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• The high level of illiteracy reduces the immediateimpact of many internet applications,especially limiting the access ofwomen to internet services.• The numbers and skills within ICT workforce is a constraint to the adoption andpromotion of ICT.• The limited awareness and acceptance ofICT within Government leadershipPolicy framework: sector strategyThe immediate goal of the sector is to increaseaccess to telecom services to cover 80 percent ofthe country. Most populated areas will be coveredby 2010. A key component of this effortwill be the completion of the Fibre Optic Cableand Copper Cable Network, allowing an expansionof high-speed data services and extendingmobile phone coverage. The privatesectoris expected to make additional majorinvestments in the telecommunication sector.With the establishment of a national data centerby end of 2008, and implementation of e-Government, e-Commerce, e-Health (telemedicine)towards the end of 2010 Afghan citizenswill be able to more fully participate in the informationage. For the next five years, MoCITpolicies, working through ATRA will also deploysatellite-based services to the less populatedareas where personal mobile facilities aretoo costly. The current program is to reach atleast 3,000 villages by 2010. Plans are also underwayto issue new licenses for the provisionof fixed wireless access for broadband internet.There will be a $100 million revenue contributionto Government revenue by 2010. The ICTsector is already the most heavily taxed, primarilybecause it is comprised of the largestformal enterprises in the country. A majorstudy is currently being prepared that will provideguidance to the ICT Council, and the Governmenton improving governance and increasingpublic sector capacity for the industry.The key programs of the ICT sector are (i) EnablingEnvironment (ii) Infrastructure Development(iii) E-Afghanistan (iv) ICT Literacy. Fordetail refer to volume II. In addition to the investmentin the cable network, the policy priorityfor the Government is the passage and implementationof ICT legislation that will createan appropriate environment for further growthand development. MoCIT has commenceddrafting the ICT Law, which will address infrastructureand services, including issues such aslegal recognition of electronic/digital signaturesand formation of electronic contracts (affectingtransactions both in public and privatesectors), content regulation, competition regulation,electronic evidence, data privacy protection,consumer protection and rights, domainname registration and regulation, intellectualproperty rights, encryption and security, financialand banking sector law and regulation relatingto electronic transfers and settlements,taxation of transfers, customs, jurisdiction, disputeresolution and civil and criminal offences,limitations of liability of internet service providers,cyber piracy and digital rights management,facilitation of e-government and crossborder interoperability of e-commerce frameworksaffecting trade.The sector priority policy is passage and implementationof ICT legislation that will createan appropriate environment for further development.MoCIT has commenced drafting theICT Law. The telecom law addresses the telecominfrastructure and services, but the lawdoesn’t cover the content of the services. TheICT law will address issues such as legal recognitionof electronic/digital signatures andformation of electronic contracts (affectingtransactions both in public and private sectors),content regulation, competition regulation,electronic evidence, data privacy protection,consumer protection and rights, domain nameregistration and regulation, intellectual propertyrights, encryption and security, financialand banking sector law and regulation relatingto electronic transfers and settlements, taxationof transfers, customs, jurisdiction, dispute resolutionand civil and criminal offences, limitationsof liability of internet service providers,cyber piracy and digital rights management,facilitation of e-government and cross borderinteroperability of e-commerce frameworksaffecting trade.The ICT Council, through the MoCIT, willwork to achieve the following:• By end-2008, actions designed to promotetransparency and citizen access to publicinformation will be implemented. This willinclude adopting Rules and Procedures torequire all Government institutions to publishdocuments on their official websites (asa supplement to the Official Gazette). Ac-98Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)
tions designed to promote Government efficiency,reduce costly waste and ensure informationsystem inter-operability will beimplemented. This will involve adopting afull set of Rules and Procedures that willgovern the competitive procurement andutilization of ICT by all Government institutions.An e-Government resource centerwill be established for the design and implementationof projects. MoCIT will promoteprivate investment for Afghan Telecomto reduce the financial burden on theGovernment, and adopt the legal instrumentsfor private investment in the sector.Afghan Post offices will be modernized usingICT to ensure reliable collection anddistribution of mail. The infrastructure ofmobile networks will be adapted to enablemobile commerce, meaning the use ofphones to transfer funds and conduct otherfinancial transactions (pay utility bills andtaxes, make retail purchases). MoCIT willsubmit draft ICT legislation governing e-transactions, electronic commerce, electronicsignatures and cyber crimes to theNational Assembly. The Afghanistan NationalData Center will be ready to host thee-government applications.