CyberSEE - Project on enhanced action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in South-East Europe and Türkiye
CyberSEE: Enhanced action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in South-East Europe and Türkiye is a Joint project of the European Union (DG NEAR) and the Council of Europe.
Participating countries/areas: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo*
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
The overall objective of CyberSEE is to strengthen the rule of law, security and regional co-operation in the South-East-Europe and Türkiye through a more effective response to the challenges of cybercrime and electronic evidence. Under this overall objective, the Project implements activities in the region with the specific objective to reach strengthened and more effective criminal justice response of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo to cybercrime and electronic evidence, in line with the provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, its Second Protocol and European Union objectives.
Documents
Full report: The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime: benefits and impact in practice, July 2020
Anniversary webpage: 20 years of the Convention on Cybercrime, October 2021
Factsheets: Convention on Cybercrime | First Additional Protocol | Second Additional Protocol, November 2021
Article: A new Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime: For a more effective criminal justice response to crime online – with strong safeguards, November 2021
Study: COVID-19 related cybercrime in Asia: Regional Study, June 2022
Leaflet: Joining the Convention on Cybercrime: Benefits: EN | FR | ES, December/September 2023
Study: Implementing the First Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on Xenophobia and Racism: Good practice study, December 2023 new
Article: C-PROC at 10: Ten years of capacity building by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe, December 2023 (also .pdf) new
Video resources
Audio resources
Podcast (episode 1): Cathie talks about cybercrime with Alexander Seger | EN, October 2021
Podcast (episode 2): More cybercrime, with Alexander Seger| EN, May 2022
Podcast (episode 3): Cybercrime roundtable | EN, May 2022
CyberSEE: Albania commences legislative reform for the ratification and effective implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention
In November 2024, the European Union-Council of Europe joint project CyberSEE, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Albania launched a series of activities aimed at aligning national legislation with the provisions of the Second Additional Protocol (2AP) to the Convention on Cybercrime...
Call for tenders 2024/AO/80 published: Event organisation services and related services in 37 countries
The Call for Tenders '2024/AO/80 - EVENT ORGANIZATION SERVICES AND RELATED SERVICES IN 37 COUNTRIES' was published on e-Procurement. This tendering procedure is an international call for tenders. It aims at concluding a framework agreement for event organization and related services with Service...
CyberSEE: Judges, Prosecutors and Judicial Trainers from South-East Europe, Türkiye and Kazakhstan attended the Regional workshop on strategies and practices of judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence
From 22 to 23 October 2024, the CyberSEE Project organised the Regional workshop on strategies and practices of judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Istanbul, Türkiye. The workshop brought together representatives from justice academies, national trainers, judges, and...
The eighth Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Network of Contact Points
On 18 October 2024, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) organised the eighth Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Points of Contact at the EUROPOL premises, in The Hague, Netherlands. Under Article 35 of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), the 24/7 Network...
C-PROC: 70 representatives of law enforcement agencies attended the EC3 Cybercrime Conference 2024
Around 70 representatives of law enforcement agencies from 45 countries, supported by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), took part in the EC3 Cybercrime Conference on 16 and 17 October 2024 at the Europol headquarters. The 2024 edition focused on the key pillars...
In Focus
Upcoming events:
Workshop with national key stakeholders to discuss the assessment and agree on the roadmap of the legislative reform process, Tirana, Albania | 12-13 November 2024
Europol Dark Web conference, Hague, The Netherlands | 19-20 November 2024
Regional basic cybercrime investigations course in cooperation with Serbian University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Australian Federal Police and SEPCA, Belgrade, Serbia | 25-29 November 2024
Workshop on Protection of Children Online, with CyberSouth+, Rome, Italy | 28-29 November 2024
CyberSEE Project Steering Committee Meeting | 10 December 2024
Past events:
The eighth Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Network of Contact Points
C-PROC: 70 representatives of law enforcement agencies attended the EC3 Cybercrime Conference 2024