National Context Similarly, the implementation of cybersecurity measures takes into account many other aspects of a nation’s economic and developmental goals and plans. Therefore, in the development of the Strategy, there was a recognition that cybersecurity considerations cannot be taken in isolation but must be considered in the wider context of other policy decisions and national initiatives such as the National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan 2030®, the National Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy 2016-2019’, among others. The graphic below illustrates some of considerations and policies that were taken into account during the development of this Strategy: Figure2 - Cybersecurity National Policies (National Security and Defence Strategy, Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy] National Coordination (Inter-governmental information sharing, national Incident response capability] Relevant Stakeholders (Government, Private Sector, Civil Society, Executive Branch, Academia] Critical [Information] Infrastructure Protection ; ; Legislative Framework (Mutual Legal Assistance, Cybercrime, Intellectual Property Rights] @ Horizon 2030: The National Development Framework for Belize The Horizon 2030° vision, goals and strategies arose out of an analysis of the current socioeconomic situation of Belize, informed by a broad consultation process and review of existing technical and policy studies. The framework included specific vision statements from stakeholders including ‘Belizeans are capable of using state of the art technology which they incorporate into productive enterprise[s].’ Listed among five important cross cutting issues was a need to invest in education and a review of the education system to assess its strength and weaknesses and the development of a long term investment plan. This review, as stated in Horizon 2030, would define the human resources that are critical to closing the resource gaps identified. This approach is critical especially in the field of cybersecurity as it has been reported in several fora that there is a global cybersecurity skills gap, of which Belize is no exception. The gap in Cybersecurity jobs are expected to reach 1.8 million by 2022, up 20% from 1.5 million in 2015, according to the Center for Cyber Safety and Education’. National Cybersecurity Strategy - Towards A Secure Cyberspace 2020-2023