APPENDIX 2 - SELECTED TARGET DATES S/N Objective / Strategy Target year end 1. Identify R&D focus areas with the involvement of Industry, Academia 2013 and Research institutions. 2 Provide institutional support for addressing the incidence of multiple 2013 taxation and regulation in the ICT sector. 3 Provide a clear roadmap for harvesting the “digital dividend” spectrum 2013 and ensure competitive allocation of the resource. 4 Implement steps that will encourage manufacturers to set up factories 2013 for the manufacture of Set Top Boxes that are required for the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. 5 Pursue the development of an ICT Local Content Plan for Nigeria 2013 6 Develop and implement ICT training programs for public sector 2013 employees, in connection with introduction of e-Government and other digital functions within Government offices; and 7 Coordinated ICT Development in All sectors: 2014 By end of 2015, all sectors would have developed (where none exists) or updated their ICT for Development Plans that are aligned to this Policy document. 8 Create a Computer Emergency Readiness and Response ecosystem 2014 with apex, sectoral and institutional Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT’s), as needed, to serve as standby teams of experts that are able to respond to national emergencies, especially cyberthreats, attacks and cyber warfare. 9 Introduce mandatory training and appropriate courses in ICT at all 2014 tiers of education. 10 Develop a licensing regime for signal distributors 2014 11 Ensure that traditionally marginalized groups become an integral part 2014 of the ICT stakeholder community, as participants, innovators, leaders and beneficiaries of the knowledge economy in the emergent information society in Nigeria. !"#$%&"'()*+(,%'$-.(/(0120( ( ( ,"34(88(