4.2 Requirements for Improving the System of National Defence 114) In light of the dynamically changing security environment, as well as the character of threats and challenges, the state of alert and readiness of forces and means of reaction will be reviewed. Preparedness of the Slovak Republic for defence will be founded and improved on in the state of security, involving an entire spectrum of activities. Key will be to improve national defence management, which will require the improvement of intelligence, the early warning system and situational awareness with the aim of a timely identification of arising threats and a correct understanding of the complex relationship between cause and effect of security threats. The improvement of intelligence and decision-making processes, and the introduction of comprehensive planning of national defence 115) Improving the decision-making processes of constitutional and state administrative bodies in the area of defence, in the state of security as well as in war-time, will be the basic precondition of improving national defence management. This increases the demands placed on the effectiveness of analytical, decision-making, coordinating, inspectional and supporting activities of all entities responsible for national defence. 116) Ministries and other relevant state administrative bodies within the scope of their responsibilities, along with specialised entities created in order to evaluate risks and threats concerning national defence, will provide relevant constitutional and state administrative bodies with timely, qualified and trustworthy information concerning the rise of potential threats, their risks and possible consequences, along with recommendations of how to prevent or resolve them, and how to mitigate their effects. 117) In order to improve national defence management, comprehensive planning of national defence will be introduced. This will entail defence planning, planning of AF SR employment for the purposes of national defence, AF SR mobilisation planning and economic mobilisation planning for the purposes of national defence. To coordinate the above planning activities, the MoD will prepare guidelines for the planning of national defence, which will primarily establish the organisation of its preparation, the complex of planning documents and the manner of its alinement. 118) The centre of gravity of the improvement of managing the preparation for national defence will be primarily focused on the preparation, maintenance and development of national defence capacities, on augmenting AF SR capacities, on preparing ministries and other central state administrative bodies, other state administrative bodies with a national scope of authority, local state administrative and municipality bodies for national defence (and for the verification of their readiness to complete tasks in war-time) and also on preparing the populace for national defence. OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC 53