• Consultations with key Government Ministries on the development of NICI plans;
• Facilitating the activities of key institutions at national level in the development of strategic goals and targets, policy and regulatory reform proposals and strategies for human resources development;
• Conducting national workshops for government officials, public and private sector operators, regulatory bodies, telecommunications operators, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and civil society at large, academia, research institutions, national ICT experts, and aspirations of all stakeholders and to define appropriate strategies;
• Development of pilot projects based on national economic and social development priorities;
• Seeking for funding for implementation of pilot projects in information and communication technologies;
• Identification of emerging key policy issues in the following areas:

• Internet governance including tariff, DNS management, national network information centers (NIC);
• Liberalization of telecommunications sector, including various models of access to telecommunications and information;
• Radio frequency strectrum monitoring and management with particular reference to establishment of information systems in RF management;
• Mational content policy covering wide issues of access, privacy, security, development of national information and communication acts and other emerging challenges.

Application of information and communication technologues in health, education and commerce as follows:

Sector	Focus
Health	- Tele-medecine - Community-based health information services - Health information systems - National health informatics policy - Medical informatics
Education	- Education management information systems - Use of ICT in education - Online learning - Education in information and communication technologies
E-Commerce	- Policies and regulatory issues in e-commerce - Access and content

Development and implementation of Multipurpose Community Centres or Multipurpose Trading Centres that could be sustained by intensive use of information and communication technologies.

Capacity building component will focus on:

• Sensitisation workshops on national information infrastructure policies, plans and strategies;
• Group workshops on ICT applications;
• Sub-regional workshops in harmonization and standardization of policies, plans and procedures;
• Facilitation of African participation in regional and international workshops on various aspects of informations and communication technologies.