• Encourage public and private partnerships (PPPs) to facilitate the roll-out of community-based ICT initiatives • Support the strategic use of ICTs to strengthen women’s networking initiatives and community – based activities that defend and protect the rights of women to participate equally in civil and public life • Include ICTs in the drive to reduce illiteracy both as a tool and a part of the curriculum for functional literacy programmes • Deploy ICTs to support activities and programmes aimed at improving the quality of health of the citizenry Policy Measures, Instruments and Initiatives To achieve the policy objective to promote the deployment and exploitation of ICTs within the community, special policy initiatives and measures shall be targeted at: • implementing community-based national ICT programmes and initiatives including telemedicine, multi-purpose community telecenters, teleducation and schoolnets initiatives • promoting the implementation of e-government initiatives including: government to government (G2G), government to business (G2B) and government to citizens (G2C) types of e-government initiatives • promoting initiatives aimed at the strengthening of Ghana’s democratic institutions and good governance through ICTs • community-based village information and communications infrastructure (VICI) initiatives reflecting NICI programmes and initiatives at the local community-level. • special ICT initiatives targeted at the disadvantaged communities and sections of the Ghanaian society, including the underserved communities and the physically and mentally challenged The Key Implementation Agencies, Players and Stakeholders • • • • • All Government Ministries and Public Sector Organizations Private Sector Businesses and Establishments International and Donor Agencies Local and International NGOs The Civil Society and the Labour Union 59