The E-commerce Acceleration Plan will serve as a roadmap for how e-commerce can be used to support national development goals in the trade, services and industry sectors. The findings will be aligned to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) framework for E-Trade Readiness Assessments.

The Legislative Gap Assessment seeks to establish recommendations for legal and regulatory responses for e-commerce laws needed for e-commerce to develop harmoniously in the Cook Islands, with reference to international standards where applicable for E-transactions, Data Protection and Privacy, Cybercrime, Online Consumer Protection, as well as high level findings and recommendations on Intellectual Property.