public administration employees and managers to match the pace of growth and development in the private sector. The State is aware of the need to promote scientific and technological research in the digital fields, so that Lebanese universities and research institutes attract the best minds in the field of Cyber Security. The Government therefore proposes to encourage an active partnership between training institutes and industry, which shall lead to a real collaborative, mutually beneficial dialogue between the State and the actors in Cyber Security. To achieve this goal, the following actions should be considered:  Identify areas of science and technology that Government, industry, and academia consider important and identify potential gaps in Lebanon.  Fund and Government-support academic centers of excellence, research institutes, and doctoral training centers to address important areas, such as large data analysis, trusted industrial control systems, science-based research, and more.  Establish centers of excellence (or encourage existing centers) that attract the most competent and dynamic scientists and researchers, and deepen the active partnership between universities, government, and industry. In particular, the Government should support the development of leading cyber products and dynamic new businesses in Cyber Security.  Fund research and develop high-level security equipments to improve the level of product security for businesses and the general public.  Provide funding and governmental support to academic centers of excellence and research institutes that address important research in digital technologies, and sponsor PhD students and holders of PhD degrees to increase the number of Lebanese experts with cyber expertise.  Strengthen the partnership between research and industry, through scholarships, bilateral funding, and State-funded research. This form of collaboration shall always respect the principles of equity and meritocracy, thus enhancing the technical skills in Cyber Security of the people involved.  Create an expert panel for digital trust entrusted with the mission to:  Identify the key technologies for which in-depth knowledge is required for Cyber Security professions;  Evaluate initial and continuing education needs;  Monitor research and support its development;  Support young PhD holders;  Encourage financing and support research and industrial development in the field of digital technologies. June 2019 LEBANON NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY 29