Title: ToRs for Consultant to Advise on Telecoms Law Reform
Language: English
Type: Document
Nature: Terms of Reference (TORs)
Published: December 1, 2008
Region: Global
Country: Global / Non-Specific
Sector: Telecom and ICT
Keywords: PPP Tools *, Sample Terms of Reference (TORs) for PPP Advisors**, Telecom and ICT
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Document Summary:
ToRs for Consultant to Advise on Telecoms Law Reform
Document Details:
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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