all citizens to participate in the political process as well as have access to global
knowledge and information. Thus, the goal of the government is to ensure that all
citizens have equal and equitable access to government services and to knowledge
and information. Hence, the Government has a commitment to accelerate the
development of ICT in order to strengthen the on-going process of sustainable
development and poverty reduction as well as good governance and democratic
system. This document articulates policy guidelines and describes critical strategic
issues for the development of ICT in Ethiopia.
The document is organized into 4 chapters. The first chapter highlights the status of
ICT development in Ethiopia and also expresses the Government’s keen interest in
the exploitation and application of ICT. Chapter two explains the basic principles of
the national ICT policy, in terms of ICT vision, mission, goals, objectives and
strategies. The third chapter explains the strategic focus of the policy in terms of the
human resource development, ICT infrastructure establishment, government
administration and service delivery etc. The final chapter contains the creation of
institutional framework, and the coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the works
to be implemented.
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