6. Enhanced National Security: Applying ICT frameworks uniformly across all national security-related public service entities in ways that remove existing silos, promote close collaboration, encourage active exchange of information, and contribute to a national sense that law and order is being appropriately maintained. 7. Quality Social Services: Transforming the way Government engages with key clients and stakeholders such that they are placed at the centre of national development through the efficient sharing of information and the fast, seamless, secure, cost-effective delivery of Government services via modern ICT platforms. These seven strategic themes are intended to move Belize along the path to an Integrative System of eGovernment. Such a model links local systems, systems with similar functionality, and systems across Government agencies horizontally (internally) and vertically (externally) such that more seamless communication, collaboration and exchange of information are possible. In this vein, key initiatives under each of the seven themes include ICT-related training for public servants, and a Government network designed to consolidate core public service IT infrastructure. Once that IT infrastructure has been integrated, Government will use it to deliver several appealing e-services designed to allow it to meet people’s needs in a more efficient and engaging manner, including with respect to delivery of mobile services to rural and more isolated communities, bringing Government closer to the people. Government will also create and deploy a Mobile Broadband Public Safety Network and a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) as a means of enhancing Belize’s national security. In support of improved integration and greater collaboration within Government, the strategies also include a pilot project involving sharing Cabinet Papers in a digital environment with key policy makers across Ministries. The sections that follow introduce the Strategy, and present the proposed vision, mission and guiding principles for the development of e-Government in Belize. They are supported by core policy objectives and corresponding policy statements that are to guide roll-out of the roadmap strategies and action plans with respect to infrastructure development, regulatory reform, human capacity development, Government efficiency, cross-functional collaboration, national security, delivery of quality social services, management of the e-Government framework itself, and change management. 5