3. The Government will encourage and support formal and informal sectors to adhere to acceptable standards of examination and certification of ICT training programmes. 4. The Government in collaboration with the private sector will develop and put in place appropriately designed schemes of service for different cadres of ICT personnel in order to secure their retention and encourage innovative behaviour. 5. ICT deployment is to be especially inclusive and to proactively take into account gender and disadvantages groups. 6. The Government will encourage activities relating to life long training processes both formal and informal. 3.5 Legal and Regulatory Framework 3.5.1 Issues Globalisation and the pervasiveness of the Internet have given rise to new types of needs, rights and vulnerabilities. For secure electronic transactions to occur, an environment of trust must be created and sustained through the legal and regulatory apparatus. Cybercriminals around the world are constantly seeking loopholes through which to perform illegal or illicit businesses. Any country that has inadequate cyber-law is essentially offering a safe-haven for cyber-criminals to act with impunity. Tanzania needs to create and sustain a secure cyber-law environment, in addition to already existing legislation, before any significant new developments can emerge in ICT related services. 3.5.2 Policy Objectives a) Establish an enabling legal framework, aligned with Tanzania’s constitutional provisions, legislative and regulatory environment, and consistent with regional and global best practices. b) Ensure that Tanzania does not become a haven of cyber-crime. 3.5.3 Policy Challenges i. Mould the present legal framework and related institutional infrastructure, as it is not yet conducive to ICT development and application. ii. Address the inadequate regulatory capacity, especially in the face of convergence of networks and services. iii. Enacting specific and effective legislative instruments on privacy, security, cyber crimes, ethical and moral conduct, encryption, digital signatures, copyrights, intellectual property rights and fair trade practices. iv. Create capacity for research in ICT-related legal and regulatory issues. 3.5.4 Policy Statements 1. The Government will review existing laws and regulations in order to repeal or adjust those that are not conducive to the healthy growth of the ICT industry and enact new ones Page 15