On 19 March 2025, the GLACY-e project, joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, organised, online, the Advisory Workshop on Mainstreaming Cybercrime Training Modules in Colombia.
The workshop reunited approximately 25 representatives from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Delegation of the European Union in Colombia, Council of Europe, Superior Council of the Judiciary, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla Judicial School, Office of the Attorney General and School of Advanced Studies of the Prosecutor's Office.
The workshop was an opportunity to showcase the modalities of improving the current cybercrime strategies in judicial and prosecution academies through development of self-sustaining training programmes that provide with the necessary knowledge and skills to handle cybercrime cases effectively.
Within the structure of the meeting designed in two phases, the session held on 19 March focused on stocktaking and gathering information on existing judicial training strategies related to cybercrime and electronic evidence and, will be followed by a survey designed to collect further details. The second session, scheduled for 2 April, will present the findings of the survey and define a concrete roadmap for piloting the integration of cybercrime training into national judicial curricula.
Colombia acceded to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) in 2020 and was acknowledged as a priority country under the GLACY+ project in 2022, benefiting from targeted technical assistance, including the establishment of a national pool of over 30 cybercrime trainers through a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme in 2024.
Building upon these efforts, this advisory workshop is part of a broader map of initiatives under the GLACY-e project, which also encompasses legislative support for the ratification of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention. By reinforcing Colombia’s judicial training framework, this initiative marks an important step toward strengthening the country’s capacity to investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate cybercrime cases in line with international standards.
GLACY-e project webpage
GLACY+ project webpage
Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC)
Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
GLACY-e: Training of Trainers for justice and law enforcement officials