Every country has a national development plan that has certain elements that need to be focused on to reach certain national goals for the next 5, 10, or 30 years. Some of these elements include the global positioning of the country, human capital, health care, living environment, economy, infrastructure, etc. The rapid change in technology plays a major role in shaping the national development plans and therefore forcing societies to change their ways of living, which include changes in their dwellings (i.e. smart cities), education (i.e. online learning, use of AR and VR), jobs (i.e. remote access, AI applications as in ChatGPT, robotics, etc.), food (i.e. smart farming), health (i.e. AI in diagnosing and monitoring), infrastructure (i.e. 5G and/or 6G, alternative energy sources), and economy (i.e. digital economy, cybersecurity). This framework is based on the authors’ experience in their countries, and it shows the basic requirements needed to be adopted by societies to make them responsive to those rapid changes. These requirements will mandate changes in the current systems such as education, health, and economic development systems, which will be discussed in this paper. The framework proposed in this paper will require synchronized coordination between several entities in the country, governmental and private, to achieve the defined overall objectives of the national plan. Keeping in mind that the framework presented may not be applicable in every country due to limitations in the local infrastructure such as the lack of enough telecommunication coverage in all areas, economic limitations, etc., nonetheless, the framework can be used as a guide toward the design of an attainable national plan with the need to make it sustainable.