5.4 Governance Given the wide range and scope of activities covered by the National ICT Plan, it is essential to develop an appropriate governance arrangement, including the establishment of an implementation team, to manage its execution. The creation of a structure which identifies the entities responsible for national ICT development and defining each entity’s mandate is necessary to promote overall development in an organised and coordinated manner. And the roles within the structure must be established to work in synergy with each other. It should be noted that as the implementation of the Plan unfolds, and as the agencies and teams gain experience and the country’s maturity with ICT and e‐government increases, the governance approach and model would need to evolve to meet changing needs and priorities. The evolving ICT Governance Model is illustrated in the diagram below, and details of the evolving areas of focus and priority follow are given in Annex 3. ICT Governance Policy & Strategic Planning Investment Prioritization & Budgeting Project & Programme Management ICT Operations /Monitoring & Evaluation Technology Refresh & Renewal It is clear that the governance arrangements put in place by St. Lucia will need to evolve over time to deal with the stage of development of e‐government and the utilization of ICT at a national level. In the immediate term, though, an implementation team is needed to move the ICT agenda forward. 5.5 Managing Implementation It is recognised that while some of the initiatives proposed in the National ICT Strategy for St. Lucia are new, several are currently in the planning stage, and others are already being implemented but need to be aligned with the National ICT Vision. Also, the resources required to execute the Plan are heavily dependent on what can be allocated by the Government of St. Lucia. The figure below illustrates the proposed National ICT Strategy Implementation Structure. [42]