3.2 Objective 2 – Greater Involvement of the User Community in R&D&I Support Systems in Cyber Security, Including Strengthening the Ability to Put Results into Practice Initial Situation: The NCISA participates in the implementation of several projects and, depending on their focus, acts as project sponsor, public contract contracting authority, or end user responsible for putting new technologies into practice. At the same time, the NCISA also closely cooperates with state aid beneficiaries, as well as with specialized units of the Czech Police and intelligence services concerned with cybercrime. These entities have knowledge of practical needs and are thus able to assess project proposals in terms of their societal relevance. It is therefore necessary to emphasise more intense involvement of the user community at various decision-making levels of the R&D&I support system in cyber security. Tools:  The NCISA will initiate and support the involvement of the user community in: o the boards of programmes of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic and of other providers of state aid for R&D&I, o databases of examiners at the MI, TACR, and MIT, o inspection activity during project implementation, o the relevant bodies of the Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, and Digital Europe programmes, o  national and international programme initiatives. Regular analysis and collection of information on the current needs of end users through a newly created Platform for Research and Development in Cyber and Information Security, the main tasks of which will be to: o ensure synergies between the research capabilities of the academic community and the needs of end users working in cyber security, o monitor the demands placed upon the application of products on the market, o seek mutual topics of interest and prevent overlaps in research, o mediate the transmission of R&D&I results to potential producers and end users, o evaluate the status of national and international cooperation in regard to R&D&I, o evaluate the current technological trends in cyber security, and ensure mutual sharing of information among the individual entities involved.  11 The NCISA will support the creation of Digital Innovation Hubs and other platforms where research results are transferred into practice.