This ICT policy covers knowledge and information as a tool for development & ICT as a sector or industry.A part from being as enabler of socio-economic development, ICT also supports Ethiopia’s on-going process of democratization and good governance. The major areas of ICT application in the area of democratic governance include on-going programs such as civil service reform, justice reform and decentralization. ICT promotes democratic governance by enabling 2all citizens to participate in the political process as well as have access to global knowledge and information.