 Effective integration of activities, processes and projects to support the principles of awareness, access, openness, transparency, collaboration, and assessment. VI. NATIONAL ICT VISION The vision which will inform the process of ICT development is as follows: "To utilise ICTs to transform Barbados into a globally competitive society" VII. NATIONAL ICT MISSION ICT development will be guided by the mission set out below: “To facilitate and create the environment that makes ICTs available and accessible to all in order to drive competitiveness, stimulate local knowledge creation and sustain economic, social and cultural development.” VIII. BROAD NATIONAL GOALS Goal 1 Develop an ICT literate society that enables Barbadians of all segments of society to participate fully in the Information Society; Achievement of a Knowledge Economy is supported by the country‟s education and training base, its information and telecommunications infrastructure, the innovation system and the overall business and governance framework. 26