10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. including an active contribution to European cooperation in the exchange of information among intelligence services, shall be enhanced. Effective combating intelligence activities which are detrimental to Austria. Appropriate participation in international crisis management measures, missions and operations in accordance with the stipulated criteria for participating in such missions and operations. Establishing a pool of capabilities from the civil and military sectors, which Austria can also use in order to make contributions in the context of international crisis management and European solidarity. Austria shall make more use of opportunities for cooperation in regional security with neighbouring countries and other interested states and expand the formats of security policy coordination required. The availability of vital resources and the protection of strategic infrastructures shall be ensured (rapid completion and implementation of the Austrian Program for Critical Infrastructure Protection). Coordinated contribution to combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their precursors and systems of delivery. An integrated and coordinated training programme which builds on existing training institutions from the civil and military sectors (Austrian Training Network) shall be established in order to improve the level of interoperability between the national and international aid and emergency organisations. A special Austrian profile shall be developed during training in order to create a common culture of security. Participation in humanitarian and disaster relief operations shall be intensified. Austria possesses special, internationally recognised civil-military expertise and experience in this area and should demonstrate its special commitment at the European and international level in this regard. Through cooperation among the relevant ministries, federal states and organisations, the resources necessary for this task shall be augmented and the capacity to act shall be further strengthened. Efforts to establish a regional Central European civil-military disaster relief unit shall be continued. The area of security research must be further expanded. To this end, efforts must be made towards close cooperation and networking between the relevant organisations and institutions in Austria and abroad. Non-university research on security policy shall be evaluated and re-structured. The implementation of the Austrian Security Strategy shall be subject to periodic reevaluation and discussed by the National Security Council. A process shall be established to evaluate the achievement of objectives. The population of Austria shall be continually provided with comprehensive information on the security situation in Austria and abroad. For this purpose, a security policy information plan shall be developed and concrete measures set forth, within the framework of the Austrian “Civic Education” instruction principle. 4.2 Internal security Austria’s internal security policy shall be based on the following principles: 1. Contributing to actively shaping a situation which is advantageous for Austria and its population; prevention of the emergence or taking effect of threats to internal security and measures for the protection against them and the management of threats by implementing and further developing the internal security strategy and the partial strategies 17