- To ensure a safe, stable and prosperous society and protection of our values
- To protect and strengthen our sovereignty
- To secure our assets, infrastructure and institutions
- To ensure our foreign policy and external engagement maximise Vanuatu’s national interests
Safety and security for all our peoples, through a national security system that anticipates threats, protects the nation, builds resilience, and shapes our environment in Vanuatu’s interests.
The National Security Council is the highest decision-making body on security matters in Vanuatu. The council is established by the National Security Act (2019) which gives it power to do all things necessary to address issues of threats to the country’s national security. The NSC is chaired by the Prime Minister of Vanuatu with members at the Government’s Ministerial level.
The Act also establishes a Senior Security Officials Committee Meeting (SSOCM), a body of Director Generals who provide policy advise on matters raised within the NSC and who also lead in the implementation of NSC resolutions. All submissions are vetted through the SSOCM process before decisions are taken by Council.
The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) is established under the National Security Act to provide operational and policy support to the NSC and SSOCM and who also lead in national intelligence efforts to promote national security objectives and is headed by the National Security Advisor (NSA). The work of the NSCS is guided by the overarching policy guidance of the National Security Strategy.
Publication: NSCS Fortnight Security Update Issue No.24 of 2024VNSC has identified the following key external (national ICT policy) and internal (iGov applications) stakeholders:
| * The people of Vanuatu |
| * PMO, Council of Ministers, Parliament, and Malvatumauri (National Council of Chiefs) |
| * Development Committee of Officials (DCOP), and the National ICT Development Committee (currently being established) |
| * Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the VNSC |
| * Ministries and agencies, including quasi-independent or independent agencies, of the Government of Vanuatu |
| * Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR) |
| * Telecommunications service providers |
| * ICT equipment installers, sellers of ICT equipment, ICT consultants, offshore outsourcing firms, and other players and employers in the ICT market |
| * Other utilities in Vanuatu |
| * Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and other business associations |
| * Labor unions and professional associations |
| * SMEs and organizations of SMEs |
| * Private sector firms |
| * Voluntary government watchdogs |
| * Public policy institutes and think tanks in Vanuatu and the region |
| * ICT equipment installers, sellers of ICT equipment, ICT consultants, offshore outsourcing firms, and other players and employers in the ICT market |
| * Other utilities in Vanuatu |
| * Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and other business associations |
| * Labor unions and professional associations |
| * SMEs and organizations of SMEs |
| * Private sector firms |
| * Voluntary government watchdogs |
| * Regional and international associations active in ICTs |
| * Regional and international voluntary groups and professional associations active in ICTs |
| * Universities and colleges in Vanuatu and the region |
| * Public and private schools in Vanuatu |
| * Banks in Vanuatu |
| * Tourism organizations and agencies in Vanuatu and the region |
| * Agricultural associations in Vanuatu |
| * NGOs and donor partners active or potentially active in Vanuatu |
| * Diplomatic missions to Vanuatu, and countries active in trade, diplomacy, aid or exchanges with Vanuatu |
| * International and regional organizations active in the area of ICTs, in particular the International Telecommunication Union, the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
| * Press and media outlets, domestic and foreign, which cover Vanuatu |
| * Cultural centers, museums, speakers of regional and island languages, and other repositories of ni-Vanuatu culture and local content |
| * Custom land owners |
| * Current and potential investors in Vanuatu. |
VNSC is committed to continuing its efforts to involve and advise stakeholders, and to move to an even higher level in the future, by using ICTs to maximize democratic consultation and stakeholder input