8 Process of Preparation of Strategy and Inclusion of Stakeholders Within the framework of the preparation of the strategy DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - Development strategy for the information society until 2020, the ministry competent for the information society and electronic communications (hereinafter: the Ministry) also prepared the Cyber Security Strategy and Plan for Developing Next-Generation Broadband Networks by 2020. The Ministry started accelerated preparations of the Development strategy for the information society until 2020 in the context of development planning for the financial period 2014-2020. The countries planning the use of ERDF funds to construct broadband infrastructure shall also make a nextgeneration network development plan. The drafting of the Next-Generation Broadband Network Development Plan to 2020 was initiated in 2013 and intensified in 2014. The coordination of substantive solutions with key stakeholders in the electronic communications market took longer than planned, so the drafting took place from November 2014 to February 2015. Although different proposals had been made for the Cyber Security Strategy, they were not adopted. This is why an interministerial working group was established in April 2014 to draft a strategy acceptable to the broadest possible circle of stakeholders. The difference in opinions was most prevalent as regards the establishment of the national authority for cyber security. This was also the time of political changes, which resulted in constant changes of development guidelines. After a preliminary discussion of the starting points with stakeholders (civil society, non-governmental organizations, representative associations of the ICT sector, general public administration) on public consultations, conferences and direct meetings, the Ministry submitted on 29 August 2014 the starting points of all three papers for public discussion and invited all interested parties to communicate their observations by 3 October 2014. In the course of public discussion, 26 stakeholders submitted their remarks or proposals to the starting points for the Development strategy for the information society until 2020. To address these comments and prepare the text of the draft strategy, the Minister for Education, Science and Sport issued a decision on 18 December 2014 establishing an interministerial working group, to which representatives of ministries and the Government Office for Development and European cohesion policy were appointed. On 31 January 2015, the Ministry received subsequent remarks of the Association of Informatics and Telecommunications at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, which the interministerial working group examined and submitted its observations. In the course of public discussion, 12 stakeholders submitted remarks or proposals to the starting points for the Cyber Security Strategy, while the remarks or proposed amendments to the Next-generation broadband network development plan to 2020 were submitted by 15 stakeholders. The bases of all three documents as well as remarks and proposed amendments are available online. 17 The public discussion of the drafts of all three strategic documents of DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 took place from 6 to 31 March 2015. The final deadline for comments was originally set for 23 March 2015, but was later extended. Draft documents included sectoral contributions agreed upon in the interministerial working group, while any additional proposals or remarks were to be submitted by sectors 17 http://www.mizs.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/direktorat_za_informacijsko_druzbo/digitalna_slovenija_2020/ DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - Development strategy for the information society until 2020 51