A strong ICT sector is one of the main pillars for any country looking for achieving progress and development, as the impact of the sector goes beyond securing communications and knowledge, to changing the lifestyle of the society as a whole. As ICTs have become an empowering tool enhancing the performance of all sectors, it becomes imperative to formulate and update the guiding policies touching on ICTs’ use in across the different sectors. Concomitantly, there is a need to follow up the latest developments in general and targeted policies on the regional and international levels. This exercise allows for the development of existing ICT sector policies and practices at the national level in light of relevant and similar international experiences. It is also important to monitor the changes in the ICT environment to ensure the compatibility of such policies with the public policy and national strategies. The dissemination of these policies at all levels has become a necessity, especially with the boom in services offered by the high-speed internet that will continue to expand reaching out to a wide range of users. This brochure focuses on the major policies developed by the ICT sector, to be implemented during the coming period in the framework of the new ICT Sector Strategy (2012-2017). The policies include: green ICT, Arabic digital content, cloud computing, digital identity management, access to information, e-Commerce, mobile applications for development, using ICTs in education through the tablet computer, open-source software and empowering people with special needs. 1