STRATEGIC THEME Public Sector Infrastructure Development STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES  To build out a world-class Government Wide-Area Network (GWAN) for the Belize public sector using common & shared platforms  To enable delivery of robust, seamless, user-friendly, end-to-end E-Government and ICT services internally & to external clients  To design & deploy a central enterprise infrastructure & platform for Government-related ICT services  To simplify & standardise infrastructure & management, reduce costs & complexity, & improve security  To establish a network connecting ministries, departments & agencies & a fully redundant data centre to house critical public infrastructure systems  To designate/create a central implementation and oversight Department to manage national E-Government initiatives (CITO)  To design & implement pioneering policy & regulatory approaches to ICT adoption & usage in the public service, in accordance with the overarching national regulatory reform agenda, that allow E-Government to flourish in a secure environment  To streamline public service E-Government governance for improved collaboration & service delivery  To shape public sector frameworks for training, education and career-long learning that bridge significant existing deficiencies in individual & overall human capacity  To enable a new culture across the E-Government workforce using performance- & achievement-based human capital management  To develop superb skills, shared standards and key performance targets  To make Government a model ICT user and leader  To enhance public sector responsiveness & the diffusion & use of ICT  To optimise already existing delivery channels  To increase the number of delivery channels  To design new content & services, change the culture of bureaucracy & develop governance models that support E-Government development  To reform backend support processes and operations Creative Regulatory Reform Targeted Human Capacity Development Improved Government Efficiency 49