Revised Bhutan ICT Roadmap 3. REVISIONS FOR ICT ROADMAP Workshops   were   conducted   with   senior   officials   in   MOIC   and   programme   stakeholders   from   MOIC,   MOE,   MOF,   MOEA   and   TCB.   Feedback   from   the   workshop  participants  forms  the  basis  for  the  revision  and  recommendations   in  the  revised  ICT  Roadmap.  Revision  and  recommendations  were  made  in  the   following  areas:   -­‐ -­‐ -­‐ -­‐ -­‐ 3.1 ICT  Vision   Desired  Outcome  and  Goals   Strategies  and  Programmes   High  level  Implementation  Schedule   Key  Challenges  and  Recommendations   ICT Vision The   ICT   Vision   is   widely   recognised   within   the   government   and   it   acknowledges   that   ICT   plays   an   essential   role   in   achieving   Gross   National   Happiness  (GNH).  During  the  discussion  with  the  senior  officials,  “Knowledge-­‐ Based   Society”   and   “Knowledge   Society”   were   found   to   be   synonymous,   which  led  to  the  use  of  the  latter  to  provide  a  concise  vision  statement:   “An   ICT-­‐Enabled,   Knowledge   Society   as   a   Foundation   for   Gross   National   Happiness”   3.2 Desired Outcomes and Goals The   previous   set   of   desired   outcomes   were   still   considered   relevant,   except   one  of  the  outcomes,  namely  “ICT  for  a  Bhutanese  Information  Society”,  was   changed   to   “ICT   for   a   Shared   National   Consciousness”   to   reflect   the   importance  of  building  and  preserving  a  common  national  identity.   The  revised  desired  outcomes  were:   -­‐ ICT  for  Good  Governance;   -­‐ ICT  for  a  Shared  National  Consciousness1;  and     -­‐ ICT  as  a  Key  Enabler  for  Sustainable  Economic  Development     Goals   for   each   desired   outcome   were   reviewed   and   the   consensus   from   the   workshop  was  that  many  of  these  goals  were  still  applicable.  Summary  of  the   desired  outcomes  and  its  goals  are  listed  below.                                                                                                               1  Shared   National   Consciousness   is   defined   as   the   common   national   identity   and   shared   values  of  Bhutan  guided  by  the  four  pillars  of  Gross  National  Happiness.   © 2015. IDA INTERNATIONAL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.