As a framework for Nordic IT cooperation the Nordic Council of Ministers has established a Nordic Ministerial Council for Information Technology (MR-IT) as an independent sector. The aim is to reinforce Nordic IT cooperation in the light of the development of the knowledge society in one of the world's most developed IT infrastructures. MR-IT is to be the driving force in the political discussion of IT issues. At their meeting in Reykjavik on 26 August 2004, IT Ministers discussed a draft ",Strategy and Action Plan 2005-2007",. It was decided that officials in EK-IT should finalise the draft with a view to its adoption in MR-IT by written procedure. EK-IT has subsequently discussed the draft which is herewith presented in a version approved by IT Ministers.