Program Management and Monitoring – The primary objective of this report is to ensure that the monitoring of the program as a whole is sufficient for the long term sustenance of the rural program. It has appraised the current organisation set up of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) which is responsible for the rural telecommunications program within government. The deliverable seeks to map the appropriate structure and resource requirements for the DTPS in order to meet current and future needs both within the rural telecommunications program and ICT in general. It recommends an ideal reorganisation of the department including associated staffing levels, duties and functions to be considered for the DTPS as well as linkages, structures and processes for related organisations. It also calls for the cooperation and coordination among the key stakeholders such as the regulator, operators and other government departments for the successful implementation and monitoring of the rural program. Network Infrastructure Standard – This deliverable provides the minimum standards requirement for the implementation of the telecommunications network. It also supplements the tender documents developed in the Selection and Monitoring deliverable. Rural Telecommunications Strategy 26 October 2006 11