The authorities, notably the criminal investigation police (police, gendarmes and customs) and the courts will work with our partners bilaterally and multilaterally to strengthen their work in investigating, preventing and prosecuting cybercrime. Our national defence forces (armed forces) are responsible for defending Senegal against cyber-threats against our country's security and sovereignty and investigating all threats in the realm of defence, such as cyberterrorism, cyber-warfare etc. Our national defence forces, via our national cyber-defence command and control centre, are responsible for systems for protecting data and infrastructures used in our national defence and work with our national cybersecurity structure to help protect against and prevent cyber incidents at national level and mitigate their effects and survive incidents. Our national cybersecurity structure will be set up as the central body for cybersecurity in Senegal responsible for implementing SNC2022. It will be responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing cybersecurity initiatives in Senegal. This structure will protect, prevent, mitigate and help everyone in Senegal recover from cyber incidents sur tout le Senegal and advise and assist organisations in Senegal. It will coordinate protecting CIIs and public and private information systems in this country, and develop and ensure they comply with policies, guidelines, standards and good practices. In brief, it will act as a national voice and centre of expertise in cybersecurity. A structure steering committee will be set up to create the national cybersecurity structure. The national cybersecurity consultative committee will be created to provide strategic advice on developing and implementing national initiatives in cybersecurity. The civil society organisations of Senegal will work with other stakeholders in the cybersecurity ecosystem in this country to ensure that public and private sector organisations act transparently and responsibly, to strengthen relations between these organisations and individuals and help make Senegalese society aware of cybersecurity issues. Academics will work with civil society and the public and private sectors to facilitate developing resources and expertise in cybersecurity, helping meet our current and future needs in terms of competent professionals aware of cybersecurity. Academia will also work with the civil society and the public and private sectors to conduct research and development into cybersecurity Those who own and operate critical information infrastructures (CIIs) and information systems in Senegal will be responsible for protecting their information systems, and so must take all necessary steps to protect them against cyber-threats. They must ensure they comply with standards, directives, processes, procedures and frameworks the government of Senegal creates in terms of cybersecurity. 5.2 Monitoring and evaluation Cyber-threats are developing constantly, so the Government is fully aware that, if SNC2022 is to be implemented successfully, it must have a monitoring and evaluation framework added. Conducted effectively, monitoring and evaluation can be used to devise new measures or update those which exist. For this major aspect, the Government's approach will be as follows: 22