threats. The review should be undertaken on an annual basis in the context of Government‟s annual planning and budgeting process. In the final analysis, the National ICT Strategic Plan must represent a way of thinking and must lay out an approach for unleashing the potential of the Barbadian people through effective use of new digital information and communication technologies. While the challenges are tremendous, opportunities abound with considerable scope for effecting meaningful transformation of the economy. Government will seek to achieve the objectives laid out in the ICT Plan by ensuring that all segments of society, work together to build a networked nation. IV. THEME AN EFFICIENT NETWORKED ISLAND: EXPLOITING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLGIES BARBADIANS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THE POWER OF TO BENEFIT ALL The theme represents the aspirations for the creation of an efficiently networked country where the delivery of a wide range of information and communication technologies services are of paramount importance to the quality of life for all Barbadians. The theme also signifies a passionate intention to create an environment that stimulates entrepreneurial activity and creativity that widens the choice of economic activity, expands the rate of economic growth while at the same time improving social services and deepening social cohesion and interaction. V. CORE VALUES The guidelines set out hereunder form the pillars on which the national ICT strategy is built: 24