Information society should provide for means by which the real threat which exists and leads toward creation of the digital divide will be decreased, it should create real opportunities for support and development of digital convergence and stimulate the creation and development of the digital economy. State institutions should play a very active role in the process of establishing the information society in the Republic of Macedonia, in defining the policy and coordinating the implementation of the National Strategy. Taking into account the new trends in info-communications technologies and the convergence between electronic technological platforms and electronic media that develops fast, the necessity for convergence of the state institutions competent for development of information society and media is inevitable. From the moment when the Ministry of Information Society will have been established, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Commission for Information Technology and the National Council for Information society will be the competent institutions for coordination of activities for creating the Information Society and for coordinating the implementation of this Strategy and the Strategy for the development of Information Society. Measure 1.3.a. The Government of the Republic of Macedonia shall establish the National Council for Information Society Measure 1.3.b. The National Council for Information Society will follow the implementation of measures provided for in this Strategy, taking into account the relevant indicators; it will prepare a report every 6 months. Measure 1.3.c. The National Council for Information Society in cooperation with the State Statistical Office will update and follow the list of indicators for development of information society. Page 9 of 40