Further progress in the development and use of Information Society applications — Promote the use of new technologies and electronic means of communications by businesses, government and citizens in areas such as e-Business, e-Government, e-Health, e-Learning, e-Culture and e-content, — cooperate in regional eStrategies such as EUMEDIS, New Approaches on telecommunications Policies (NATP) and similar programs, — adopt a specific plan to promote the participation of Egypt in the IST part of the Framework Programmes as well as other EU science and technology activities, — continue broadband development in order to increase Internet penetration, — reinforce the skills of citizens and their access to ICT in order to overcome the digital divide,