• Promote the development and dissemination of local ICT products and services. • Promote usage of ICTs throughout all sectors of society including disadvantaged groups. • Strengthen the existing ICT institutional, legal and regulatory framework. • Create a conducive and secure environment for producers and consumers of information over electronic networks. • Promote collaboration and co-ordination among all sectors of the economy and at regional and international levels. 2.6 Strategies To drive and channel the development of an Information Economy, Government as a leader, in collaboration with other stakeholders, is committed to the following overall strategies 1. Establishing legal and institutional mechanisms to ensure the successful implementation of the ICT policy by: • Developing an enabling legal and regulatory framework that balances the interests of consumers with creating an environment that fosters a robust and profitable ICT sector. • Enacting new laws to promote trust and confidence in a digital environment. • Putting in place a sustainable institutional framework to coordinate, support and monitor the implementation of the ICT policy, strategies and plans. • Ensuring that policies, rules and regulations developed for the ICT sector advocate regulatory transparency, protect the consumer, promote competition and support technological neutrality. 2. Providing leadership in ICT development by: • Establishing a coordination mechanism to ensure implementation of the ICT policy. ICT Policy for Lesotho 20