Belize   Swaziland	Swaziland - Project Outline The Government of Swaziland sought assistance under the Commonwealth Connects Programme in setting up a national regulatory agency for electronic communications. Swaziland wanted to tap into the experience of developed economies and their newly transformed telecoms sector. The national government recognised that to do so it required the requisite capacity to develop an appropriate legal framework, fashion the relevant policies and garner the organizational capacity to drive such a transformation.     The Plan The optimal way of achieving this was through a collaboration with another Commonwealth member state which had developed an appropriate regulatory model and which was be ready to share this experience. Malta’ s EU membership qualification and the subsequent adoption of the European Telecommunications Framewmork following an ambitious programme of sector liberalistaion in the lead up to membership gave the island the right credentials to take on this project.     Implementation The Malta Communications Authority in conjunction with COMNET-IT undertook a situation analysis to assist government in devising a road map for sector regulation. By meeting with relevant ministers and government officials it drew out and validated objectives for sector liberalisation and regulation, establishing contact with incumbent service providers secured information on extant licensing environment, turnover, service offerings and costs, investment levels, state of infrastructure, subscriptions, quality of services, technical capacity, accessibility and so on. The mission evaluated capacity building requirements to establish National Regulatory agency, it looked at national radio spectrum entitlement and utilization of existing capacity. The broader environmental context was reviewed to determine whether the conditions were conducive to sector liberalization and investment, and lastly assessing the country’s skill base in regulatory disciplines – economics, engineering, law, accounting, public policy.