3.3 Objective 3 – NCISA as an R&D&I Information and Analytical Environment in Cyber Security Initial Situation: There are currently a number of information tools providing information on national and international research programmes. However, the information is not concentrated in a single information source, topic-wise it does not focus exclusively on the issue of cyber security, and thus does not fully serve experts in cyber security. It is therefore desirable to create an information source on the NCISA website where one can find information on EU framework programmes, current programme calls pertaining to cyber security, or guidance on participation in international consortiums. The development of the information environment will also involve the monitoring and analysis of current trends in cyber and information security with the goal of providing partners with interesting information on new technologies and security calls. Tools:  Create and regularly update a “research” tab on the NCISA website,  the NCISA will send out a newsletter to partners six times per year with up-to-date information on cyber security R&D&I, which it will also place on the website,  a NCISA representative will, if financially possible, take part in networking events organized by the European Commission and other EU bodies in an effort to facilitate participation by Czech entities in international consortiums under the European research programme Horizon 2020, respectively Horizon Europe and Digital Europe, or the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF),  the NCISA will prepare a list of national and international contact details, using which it will contact partners with an offer to participate in relevant research projects,  each month, the NCISA will send partners a monitoring report regarding open resources focusing on technological trends falling within the priority research topics,  the NCISA will create a comprehensive Report on Trends in Cyber and Information Security, the outputs of which may, inter alia, be utilized as a basis for the further focusing of R&D&I support and setting current priority research topics. The Report will be created using the NCISA’s own resources. 12