o. Harness the creativity of youth to promote indigenous cultural values and traditions by representing them in a format acceptable to youth and in languages and forms in which youth are able to relate; p. Promote inter-cultural awareness by organizing exchange programmes between young people and youth organisations at the national, regional, continental and international level; q. Put in place adequate infrastructure and services in rural and urban areas for youth to participate in sport, physical education, cultural, artistic, and recreational and leisure activities. 5.8 Information and Communication Technology The National Youth Policy recognizes the centrality of Information and communication technology to the full development of youth in Zimbabwe. 5.8.1 Strategies forInformation and Communication Technology a. Develop and strengthen the use of all vehicles of communication and notably modern Information and Communication Technology in all areas notably in rural areas and poor urban areas for youth; b. Promote all language dialects taking cognizance of the languages of young people with disability in policy documents and the dissemination of information to youth; c. Develop and capacitate the use of information and communication technology among the youth; d. Promote ICT education and skills development among youths; e. Create an economic and social environment that promotes innovation in the area of ICT; f. Foster an environment that mobilizes youth creative potential to use and develop technological innovations; g. Modify education and social systems to meet the new challenges of the ICT age; h. Promote universal access to telecommunication, information and communication technology; i. Support youth, and their organizations and institutions to continuously use and update ICT, and adapt it to suit their local conditions; j. Stimulate youth entrepreneurships in ICT and foster technology based startup business; 24

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