3) Objectives of the Strategy - 3.1 Overarching objective of the Strategy - 3.2 Specific objectives and measures of the Strategy 4) Strategy implementation mechanism and results reporting arrangements 5) Stakeholder consultations held 6) Estimate of financial resources required for implementation of the Strategy and analysis of its financial effects 7) Action Plan on Implementation of the Information Society and Information Security Development Strategy in the Republic of Serbia for the period 2021-2026 8) Final section 9) Table of the Action Plan on Implementation of the Information Society and Information Security Development Strategy in the Republic of Serbia for the period 2021-2023 1. BACKGROUND The background section deals primarily with the implementation of the Strategies previously implemented in the fields of information society and information security, as well as the state of play in these fields, specifically: - The use of information and communication technologies in the Republic of Serbia; - Public administration (е-government); - The ICT sector, and - Information security. This background section draws on the following sources: - Publication of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia Usage of Information and Communication Technologies in Serbia, 2020;1 - Publication of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia Usage of Information and Communication Technologies in Serbia, 2019;2 - Cybersecurity Capacity Review Serbia by the World Bank and the Global Centre for Capacity Building, based on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model (CMM) Assessment; - A questionnaire of the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications sent to all ministries, which included questions concerning electronic communications, eservices, application of the Law on Electronic Documents, Electronic Identification and Trust Services in Electronic Transactions and projects in the field of digitalisation. - E-Bulletin, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Electronic Communications and Information Society Association. - Development of the Information Technology Industry, August 2019; Milovan Matijević, Mineco Computers. 1 Upotreba informaciono-komunikacionih tehnologija u Srbiji, 2020, Republički zavod za statistiku https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2020/Pdf/G202016015.pdf 2 Upotreba informaciono-komunikacionih tehnologija u Srbiji, 2019, Republički zavod za statistiku https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2019/Pdf/G201916014.pdf 5