Being environmentally-friendly is beneficial for both ICT and the enterprise A sustainable ICT strategy is good commercial practice ICT initiatives can and must lead in being more environmentally responsible 1.8 Technology and ICT strategies can make efficient operations and save cost Energy consumption is an important area of focus for the ICT manager The need to share what other organisations are doing in SVG to comply with their CSER The Portal: New Home for Web 2.0 'Mashups' in the Organisation or Enterprise. WEB PORTAL (GOVERNMENT) The Government is currently in the process of developing a new Government Web Portal, with planned deployment by the end of 2010. This electronic facility will enable Government to place information on-line in a form that meets the evolving needs of citizens and businesses. It will provide ministries and agencies with the capability of presenting content to the public that will support some of the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). It will allow a proactive approach to responding to the needs of the FOIA. Government has also indicated its intention to build this portal based on Web 2.0 technologies, business models and current usage patterns. It is anticipated that this strategy will support greater user participation and more open business processes. SVG is currently moving aggressively to making the country ICT-friendly for the business sector. Action Item: Construct a new Government Web 2.0 based Portal Expand the Government Backbone to the rural areas St. Vincent & the Grenadines National ICT Strategy and Action Plan P a g e | 36 Web 2.0 is the next generation of technologies, business models, and usage patterns of the World Wide Web. Some of the major features of Web 2.0 are: Greater user participation - User-generated data and metadata, and user-centric designs Openness - Transparent processes, open application programming interfaces (APIs), and open-source software and content Lightweight, rather than heavyweight, technology - Scripting languages, asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax)-based user interfaces, representational state transfer (REST)-based interaction protocol, RSS-based syndication and HTML-based micro-formats. Decentralized, distributed process - Ad hoc "mashups" of Web sites building on public APIs; bottom-up, bazaar-style development; and content tagged by locally defined "folksonomies," rather than one global taxonomy Web 2.0 will have a direct effect on enterprise portals, but this impact will start in the consumer world. Eventually, Web 2.0 mashups will appear in the enterprise, facilitated by portals