5.1.2 - promotion of the use of the internet, - awareness raising and training the population for safe and responsible use of the internet, - measures for a better internet for children and the elderly, - encouraging discussions about the development and use of the internet, shaping public interest in managing development policies, regulation and adoption of decisions in the society and economy, promotion of multi-stakeholder approach to addressing internet issues, cooperation at the international level, - cooperation with Slovenian internet Forum and support for its activities, - adoption of the national declaration about the internet, - development of new models and manners of performing social and political activities, - development of new cooperative models of online transactions (collaborative, peer-topeer, sharing economy, cryptocurrencies, etc.), - stimulation of the ICT sector to develop innovative IT solutions of e-business, - use of the internet in developing efficient digital public administration, e-health, e-justice etc., - investments in higher use of the internet in the economy and e-business, - use of services enabling telework or work from home, - computerisation of polling stations and gradual introduction of e-elections, - promotion of opening and re-use of data of the public and research sectors, development of e-services targeting user needs, - use and development of the internet for contemporary financial services with stress on open standards and protocols. Protection of Openness and Neutrality of the internet The internet has developed organically, with minimum interventions of official institutions. But as the importance of the internet for society and the economy grows, its operation, management and access are becoming a matter of public interest that is mostly implemented by the self-regulation of markets. But when market mechanisms fail to fulfil society’s expectations, state intervention is necessary to protect public interest. The public interest concerns particularly the provision of the availability, accessibility and openness of the internet, quality of services and privacy, safety and protection on the internet. Different stakeholders in development, management and use of the internet create the future internet according to their respective roles, the general consensus being that the internet should remain a free and open public place of communication and services, which means unlimited access, nondiscrimination and neutrality of content and technology from the aspect of exchanging communication. Without doubt, the internet is a communication medium that has fundamentally changed our contemporary society for the better. In order to retain the positive effect, the future internet needs to remain free, open, uniform, pro-democratic and safe; it needs to ensure privacy and be managed transparently and by the multi-stakeholder principle. These are the values that have developed the internet into an omnipresent network that connects the globalised world in digital society more than anything else. It has to be kept in mind, though, that the internet is open and free 16 DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - Development strategy for the information society until 2020