A/75/123 opportunities for cooperation in the development of its strategic, legal, institutional and capacity-building pillars, as well as for the cyberculture transformation proc ess. With active cooperation between sectoral agencies 6 in the field of cybersecurity, the third draft of the national cybersecurity strategy and its action plan were elaborated in Georgia in 2019. 7 The Office of the National Security Council played a coordinating role in this process. At the same time, relevant stakeholders from the private sector, academia and civil society were also involved in the respective endeavours. As Georgia strives to make its national framework compatible with the respective Euro-Atlantic mechanisms, the strategic development process is heavily advised by foreign experts and like-minded national consultants. Of special significance in the context of drafting the national cybersecurity strategy and its action plan was the assistance rendered by the United Kingdom to relevant Georgian cybersecurity actors. The draft national cybersecurity strategy and its action plan will be approved by the Government of Georgia in the course of 2020. The respective documents will undergo the scrutiny of the permanent inter-agency commission created in January 2020 at the National Security Council and entr usted with the function of coordinating the elaboration of the national-level conceptual documents in the field of security. Subsequently, the draft documents will be submitted by the National Security Council to the Government of Georgia for approval. Georgia continues to strengthen the enforcement of legal and regulatory frameworks for the cyberdomain. Comprehensive information and communication s technology legislative and regulatory frameworks addressing cybersecurity have been implemented, and legislation protecting the rights of individuals and organizations in the digital environment has been adopted in Georgia. Laws address the protection of the critical information infrastructure, the liability of Internet service providers, incident reporting obligations and the security of e-transactions. As a next step, Georgia has ambitious plans to make its cybersecurity legal framework compatible with the European Union Directive on the security of network and information systems. Namely, responsible agencies, in the course of 2019, have already initiated the cooperation process with the European Union and, by the end of this year, the Twinning Fiche will be developed, with the aim of helping Georgia with the harmonization process. As a result of the twinning project, Georgia will update its Information Security Law, which, among other important aspects, will clearly define a cybersecurity governance framework, authorities for the Directive, and roles and responsibilities in cybersecurity at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. Georgia has also started another ambitious process of designing and adopting a European Union-compatible model for critical information infrastructure protection. In the course of 2019, several workshops were conducted in order to discuss a proper system for identification and cooperation with critical infrastructures in the cyberfield. Georgia created a relevant methodology and questionnaires for critical information infrastructures. The process involved discussions with privat ely owned critical sector representatives from different sectors and business fields. Currently, information security policy and cybersecurity requirements are in the process of being implemented in all those organizations defined as critical information infrastructures. The responsible State agencies assist these entities in the implementation of information security policies and cybersecurity es sentials, providing recommendations, expertise and trainings, as well as through more comprehensive activities, such as information security audits, penetration testing and other information and cybersecurity services. Various projects for the implementati on __________________ 6 7 42/84 Data Exchange Agency (Ministry of Justice), Cybersecurity Bureau (Ministry of Defence), Operative-technical Agency (State Security Service). Foreseen for the three-year period 2020–2023. 20-08285