Croatia’s basic objectives related to education, research, development and awareness raising in the area of cyber security are: Objective I.1 Development of human resources in the area of communication and information technology security. It is necessary to systematically educate persons involved in the implementation of education programmes (teachers, lecturers, head teachers, associate experts and others) about cyber security. Cyber security elements must be included into formal education programmes and systematically applied, especially in the four major education groups, from pre-school through primary and secondary education to higher education. Youth should be encouraged to deal with information security in a lawful way. Graduate, doctoral and specialist study programmes in the area of cyber security must be stimulated. It is necessary to plan and implement specialised training for civil servants, technical staff and other personnel using in various manners communication and information technologies or working on their protection and the protection of their users. Objective I.2 Developing and raising security awareness in cyberspace. It is necessary to establish mechanisms enabling cyberspace users and service providers to be constantly aware of how to use it safely. Targeted educational campaigns have to be launched to reach the wider public. According to the instructions of the sectoral regulatory authorities, service providers will conduct additional activities for adequate protection of service providers and users. Objective I.3 Development of national capabilities, research and stimulation of economy. The development of national capabilities in various areas of information security has to be stimulated, both in the academic sector through research, and in the economic sector through the development of new products and services. Government bodies will apply a coordinated approach to stimulate public-private partnership, connecting of the academic, state and economic sectors, and presenting and promoting the solutions developed in Croatia on the global market. 26 of 31