a. Capacity building for media personnel and civil society organisations on ICT. b. Availability of ICT equipments for media houses and community workers. c. Creation of a vibrant and organized civil society to influence Government policies and programmes in favour of the poor. d. Building technical capacity and mobiles necessary resources to effectively carry out effective media and civil society watchdog functions. A1-10-2 Objectives a. To increase awareness of Media and civil society organisations and personnel on ICT tools and applications. b. To train media personnel and civil society actors in the use of ICT c. To create the enabling environment where ICT will be accessible and affordable to the media personnel and civil society members. d. To build capacity for the media staff (Print and Television) to be able to illustrate their production by maps easy to generate A1-10-3 Challenges a. Inadequate resources (human, material and financial) for using ICT in the functioning of media houses and civil society organizations. b. Lack of regulatory mechanism to watch misuse or abuse of ICT by unscrupulous organisations and media (e.g., pornography, sectarian propaganda over the Internet). c. A general lack of awareness about the utilities of ICT in the various media sectors. A1-10-4 Targets a. Launch a national programme of training on ICT for the media personnel and civil society organisations by 2010. b. Introduce a discounted tax-regime on ICT equipment like computers etc imported by media personnel and civil society organisations by 2010. c. Encourage media houses to host online editions by 2010. d. Extend radio/television coverage to entire country by 2012. A1-11 Tourism A1-11-1 Issues a. Poorly developed tourist attractions. b. Limited number of tourism related websites. c. Negative and poor media publicity/image of the country. A1-11-2 Objectives ICT Policy of Sierra Leone Page 58 / 63