development of the digital society (infrastructure, digital services and content, digital knowledge and skills) will have to be implemented and legislation will have to be aligned. This will create a single European digital space (market), which will help enterprises simplify operations, lower their costs for participating in the single market, improve the opportunities for research, development and innovation, and provide equal opportunities for citizens' access to digital services, content and products on the part of users. Uniform rules of operation, security and protection are also expected to increase users’ trust in digital technologies and services. The creation of the future European digital single market and single European digital space, respectively, is expected to bring a number of advantages and opportunities to the economy and society, but will also raise issues of the readiness of Slovenian stakeholders for the new European digital environment without borders. At the beginning of a new development period that coincides with the next multiannual financial period of the allocation of funds from the European Structural Funds (2014-2020), it is also high time for Slovenia to adopt a strategic framework for the development of the information society that will outline the direction of development, stimulate development activities, and envisage the provision of development resources. The overall objectives are equal inclusion in the European digital space and the creation of digital growth. Resources should be earmarked for measures consistent with the overall strategic objectives that will boost cross-sectoral synergies, enjoy broad support, be feasible and yield long-term results as soon as possible. The adoption of a new strategic framework is also a condition for the allocation and use of structural resources of ERDF in the multiannual financial period 2014-2020. In order to co-finance measures for the information society, the EC requires the adoption of the National strategic framework for digital growth and investment in the construction of broadband networks, and the adoption of the Plan for developing next-generation networks. Within these frameworks, Slovenia adopts the DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - Development strategy for the information society until 2020 as well as the associated strategic documents Cyber Security Strategy and Plan for Developing Next-Generation Networks by 2020. DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 Development strategy for the information society until 2020 is an umbrella strategy determining the key strategic development orientations and uniting the mentioned strategies in a uniform strategic development framework. At the same time, the strategy is one of three key strategies in this area (in addition to the RISS - Research and Innovation Strategy of Slovenia, and SIP - Slovenian Industrial Policy), which provide guidelines for the creation of innovative knowledge-based society and which are united in the Strategy of Smart Specialisation (SSS) as a platform for focused investment in priority areas. Since the scope of the information society and ICT is horizontally included in the SSS across vertical content areas, the Development Strategy for the Information Society until 2020 specifies strategic directions of the digitisation of society and business, which will form the foundations of development projects by priority areas of the SSS. It foresees measures for harnessing the social and economic potential of ICT and the internet for digital growth, focusing on digital infrastructure, intense use of ICT and the internet, cyber security and an inclusive information society. Strategy implementation will be organised systematically, with strategic and operational links to other strategies and with the integration of stakeholders through the Slovenian Digital Coalition. In developing area-specific strategies, Slovenia will ensure compliance with the DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 strategy and other associated strategies. DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - Development strategy for the information society until 2020 5