ToRs for Consultant to Advise on Telecoms Law Reform

The ToRs outline the scope of work, key deliverables, and expectations for the consultant’s role in providing expert guidance and strategic recommendations for revising the Telecommunications Law .

1. In preparation for future liberalization privatization of the incumbent telecommunications operator, [IFI], through the use of a consultant, will assist the Ministry of Communications in revising the Telecommunications Law of [COUNTRY].
The task will be undertaken by suitable legal advisers who will work in close cooperation with [COUNTRY] legal advisers, Ministry officials and other as appropriate, to prepare a comprehensive draft Telecommunications law, based on present policies as expressed through existing draft law texts an the present policy of the newly elected
government of [COUNTRY].

Objectives
2. The explicit objectives of the assignment are:
(a) an expression of the present telecommunications Sector Policy;
(b) a draft law text meeting the approval of the present government of [COUNTRY], with sufficient legal flexibility to allow the sector developments contemplated for the next ___ years; and
(c) assistance to the Government to facilitate the passage of the law through Parliament.

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