Cybercrime

CyberEast+ (2024-2027), a joint endeavour of the Council of Europe and of the European Union, formally commenced on 1 March 2024 with a budget of 3.9 million EUR. The project focuses on ensuring effective criminal justice response to cybercrime and electronic evidence and increased cyber-resilience. This is achieved through targeted actions addressing the specific needs of its five beneficiary countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the republic of Moldova and Ukraine.

The project countries were convened for the Planning Meeting in Strasbourg, France, to discuss the objectives and current workplan.  More importantly, the representatives of the partner authorities in attendance focused on ways in which the planning of activities could ensure more ownership of the project and of its results by the countries themselves. Stronger interaction with training institutions, use of tools for selection and engagement of participants, as well as joint development of activity outlines, were among the themes emphasised during the meeting.

The key takeaways showed that the CyberEast+ project is committed to ensuring that its activities are better tailored to the needs of Eastern Partnership stakeholders through more engaged planning and shared ownership of the action.

CyberEast+ project webpage