1 VISION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEFENCE SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA The defence system of the Republic of Slovenia will adapt to changes in the strategic environment, which is characterized by the deteriorating security in Europe and its periphery. It will be resilient and able to respond to future security threats and challenges. The development of the defence system will be based on two important assumptions: that efforts by the state and society are essential for the proper organization and preparation of the national defence of the Republic of Slovenia; and that the national defence of the Republic of Slovenia is closely linked to NATO’s collective defence and to mutual assistance within the European Union. The defence system of the Republic of Slovenia will provide the necessary level of competence, preparedness, resilience, and sustainability of defence capacity, and will contribute to the overall resilience of the state and society to respond to contemporary and future security challenges and threats. The effectiveness of the defence system will be based on professionalism, transparency, belonging, patriotism, mutual respect, and recognition of the importance of the defence system entities in the wider social environment. With an ambitious and predictable level of defence spending, the Republic of Slovenia will, in the long term, provide human, financial and material resources for the continual modernization of the defence system, and the development of defence capacity. The national interests of the Republic of Slovenia in the field of defence will be achieved by strengthening a credible defence posture, by active engagement in the international environment, and by carrying out the adopted international obligations. The Republic of Slovenia will have an army capable of defending the country from military threats; an army which will contribute a proportional share of its capabilities to the Alliance's common defence; and an army whose skills, knowledge, training level, and capabilities will help to ensure the security of the country and its citizens, and establish and preserve peace in the world. The updated strategic and planning guidelines and normative bases will provide the Slovenian Armed Forces with system, status, financial, material, human resource, doctrinal, and other conditions for its development and the provision of necessary readiness. 7