• A unified curriculum and regulatoryframework for private ICT training centerswill be drafted in cooperation with Ministryof Education. MoCIT will have establishedan IT Training center in all provincialcapitals where security permits.• By end-2009, further efforts will be made toreduce corruption by reviewing all Governmentservices and making recommendationsfor the adoption of ICT to streamlineand automate (for example, customsprocessing, procurement and licensing).• An ICT Village will be established in Kabul,this facility will attract foreign and localinvestments in ICT. Efforts will bemade to ensure that all schools have accessto internet and multimedia resources, togetherwith a basic curriculum that includesbrowsing, searching and messaging.• By end-2010, the ICT sector will contributefive billion Afs ($100 million) annually tothe treasury by broadening the tax base (attractingadditional investors to the market,rather than over-burdening the existingones). ATRA will foster a transparent legal-regulatoryregime that attracts a further37.5 billion Afs ($750 million) in private investment,and adds 50,000 jobs.• National ICT networks will be expandedand interconnected so that at least 80 percentof Afghans will have access to affordabletelecom services.• By end-2018, all pupils should be digitallyliterate by the time they leave school. Digitalliteracy will be adopted as one of thebasic skills of all young Afghans.The ICT sector strategy incorporates feedback,proposed projects and comments from the SubNational Consultations. The ministry activelyutilized its video conferencing capabilities toreach out to all 34 provincial capitals and manyof the 240 district capitals that are presentlyserved by the District Communications Network(DCN) infrastructure. MoCIT has alsoworked with National Assembly to reach allcommunities. The Ministry has furthermoreconducted planning sessions by bringing togetherrepresentatives from all 34 provinces forworkshops in Kabul. ATRA is in the process ofinstituting greater responsiveness to the needsof remote communities, by making availablefinancial support from the Telecom DevelopmentFund (TDF) upon request from communityleaders.Policy framework: key initiatives andissuesThe MoCIT is responsible for providing theinstitutional leadership for the ICT sector. Ithas the primary responsibility for developingpolicy and supervises the implementation of anumber of key ICT projects, such as the NationalData Center, the Optical Fiber Cable andthe Copper Cable Network projects.Afghan Telecom is presently a corporation thatis 100 percent owned by MoCIT however it isbeing privatized (an 80 percent share is to besold), reflecting the Government’s 2003 Telecomand Internet Policy. This will lead to thefurther expansion of the mobile phone network.The Ministry’s Information CommunicationTechnology Institute (ICTI) provides specializedtechnical training and certification haslaunched a four year ICT bachelors program(the first class of 50 students have recentlycommenced studies). Since 2003, it is also inEconomical and Social Development 99
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In the name of Allah, the most Merc
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Executive SummaryI. INTRODUCTIONAfg
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Executive Summarydeveloping capacit
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2. The Afghan National Police (ANP)
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Afghanistan National Development St
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Executive SummaryWater Resources Ma
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Executive SummaryOver the past five
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Executive SummaryA key priority of
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Executive SummarySustaining the nas
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Map of AfghanistaniiiAfghanistan Na
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Map of Afghanistan ................
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Current situation: assessment of ai
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capacity limitations throughout the
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PART IPROCESS, GOALSAND POLICYDIREC
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of the country’s 34 provinces are
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The regional cooperation initiative
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CHAPTER 2THE PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
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Figure 2.2. ANDS timeline 1385 - 13
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season being covered. To overcome t
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CHAPTER 4MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORKHig
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age points - from 42 percent of the
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ooooIncrease interdiction efforts a
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APPENDICES
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