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. 2