• To encourage technological innovation and effective adaptation of known and mature technologies, and to promote the improvement of local technologies. • To transform society to become more scientifically based and to improve technology to secure increased productivity in all economic sectors. • To improve the efficiency of the public service and ensure that it plays a more positive role in economic and social development at all levels. • To improve the technical proficiency, management skills of the Ghanaian workforce, Enlarge training infrastructure for skills upgrading and match the supply of skilled labour with demand. • To increase women’s access to ICTs by ensuring a gender balance and positive discrimination in favour of the girl child to create a balance in trained information technology manpower. • To promote women’s rights to expression and communication through the use of ICTs and to develop a reporting mechanism to monitor progress towards gender equality in the area of ICTs • To enhance the delivery of social services to ensure quality and locational equity, particularly with regard to education and health services. The Ghana ICT4AD Policy is set within the wider socio-economic development framework for Ghana and as such is targeted at addressing a number of the identified developmental objectives and priorities of Ghana set within the wider context of achieving the Vision for Ghana through development of the nation’s information economy and society. 20