consultants as part of the development of the strategy; Before any country commences on a comprehensive connectivity program, it is important to understand its current level • A survey of secondary schools also conducted by the consultants as part of the development of the strategy; • 30 interviews with key stakeholders conducted by the consultants as part of the development of the strategy; • Content analysis of all of GOB’s current websites; • Secondary data analysis of data provided of e-Readiness. As stated above, eReadiness is the degree to which a community is prepared to participate in the global information society, and is gauged by assessing areas that are most critical to the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). by the Belize 2009 Scoping Exercise Belize’s e-Readiness assessment provided a current snapshot of the country’s ICT capacity in several different areas Report conducted under the auspices of the Ministry of the Public Service by David Gingell, a consultant from Malta. including: • Industry and Finance • Government • Human Resources • Infrastructure • Legal and Regulatory The framework for this analysis was adapted from the “Readiness for the Networked World: A Guide for Developing Countries”, an internationally recognized methodology published by the Center for International Development at Harvard University. Additional data to support the findings and conclusions came from a variety of sources including: • The 2010 National Census of Belize; • An e-government survey of all of the Government of Belize’s (GOB) Ministries conducted by the Belize ICT National Strategy 24