The following considerations were taken into account
in drafting the strategy and policies:
Flexibility; in responding to the increasing demand for
telecom services, through a continuous support for
the development of the ICT infrastructure. This can be
facilitated by market studies determining the priority
needs of consumers and the business sector.
Ubiquitous access; expanding the use of ICTs for
development. This can be achieved by availing the
ICT infrastructure in marginalized areas, reaching out
to Arabic speakers, and providing support for SMEs,
which can play an important role in ICT service exports
and the production of Arabic digital content.
Quantification: putting quantifiable objectives whose
progress is easy to monitor. MCIT will review the policies
of the strategy and make modifications as and when
required, in accordance with government policies and
priorities, in response to relevant developments in the
ICT and innovation field.
The Civil Society:
A number of other policies are already adopted
and implemented by civil society view their popularity
among citizens. Thus, they are better diffused through
NGOs. These policies include:
1- Mobile Phone Applications
2- Arabic Digital Content
3- Empowering people with disabilities
The Private Sector:
Other policies concern the private sector in particular
as the main beneficiary and adopter, and thus should
be diffused through it first, such as the e-commerce
policies.
The ICT policies are divided into three groups according
to the audiences they address:
The government sector:
Certain policies should be diffused through the government
sector first, as the main demand driving sector of the
state, including its various agencies and institutions,
and in view of its business size and diversified
activities. The diffusion of the policies through the
government sector ensures their dissemination and
spread, especially if they are new in nature. The
government sector is the first place where such
policies can be incubated, and adopted at their
inception phase, before being adopted by the private
sector and civil society.
These policies include the following:
1- Cloud Computing
2- Digital Identity Management
3- Open Source Software
4- Access to Information
5- Green ICT
6- Arabic Digital Content
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