The Crisis Management Centre will submit an annual report to the Cabinet of Ministers on the progress of implementing the comprehensive national defence system, the government decided on Tuesday.
The comprehensive national defence system has been implemented since 2019 with the aim of promoting a responsible attitude across society towards the state and its security, strengthening cooperation between state institutions, introducing effective public-private partnership mechanisms, and developing tools for societal self-organisation in crisis situations.
To promote a unified understanding among sectoral ministries of comprehensive national defence at the strategic level and to enhance intersectoral cooperation, a ministerial-level working group was established to supervise and coordinate the implementation of the comprehensive national defence system.
On the 1st of July, 2025, amendments to the National Security Law came into force, defining the responsibility of the Cabinet of Ministers in deciding on matters related to the planning, implementation, and coordination of comprehensive national defence and resilience, and stipulating that
issues related to crisis management and overcoming threats to the state are to be reviewed at Cabinet crisis management meetings.
Taking this into account, and following the Prime Minister’s directive, the usefulness of continuing the work of the coordination working group on comprehensive national defence — in its current composition and with its assigned powers — has been assessed in cooperation with the Crisis Management Centre.
To strengthen the handling of issues related to comprehensive national defence, ensuring full coordination of the work of sectoral ministries and the resolution of tasks, such matters will henceforth be reviewed at Cabinet crisis management meetings, including decisions related to resilience planning, implementation, and coordination.
In accordance with a Cabinet order issued in February of this year, a working group at the level of state secretaries will continue to ensure and promote a unified understanding among ministries of comprehensive national defence at the strategic level and intersectoral cooperation, submitting related decisions for consideration at Cabinet crisis management meetings.
Meanwhile, the Crisis Management Centre, which provides secretariat functions for the state secretaries’ working group, will submit an annual report to the Cabinet of Ministers on the progress of implementing the comprehensive national defence system.
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