1. Integrating IT subjects in the curriculum at all levels of education and securing access to ICT platforms in the education system; 2. Establishing educational networks for sharing educational resources and promoting e-learning at all levels; 3. Facilitating Public Private Partnerships to mobilize resources in order to support e-learning initiatives; 4. Promoting the development of integrated e-learning curriculum to support ICT in education; 5. Promoting distance education and virtual institutions, particularly in higher education and training; 6. Facilitating sharing of e-learning resources between institutions; 7. Integrating e-learning resources with other existing resources; 8. Encouraging the establishment of ICT Centers of Excellence; 9. Encouraging and supporting ICT training for decision makers, community and civil society leaders; 10. Creating opportunities and providing assistance for the disadvantaged, people with special needs, women and the youth to acquire IT skills; 11. Enhancing capacity for research and development in ICT, especially in partnership with Academia in Liberia; 12. Introducing incentives and measures to improve the training in the broadcasting and media to ensure qualitative and quantitative growth of the broadcasting sector; 13. Liaise with Ministry of information, Tourism and Culture as well as national professional bodies, CSOs for media practitioners to participate in setting standards in broadcasting content. Also encourage media training institutions to provide structured specialized programs that cater for people with talent for creative writing, film production, animation creative and technical aspects of broadcasting; 14. Engaging of women, youth and children, communities in underserved areas, and other disadvantaged groups, including people with disabilities, through e-inclusion and e-accessibility activities and programs; 15. In order to have global competitiveness of ICT products and services the government will encourage universities (particularly state-owned tertiary institutions) to establish degree courses in ICT and post-graduate and postdoctoral ICT research positions on attractive terms in order to attract world-class researchers; 16. Increase affordable Internet access at educational institutions of all levels. 5.11 Innovation, Research and Development 5.11.1 Policy Objectives 1. Adapt technical co-operation to the transfer of ICT to Liberia; 2. Link innovation, research and development with investment opportunities in the ICT sector; 3. Ensure that strategies for innovation, research, and development are aligned with human research development; 43