CHAPTER 4 Defence Management The aim of defence management is to continuously maintain and develop the capacity of the Slovak Republic to resist armed attack and effectively manage national defence while effectively utilising national defence capacities. 4.1 Defining Defence Management 111) National defence management (carried out in line with the constitutional and legal authority of constitutional bodies, the operation of ministries, other central state administrative bodies and state administrative bodies with a national scope of authority) is a continuous activity aimed at preparing and taking measures concerning national defence, as well as organising defence against armed attack. This mainly includes the evaluation of threats and risks involving national defence, decision-making concerning national defence; planning, organising, coordinating, control and evaluation of implementation of these decisions, as well as verifying the readiness of respective authorities to complete tasks in war-time. 112) Within the scope of their constitutional and legal authority, the National Council of the Slovak Republic and the President of the Slovak Republic decide on measures concerning national defence. The Government is responsible for national security and defence. The MoD is the central state administrative body in charge of defence management. 113) Defence management is carried out as part of the system of national defence, which is a complex of entities and measures and their interconnectedness by means of which the National Council of the Slovak Republic, the Government, ministries, central state administrative bodies, other state administrative bodies with a national scope of authority, local administration bodies, municipalities and self-governing regions provide for the preparation, administration and completion of national defence tasks. Courts, the Attorney General, other legal entities, physical entities with the right to run a business and physical entities provide for the preparation and completion of national defence tasks. 52 WHITE PAPER ON DEFENCE