As a key aspect of its ICT
Policy and Strategy for developing the Rwandan information society
and economy, the Government Of Rwanda (GOR) is committed to putting
in place and implementing four 5 year National Information and
Communications Infrastructure (NICI) Plans, (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th NICI) over the 20 year time span of the Vision 2020 socio-economic development programme. The individual time span and goals of the each the NICIs are:
- The 1st NICI Plan (2001 to 2005)
Goal: To Support the development of an economic base and environment for accelerated growth and development towards transforming Rwanda into an information-rich knowledge-based society and economy.
- The 2nd NICI Plan (2006 to 2010) Click here to download final NICI Plan 2
Goal: To support the strengthening of the economic base and improving the economic environment to accelerate development and growth towards achieving an information-rich knowledge-based society and economy.
- The 3rd NICI Plan (2011 to 2015)
Goal: To facilitate the process of sustaining economic development and growth towards improving national prosperity and global competitiveness
- The 4th NICI Plan (2016 to 2020)
Goal: To consolidate the process towards achieving a middle-income status and an information-rich knowledge-based society and economy.
The Goal of the NICI-2005 Plan
The goal of the NICI-2005 is to use the eight Strategies identified for attaining the stated Missions of the Vision for Rwanda to support the development of the necessary economic base and environment to facilitate the process of moving Rwanda from a Predominately Agricultural Economy (PAE) to a Predominately Information and Knowledge-base Economy (PIKE). The NICI-2005 will therefore provide the spring-board from which Rwanda can take-off to achieve the transformation of its economy to a PIKE by implementing subsequent NICIs [NICI-2010, NICI-2015 and NIC-2020].
Supporting the development of the 'take-off base' using NICI-2005 will require:
- the implementation of special ICT promotion packages, policy instrument and incentives;
- the development of the necessary human resources in ICTs and other professional areas;
- the implementation a number of national ICT applications across all sectors,
- the mobilization and the deployment of the necessary financial and technological resources to support the implementation of targeted programmes and initiatives;
- the modernization of the civil and public service, -- one aspect of this being the computerization of their activities and operations;
- the development of standards, best practices and guidelines to guide the deployment, exploitation and development of ICTs in key sectors and
- provision of the necessary legal, regulatory and institutional framework to support ICT development in Rwanda.
