This Project component will also finance technical assistance to strengthen CITO to implement and periodically update the ICT strategy, develop a monitoring system and develop action plans for the introduction of ICT in sectors such as education, health and agriculture. Consultations with civil society and the private sector will be supported. One long-term advisor will be financed to the equivalent of two person years.

Resources will be provided to support further reforms in the legal/regulatory framework for telecommunications. These reforms will perfect the present framework to ensure that the important gains realized since liberalization commenced are consolidated and deepened. The legal and institutional reforms supported will include: (a) establishing a single regulatory body that would include the functions of the telecommunications staff of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and Spectrum Management Authority. The Institutional Reforms related to the incorporation of the functions of the Broadcasting Commission within the single Regulatory entity will be done on a phased basis; (b) delineating responsibilities more clearly between the telecommunications regulatory and the Fair Trading Commission (FTC); (c) redefining universal access; (d) empowering the regulator to establish minimum service level standards; (e) improving the legal/regulatory regime for interconnection; (f) permitting certain categories of licenses to be issued by the regulatory agencies; and (g) proceeding with rate rebalancing. The Project will finance technical assistance for the drafting of laws and regulations and for training.