Effective Cross-Functional Collaboration  To develop programmes & initiatives to build capacity for E-Government-related research & innovation  To develop an internal public service culture that discourages territorial behaviour, improves collaboration, increases knowledge exchange, & supports sharing of experiences within & between various entities STRATEGIC THEME Enhanced National Security Quality Social Services STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES  To improve government capability to respond to natural/man-made disasters affecting government’s assets, infrastructure and citizens’ data security and privacy  To instil confidence by creating an environment that is safe to conduct business with and within government and to carry out day-to-day activities  To build technical and legislative capacity to respond to, mitigate and protect against cybercrime and offences against the public sector  To create and enhance service delivery channels that embody “Government At Your Service”, “Working Together Works”, and "Many Agencies, One Government" ��� To raise awareness of ICT initiatives in Government via an E-Government communication plan  To support the most vulnerable groups in society  To support equitable service delivery across various ethnicities and socioeconomic classes 4.3.1 P UBLIC S ECTOR I NFRASTRUCTURE D EVELOPMENT Policy Statements The Government of Belize will build out a world-class Government Wide-Area Network (GWAN) for the Belize public sector using common and shared platforms that enable delivery of robust, seamless, user-friendly, end-toend E-Government and ICT services internally and to external clients. The Government of Belize will take the steps necessary to design and deploy a central enterprise infrastructure and platform for Government-related ICT services to simplify and standardise infrastructure and management, reduce costs and complexity, and improve security. It will establish a network connecting all ministries, departments and agencies and a fully redundant data centre to house its critical systems. Purpose These broad commitments to the widespread development of ICT infrastructure in Belize are aimed at implementing the IT Policy and Plan, including the E-Government infrastructure framework, outlined in the Government Communications Assessment produced by the CTU. 50