3-5 • reliable power supply; • a pro-poor growth perspective in agriculture and fisheries; • a national transportation network to enable the movement of goods and people and thereby facilitate increased investment and economic activity; • sustainable human development through the provision of improved social services. The Millennium Development Goals The table below details the strategic role of ICT in the attainment of the PRSP Pillars and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s): SL-PRSP I & II Pillars MDGs Contribution of ICTs Pillar 1:Good governance, security and peace building Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development: • Enhance efficiency of markets and financial systems; Target 12: Develop an open, rule-based predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system (…). • Link local markets and financial systems to global networks; • Promote the use of internationally accepted standards and practices. Pillar 2: Promoting pro-poor growth for Food Security and job creation. Promoting Food Security Agriculture and Fisheries, and rural infrastructure, etc). Human Development - Job Creation (Investment in Infrastructure - energy, roads, transport, communication, ICT, tertiary sector, Private Sector development and Mining. Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger: Target 1: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day; Target 2:Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Goal 8:Develop a global partnership for development: Target 16: In co-operation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for the youth. • Provide e-information about opportunities for investment in productive sectors of the economy; • Enhance opportunities for elearning and employment among youth; • ICTs for local and community development through establishment of ICT resource centres. Target 18: In co-operation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications. Pillar 3: Promoting Human Development • Education • Health and Nutrition • Housing • Water and Sanitation • Vulnerable • Youth Development • Cross-cutting Issues: – Child first Goal 2:Achieve universal primary education: Target 3: Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling; Goal 3:Promote gender equality and empower women: Target 4: Eliminate gender disparity in at all ICT Policy of Sierra Leone • Online access to primary education resources and learning opportunities; • Facilitate access to e-learning resources and opportunities; • Facilitate life long learning; • Provide e-learning opportunities for both sexes; Page 15 / 63