ANNEX TO THE ANNEX Common set of proposals for the implementation of the Joint Declaration by the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1. Countering hybrid threats Since spring 2016, EU and NATO are implementing and operationalising parallel procedures and playbooks for EU-NATO interaction in the areas of situational awareness; cyber security; crisis prevention and response and strategic communication. – Encourage participation by EU and NATO as well as EU Members States and NATO Allies in the work of the "European Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats" to be established in 2017. Situational Awareness – Concrete measures will be put in place by May 2017 to enhance staff-to-staff sharingof time critical information between the EU Hybrid Fusion Cell and the relevant NATO counterpart including by exchanging the analysis of potential hybrid threats. This will include the establishment of technical means to allow systematic exchange of information relating to hybrid threats. Strategic communication Cooperation has been established between the EU and NATO staffs with regard to strategic communication. Between now and mid-2017, they will: – Intensify cooperation and undertake shared trend analysis of misinformation, including through social media targeting the EU and NATO; produce, by the end of 2016, an analysis on the above; cooperate to improve quality and outreach of positive narrative. 15283/16 ANNEX TO THE ANNEX FP/as DGC 2B 5 EN