VII. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE Demands placed before the Armed Forces and the entire Defense Sector involve training of the personnel for undertaking actions in the new and increasingly complex circumstances, intricate/complicated Defense and Security structures and new technologies. Therefore, training of the new and in-service training of the existing personnel in the field of Defense and Security is of primary importance. Having in mind the vision of the Armed Forces where the military profession is being developed in accordance with the high professional principle, expertise and social responsibility, education for the needs of the Armed Forces and the Defense Sector respectively, as well as activities within the Science Sector -represent the core areas of the Long Term Development Plan. This Plan is oriented towards increasing the quality of military education at all levels and categories of personnel. However, the capability to execute various programs of training has already been developed to a great extent, as e.g., Military-Occupational Training of NCOs and soldiers, various forms of functional training, learning foreign languages, etc., and the emphasis is placed on activities within higher level of education and science for requirements of the Armed Forces and the Defense Sector. Higher Military Education and Science In the period comprised within this Plan, higher education for defense requirements will be transformed. This process will be implemented in three phases: 1.  The first phase will establish Undergraduate university study programs within Croatian Defense Academy, in cooperation with and in conformity with regulations that govern the Scientific Sector and higher education in the Republic of Croatia or rather Bologna Process. The academic year 2014/2015 begun with the implementation of two Undergraduate Study programs - Military Engineering and T H E C R O AT I A N A R M E D F O R C E S L O N G − T E R M D E V E L O P M E N T P L A N 2 0 1 5 − 2 0 2 4