JORDAN NATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY (2013-2017) Strategic Objectives: This strategy defines six major strategic objectives and a number of strategic catalysts that expedite the achievement of these objectives. 1. Improve Business & Investment Environment by:  Enhancing the legislative and regulatory framework to increase competition, reduce barriers to market entry, and to facilitate E-commerce.  Managing Radio Spectrum Effectively to enable the creation on new market possibilities. 2. Increase foreign direct investment and bolster domestic investment by:  Identifying and marketing investment opportunities in targeted ICT verticals  Creating Techno-poles.  Promoting intellectual Property Development and Registration.  Supporting ICT Innovation Centers 3. Boost exports of IT and ICT enabled national products, services and capabilities by:  Facilitating intersections between ICT and other high value added sectors  Matching local products, services and capabilities with ICT export markets’ needs.  Developing a National Export House. 4. Maintain and develop a competitive telecommunication infrastructure to support continuous IT sector innovation and to serve local and regional ICT markets by:  Updating local ICT infrastructure.  Encouraging Infrastructure and facilities sharing.  Facilitating private sector exploitation of NBN. 5. Develop agile national professional training and certification capabilities to meet local and regional ICT sectors’ needs by:  Maintaining knowledge of what the ICT sector (locally, regionally, and globally) requires in terms of skills.  Providing agile, sector responsive technical and managerial training to address the needs of the ICT industry. 6. Stimulate the creation and development of suitable Arabic language and relevant digital content that is accessible online throughout the Arabic speaking region by:  Accelerating convergence between ICT and innovative audio visual services  Increasing awareness among potential developers and users. National Targets: 21