Policy Policy - Policy Statement Postal Sector Policy Telecommunications Policy Information Technology Policy POLICY STATEMENT The Government is committed to enhancing economic growth, wealth and employment creation. The Government recognizes the economic value and benefits of ICT for the realization of its development goals and objectives. ICT forms part of the overall reform agenda for citizen empowerment, enhanced democracy and socio-economical development necessary for achieving an e-enabled society. The Government is aware of the fact that the software and hardware industry are two sides of the gold coin that would enable South Sudan to emerge as a regional IT hub. In the realization of this objective, the Government will undertake a number of initiatives such as the establishment of a High Level Institutional Framework to coordinate ICT policy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; promote e-Government services; promote ICT Human Resource Development; enhance investments in ICT; and create partnerships with all stakeholders in the sector. The over-arching goal of this policy framework is therefore to ensure a more accessible, equitable, efficient, affordable and effective telecommunications and postal services sectors. POSTAL SECTOR POLICY The postal service is, broadly, the carriage of physical communications and light goods both by public and private enterprise. The postal service has a unique social role in providing for the carriage of private letters and parcels, thereby encouraging social integration and harmony and helping families and friends to remain in contact. This role is recognised by almost every government by obliging the public postal operator of South Sudan to provide all citizens with reasonable access to basic services at relatively low, uniform prices. Postal services are much more accessible to the bulk of the population than telecommunications services because of their relatively low prices and wide geographical distribution. The Post is a necessity for international and domestic trade and commerce and is recognised as a vital part of the information infrastructure of South Sudan. International studies have shown that a good quality postal service acts as a driver, as opposed to merely a facilitator, of 1/3