Plan which, according to the Methodology for Creating Public Strategies drawn up by the MRD in 20188, focuses on dealing with specific objectives and identifying the tools for their achievement. Each chapter also includes analytical bases corresponding to definitions in the conceptual document. The objective of the presented National Plan is to identify priority research topics pertaining to cyber and information security which are key for the development of the cyberspace security system in the Czech Republic and, at the same time, to set further development objectives, including specific tools that will contribute to the coordination of research activities, cooperation with the private and academic sectors in the development and implementation of technologies, and to the overall development of the research and innovation environment in priority research topics. The National Plan was created in close cooperation with entities from the public, academic and business sectors, with the objective of ensuring the broadest possible consensus as regards the content of the document9. The National Plan is valid until 2020. An evaluation of how the objectives under the National Plan are being achieved will be a part of a Notification on the Fulfilment of the Action Plan under the National Cyber Security Strategy of the Czech Republic, which is an annex to the Report on Cyber Security for the preceding period. The evaluation will be conducted on the basis of the performance and evaluation of tasks set out under the Action Plan. Information on the performance of individual measures will also be submitted at a meeting of the Platform for Research and Development in Cyber and Information Security (Chapter 3.2). 8 Document available here: https://www.mmr.cz/getmedia/08a14dd9-27e8-4a3c-a5cc532936845297/Metodika-pripravy-verejnych-strategii-zkracena-verze_1.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf. 9 In the course of creating the National Plan, the NCISA contacted 16 partners to request their inputs, and several bilateral discussions took place with representatives of the public, academic and private sectors – examples being the Ministry of the Interior, the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and also experts from the Czech Technical University, the Technical University in Brno, and Masaryk University. The National Plan was also discussed within a working group that includes representatives of organizational units of the state focusing on research and development pertaining to cyber security (the Security Information Service, the Office for Foreign Relations and Information, the Czech Police, etc.). 4