National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) Policies and Plans (e-strategies)

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NICI Policy Development Process

Mozambique’s NICI formulation process was launched in May 1997. On 30 May 2000 the Council of Ministers approved the policy document – Draft Policy for Information and Communication Technologies. The process is coordinated by the Commissã o para a Polítoca de Informática – (Commission for Information Policy.)

Civil society organizations (CSO), private sector companies, academia, provinces and the public at large participated in the policy formulation process.

The NICI vision aims to:

  • Make Mozambique a relevant and competitive partner in the global information society

  • Contribute in the war against poverty and to improve Mozambicans’ living conditions

  • Guarantee citizens access to the benefits of the global knowledge

  • Improve governance and public administration

  • Raise the efficiency and efficacy of state institutions and the usefulness of their services

  • Make Mozambique a producer, not a mere consumer, of information and communication technologies

Mozambique’s NICI plan places focus on the following sectors:

  • Education

  • Development of human resources

  • Health

  • Universal access

  • National infrastructure

  • Agriculture

  • Mineral resources

  • Environment and tourism

  • Governance

  • Protection of the public

  • E-commerce and protection of businesses

  • National network of research institutions

Mozambique held an International Symposium on its ICT Policy Implementation Strategy from 3 to 5 October 2001. A communiqué on the symposium outlined priority projects in infrastructure, education, health and establishment of an ICT incubation centre. A policy document was approved by the Council of Ministers in May 2000. The final version of the policy document is available at the Information Policy Commission's web site in Portuguese and English.

The Commissã o para a Polítoca de Informática is the implementing agency. The Information and Communication Technology Policy and the corresponding implementation strategy are the currently available programmes and workplans.
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