency band) required
for the setting up of wireless networks (namely the frequencies related to WiFi).
This is in order that all possible ISPs (present or prospective) can contribute
to the deployment of wireless access nationwide. Work will also have to be undertaken
with all stakeholders, in particular ISPs, to collaborate in the resolution of interference
and other issues resulting from the opening up (sharing) of the designated frequency
band.
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