10 MEASURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WHITE PAPER The fulfilment of these measures will be defined by implementing strategic guidance and planning documents, and by amendments to legal and other normative bases for the functioning and development of the defence system in the Republic of Slovenia. The implementation of the guidelines and measures contained in the Defence White Paper of the Republic of Slovenia will be reviewed every two years. The main measures for the implementation of the Defence White Paper of the Republic of Slovenia 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 38 To provide the bases for improved effectiveness and development of the defence system through amendments to the legislation. To gradually increase defence spending towards 2% of GDP and an investment share of at least 20% of defence spending. To implement measures to strengthen civil defence and preparedness, and in doing so the resilience of the state and society, with an emphasis on the continual operation of government at all levels, the continuity of public infrastructure and services, and the uninterrupted provision of energy, information and communication support and other resources important for the functioning of the state, the security and the lives of citizens, and for the protection of critical infrastructure. To establish mechanisms providing the conditions for an increase in defence forces to successfully implement the Doctrine of Military Strategic Reserve of the Republic of Slovenia in the event of a sharp deterioration in the security situation or an immediate military threat to the Republic of Slovenia. To implement solutions regarding the territorial organization of the Slovenian Armed Forces, and to ensure their greater involvement in and connection to the local environment in the wider territory of the Republic of Slovenia. To re-define the concept of the contract reserve component by dividing it into the manoeuvre contract reserve component and the territorial contract reserve component, and to link it with the system of transition between the various forms of military service. To improve national solutions and activities for raising resilience to hybrid threats through comprehensive and uniform coordination, and the monitoring of hybrid threats in the Republic of Slovenia.