Extension to 16th
of
January
2008
Request for Consultation on the
Proposed National E-Commerce
Strategy
The Ministry of
Information and Communications
Technology (MoICT) hereby solicits
comments on the proposed National
E-Commerce Strategy for the period
from 2008 to 2012.
The
purpose of the National E-Commerce
Strategy is to mobilize the nation
to develop technical and commercial
capacity in e-commerce and to adopt
e-commerce in trading of goods and
services between businesses and with
consumers. The reasons for the
adoption of e-commerce are to
realize e-commerce related benefits
and to ensure that Jordan
participates in a step change in
trading which is transforming the
commercial world.
By its nature an
e-commerce strategy is wide ranging,
covering many areas of the economy.
It has components in technology, the
law, transportation, logistics and
postal services, utilities,
education, customs, financial
services and taxation, and the
creative industries such as those
associated with developing
catalogues for goods or services.
E-commerce services are potentially
used by all sectors of the economy.
Strengths weaknesses, opportunities
and threats arise in many of these
areas.
The strategy sets a
vision for the development of
e-commerce. It defines four goals
associated with this vision and
these goals are interpreted in a
number of strategic objectives. To
achieve these objectives it will be
important to overcome the hurdles,
the weaknesses that are currently
hindering the development of
e-commerce, and to exploit the
opportunities for e-commerce. The
strategy defines a set of enablers
that are intended to do both of
these things.
In the General
Policy for the ICT and Postal
Sectors of the Kingdom,
Government indicated that it “will …
encourage Jordanian businesses to
offer online services and
applications (including via mobile
phones), especially ecommerce
services, in order to grow their
businesses. This will include
efforts not only to service the
Jordanian market but also to
increase the export of goods and
services by Jordanian businesses.”
(Para 97) This proposed strategy is
intended to establish the framework
for doing this.
The proposed strategy was prepared
in cooperation with Intercai
Mondiale WLL. Consistent with
Ministry principles, Intercai
Mondiale consulted widely in
preparing the proposed strategy,
including meetings with public and
private sector stakeholders and a
stakeholder workshop attended by
members from many sectors including
finance and banking, trade, industry
and ICT, and from government, held
in Amman on September 20, 2007.
As part of that transparent
process, the Ministry now invites
comments from interested parties on
the proposed strategy. Commenting
parties should feel free to submit
comments on any aspect of the
proposed Policy Statement that is of
interest to them.
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To access the
proposed strategy,
click
here.
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To access a
summary of the proposed strategy
and specific questions about the
strategy,
click
here.
Comments
should be submitted to
ecommerce-strategy@moict.gov.jo
no later than the 8th of
January 2008,
Extended to
16th of
January 2008