a) Develop and implement short, medium, and long term ICT human resource development plans. b) Promote ICT skills development at all levels of the school system with the aim of increasing the supply and diversity of ICT skills, to eliminate the current critical shortages of personnel and to satisfy the expected future growth requirements. c) Encourage and provide support to private sector operatives, both in educational institutions and industrial establishments, so as to enable them introduce technology innovations and strengthen the delivery of ICT training. d) Identify and aggressively develop the country’s ICT human resource requirements in key areas of the economy through focused ICT education and training. e) Re-orient electronics engineering and other ICT-related courseware to accommodate new development in ICT for greater responsiveness to the needs of the industry. f) Create an environment conducive to job creation and satisfaction to minimize brain drain. g) Facilitate a conducive environment for the expansion of computer education and training in the society. 3.4. ICT’s Legal Systems and Security 3.4.1. Overview The exploitation and full-scale application of ICT requires conducive legal systems. This condition refers to the use of ICT as a tool for socio-economic development as well as its promotion as one sector or industry. The government recognizes that the ICT legal systems framework which has been operational in the country can not cope with the challenges of the fast developing national and global ICT sector. 8