Recommendations To Development Partners & Home Governments 1. Support the strengthening of human rights, social and environmental considerations within ICT policy, legal and regulatory improvements, especially those highlighted in Recommendations 2 and 3 to the Myanmar Government. Key Points for Implementation       Support the Myanmar Government to introduce of an effective framework for the ICT sector that includes adequate safeguards. A number of partners including the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, and the European Union (EU) are working on parts of the ICT regulatory framework. Given the past history of the country, it will be important to support the Government through both appropriate technical advice and political messaging, to ensure that the regulatory frameworks being put in place appropriately safeguard human rights. Any revised frameworks being supported with donor funding should not facilitate a return to excessive surveillance and repression. This might occur, for example, if the regulatory framework has been too broadly worded and allows wide latitude in interpreting and implementing the law. Development partners should ensure that the consultants hired by them or through the international financial institutions can and do provide appropriate advice, not only on technical matters but also on the balance to be struck in regulatory frameworks to ensure human rights are safeguarded. Monitor whether the Government has developed its regulations on lawful interception in line with international standards and good practice as set out in the Annex to the Recommendations. Support rule of law changes to develop on-going checks and balances in the system necessary to ensure implementation of an adequate ICT regulatory framework with appropriate safeguards. For example, the Government has indicated that it will require judicial review of lawful interception requests made by the Government. That is an important step, but it will be important to ensure that judges receive appropriate training and are part of a broader programme to strengthen the rule of law in Myanmar. Support programmes to develop civil society capacity to engage effectively with the Government on the extensive ICT reforms and with ICT companies (see Recommendations to CSOs, Human Rights Defenders & the Media above). Support programmes to develop media capacity to report on ICT issues. Encourage the international financial institutions (IFIs) working on ICT sector reform in Myanmar to make information and expertise available in order to engage a wider portion of Myanmar civil society and the population on the work they are doing. RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS & HOME GOVERNMENTS 31 Recs