5 CIVIL DEFENCE AS A RESILIENCE BUILDING BLOCK OF THE STATE AND SOCIETY Civil defence, ensuring the conditions for the continual functioning of the authorities and the functioning of the entire defence system, will contribute to the enhancement of civil preparedness and to the resilience of the state and society, and support the Slovenian Armed Forces and the Allied forces in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia in peace, crisis, emergency and war, through civilian capabilities and by preparing and implementing measures. In line with the new strategic reality, and towards the growing interdependence of civilian and military capabilities, the content and tasks of civil defence will be adapted and updated accordingly. In terms of the enhancement of civil preparedness and the resilience of the state, the defence planning entities in the state will, through activities and measures, ensure civilian capabilities for Host Nation Support; the strengthening of resilience to hybrid threats; the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure, information and communication support; geospatial and cartographic support; and the implementation of military duties and of material and medical care. Solutions for the effectiveness of the defence system will be drafted in the defence planning process in the state, on the basis of defence plans prepared by all entities. With regard to intensified activities in planning civil preparedness, hybrid and cyber threats will also be taken into account, whereby the conditions for the state’s comprehensive responses to various security threats and risks will be ensured. Crisis response measures, as part of state preparedness measures, will be supplemented, updated and reviewed accordingly, both in national exercises and in the crisis management exercises of the European Union and NATO. Efforts towards the supply, protection and survival of the population will also play a key role in terms of strengthening civil preparedness at the national level. Here, constant inter-ministerial cooperation, responsibility, and the appropriate organization of entities responsible for planning will be taken into account for the performance of tasks in crisis, emergency and war, in accordance with 30