The Censorship Board has launched its Annual Operational Plan for 2017 in January.
The Annual Operational Plan provides a guideline for each of its divisions to follow and execute their work plans.
Chief Censor, Steven Mala states that about 80 percent of the programs are ongoing whilst 20 percent represent new initiatives and outstanding activities carried forward from previous years.
Mala pointed out that the main constraint would be funding however, it should not be used as an excuse for not attaining any real time results.
“Respective divisions should prioritise their activities to implement programs that can be achieved within their allocations so that they can report on real achievements during quarterly reports and the preparation of the Annual Management Report at the end of the year.”
He emphasized that every government agencies are experiencing financial difficulty and encouraged his staff to be innovative and creative in the implementation of their activities within the limited funds.
Three key priority areas; nationwide awareness and advocacy and censorship issue, Decentralisation of Chief Censors powers and Establishment of Internet Filtering System were highlighted during the plan launch.