in Europe and North American in the last decade or so. The principle of separating policy setting and evaluation, on the one hand, from service delivery, on the other, opens the possibility of excising some public services on a case-by-case basis and contracting out their delivery by quasi-independent agencies or public-private partnerships. These models will be actively explored. Like other elements of this strategy, employing ICT to modernize government must express clear utility values which would set criteria for determining the priority for implementation; If the aim of gearing up Grenada’s economy is to be achieved through this strategy, virtually every investment in ICT to achieve efficiency and transparency in public service delivery must be justified by its support to the other objectives set out in this Strategic Plan. Most notable amongst these are the development of e-commerce and the provision of an enabling environment for world-class ICT industry; The implementation of e-Government as a major strategic thrust in the engendering of an Information Society and an Information Economy is vital to the overall national effort of creating the knowledge-based economy in Grenada. Accordingly, the implementation of a modernized e-Government programme will be configured around the following: - As part of the Public Sector Reform programme, - As a means of providing improved quality service to the Public, - In providing cost-effective solutions to several management problems in Government - Lowering costs - Maximizing revenues - Modernizing the level of efficiency in the public sector. 42 A STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR GRENADA Anurag Sinha