refresh of infrastructure, particularly Internet and telecommunications infrastructure. Strategic Pillar 1 Objective – Enhancing Internet Governance, Accessibility and Usage ICT facilitates social growth and inclusion. Most importantly learning lessons from countries that have successfully leveraged use of ICT for economic growth, it improves living standards by broadening access to ICT services and improves the quality of life by providing new economic opportunities. At the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) governments of the world committed to the pursuit and objectives of building information societies and laid a mandate for its achievement. The role of public authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development entail: Information and communication infrastructure Access to information and knowledge Capacity building Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs Enabling environment ICT Applications: e–government; e–business; e–learning; e–health; eemployment; e-environment; e–agriculture; e-science Infrastructure is defined as multi-dimensional as it enables the development of an information society based on the objectives set above and comprises: An enabling set of physical equipment, components and technologies that 43