3.10. 3.11. 3.12. 3.13. 3.14. 3.15. 3.16. 3.17. 3.18. technology sectors such as Robotics, FinTech, Augmented/Virtual reality, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and Artificial Intelligence etc. Encourage international collaboration to develop partnerships to promote relevant research and innovation. Promote a culture of entrepreneurship through technology incubators within the IT community. Invest in creating the ecosystem that is needed for entrepreneurs to successfully compete in global knowledge economies. Promote sector-wise digitization and entrepreneurship by developing viable and cost effective next generation services, applications and content that is relevant to key economic sectors for mass adoption and commercialization. Promote smart IT applications to facilitate health, education, energy, commerce, agriculture and entertainment sectors. Facilitate seed funding to “Proof of Concept” projects of entrepreneurs to encourage localization, content creation and user adoption. Collaborate with technology industry associations, academic & industry incubation centers and stakeholders to promote the products produced with seed funding initiatives at national and international forums. Create incentives and initiatives for entrepreneurs for indigenous development by helping the domestic IT and ITeS industry build upon its success in its traditional sectors of strength including banking, insurance, health and telecommunication applications. Promote National Innovation and Entrepreneurship competitions in emerging ICT technologies across the country and their participation in relevant international events to gain global exposure and to attract international investors. Encourage financial institutions and major key Industry players for the provision of funding for IT Startups. Launch digital skills training programs for freelancers. 4. Software Exports 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Pursue all measures including legislative, policy, administrative and international marketing measures, to augment software exports, create jobs and contribute towards the government’s efforts to increase overall IT exports and remittances. Concentrate on emerging areas of mobile application development, responsive web applications, big data analytics, Internet of things (IoT) and cloud computing to leverage existing competencies in Pakistani IT industry and to improve its export potential. Focus on moving up the global IT value chain through innovative product development while also exploring new markets where ‘Business Process Outsourcing’ jobs can be created. Attract global multinational companies to leverage Pakistan’s talent for backend services by providing appropriate incentives in a transparent manner. Promote domestic software market through public sector projects. Utilize the Pakistani Diaspora in the North American, European and Middle Eastern markets to enable inclusion of young Pakistani IT entrepreneurs into the global IT value chain. Digital Pakistan Policy Page 10