INTRODUCTION Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) offer a novel and effective tool to help advance sustainable human development in Grenada. ICT is a new significant factor that can propel performance and growth of the Grenada economy. This Strategy and Action Plan represents Grenada's approach to capturing the potentials of these technologies and to utilizing them for sustainable development and the fight against poverty. ICT's allow faster delivery of change in a variety of sectors including distance education, telemedicine, environmental management, trade, and in strengthening the participation of social groups and the creation of new livelihoods. ICT facilitates the reaching and embracing of more people being involved and interacting with greater numbers of the citizens. ICT opens up access to information sources worldwide, promotes networking that transcends the limitations of being a small island. ICT can foster the empowerment of communities, women, youths and socially disadvantaged groups, and helps spread knowledge about "best practices" and experiences. ICT is indispensable in realizing the new information society and the national knowledge-based economy. KNOWLEDGE‐BASED ECONOMY In the Prime Ministers' Millennium Vision delivered on the 31st December 1999, the Honorable Dr Keith Mitchell proposed the acquisition and 5 A STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR GRENADA Anurag Sinha