ICT vision & strategy for a developing country harmonization of environment & engineering

Abstract

The government of Tonga has identified that ICT technologies can be used as an engine for growth. As a result, they have developed and put in place their National ICT Vision and Strategy to aid the national growth. The Tonga National e-Strategy objectives are — first is for ICT to reach individuals homes and various communities; to develop and focus on Education and improvement of skills in various domain; the e-Government initiative; focus on growing the country's economies; Provide support and enable the country's technical infrastructure; develop and update relevant legislations to ICT. A set of Goals that consist of 17 steps released by the UN, this covers a range of social and economic developments. These were created based on the accomplishments and difficulties of previous goals known as the Millennium Development Goals. This study is in two folds — one is to investigate how the Tonga National e-Strategy aligns to the UN's SDGs 17 steps. Second is to analyze the Tonga e-Government model and provide a set of recommendations.