Slovak membership in the EU, OECD, ISO and other international organisations implies obligations but also a possibility for Slovakia to participate in the policy making by these institutions so that their policies takes also account of Slovakia’s interests. Bodies of those international institutions which perform this activity in the field of information security should be identified; subsequently, it is necessary to make sure that Slovakia is represented by qualified experts on such bodies. Cooperation also requires that appropriate conditions be created for activities performed by, and ensuring participation of, Slovak experts in these specialised bodies. The Committee for Information Security at the MF SR will serve as a coordination authority for international activities in the field of information security of the non-classified segment of the NICI. In addition to active involvement in international organisations, bilateral and multilateral cooperation in addressing specific problems (e.g. information security standardisation in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, recognition of digital signatures, etc.) will need to be facilitated as well. International cooperation can contribute to knowledge dissemination and increasing numbers of qualified experts in Slovakia. 3.4.5 Education and training A critical factor directly affecting the ability to find and implement adequate solutions to security problems is people’s competence which is closely related to obtaining knowledge. In this respect, the following needs be analysed: a) knowledge needs of individual ICT user categories (lay users, IT specialists and information security experts); b) capacity and content possibilities of in-school and other types of training (lifelong learning, corporate trainings, e-learning, ECDL, EUCIP, etc.); Based on that analysis, the following should be proposed: c) to include information security into IT or other classes taught at secondary schools; d) a lifelong learning scheme (basic and follow-up training courses) for IT specialists (system administrators) from the state and private sector; e) to publish and support publishing of specialised literature and methodology documents addressing particular issues of information security. Education and publication of specialised literature are directly addressed under task No. 3 in Section 4.2. A simplified form of the task, which should be updated, is included in the Action Plan for Information Society under 3.c.2. 4. Delivering the strategy 4.1 Strategy implementation Implementation consists in approving the NSIS document by the Slovak government, resolving the key tasks defined under the strategic priorities, and preparing a Slovak information security action plan for 2008-2013 and its approval by the government. Progress reports, including task assessments, will be submitted to the government on an annual basis, along with any proposals. 4.2 Framework schedule for the performance of tasks in 2008 16