The CEO highlighted that the IDC need to play a central role in the economic development of the country, with one of its guiding principles being its support for IPAP II. The CEO continued to provide a detailed plan -spelling out how the IDC intends responding to IPAP II. These were broken down into 11 sectors, each with the industry goals, the IDC's role in achieving the industry's goals, each one with key strategies and potential constraints clearly identified. According to the CEO, work is in good progress in some of the sectors.