• Facilitating National Security and Law and Order Key Drivers of the Policy • • • • • • • • • • ICTs as a Social-Enabler (Education, Health, Poverty-Reduction, Income-Distribution) ICTs as an Enabler of rapid Socio-Economic development ICTs as an Enabler of Government Administration and Service Delivery ICTs as a Facilitator of Electronic Government and Electronic Commerce Initiatives ICTs as an Engine of the Service Sector ICTs as an Enabler of Knowledge-driven Industrial development ICTs as an Enabler of the Agriculture Sector ICTs as a Driver of Private Sector Development ICTs as an Agent for Wealth Creation ICTs as a Tool for Bridging the Gender inequality Gap in Social, Economic and Political development The Principal Questions Addressed by the Policy • • • • Where we are as a nation? Where do we want to get to as a nation? When do we want to get there? What do we need to do in order to get there? Concluding The Policy Statement reflects the nation’s total commitment to transform Ghana into an information-rich knowledge-based society and economy to ensure that Ghana and its people fully participate in the information age and enjoy the social, cultural and economic benefits of the emerging information revolution. The Government and the People of Ghana are wholeheartedly committed to the implementation of the provisions of the Policy to facilitate the process of establishing a prosperous society, with an economy that is globally competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient with respect to the rapid changes and advances that are taking place in the global economy to be dominated by technology-driven information and knowledge economies. To implement the Policy a number of 4-year rolling plans shall be developed and implemented within the life-span of the Policy – It is envisaged that the Policy will have an operational life of between fifteen to twenty years. --- And as a working and living document, it is anticipated that, necessary periodic revisions will be made in relation to its key elements to meet changing developmental objectives and priorities as well as changes in the global economy and advances in the technological environment. 10