CyberSouth Activities
C-PROC activity report for 2023
Today, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić shared her report on the activities in 2023 of the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) of the Council of Europe with the Committee of Ministers. This report confirms once again the global scope and impact of capacity building by C-PROC: "In 2023,...
Tunisia becomes the 70th Party to Convention on Cybercrime
Today, 8 March 2024, in the presence of the Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge, Mr Badreddine JELIDI, Consul at the Consulate General of Tunisia in Strasbourg, deposited the instrument of accession to the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185). With Tunisia's accession, 70 States are now Parties,...
CyberSouth+ contributes to the launch of the Rule of Law Youth Network, supported by the North-South Centre and Programme South V of the Council of Europe
On 4 March 2024 in Tunis, Tunisia, the Council of Europe facilitated the first gathering of the Rule of Law Youth Network – RoLYIN. The objective of this network, which includes among others representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine* and Tunisia is to increase young...
CyberSouth+: Renewed engagement from Morocco in the implementation of the new project phase
On 6 February 2024, representatives of the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) organised a programmatic meeting with the Moroccan Ministry of Justice, to discuss the new joint project of the European Union and Council of Europe, CyberSouth+ (2024-2026), its future...
C-PROC: Over 500 professionals from around 130 countries attend the Octopus Conference 2023
On 13-15 December 2023 the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe organised its flagship event, the Octopus Conference, which brought together over 500 professionals from around 130 countries. In their opening remarks, Alexander Seger, Head of the Cybercrime Division of the...
CyberSouth: Closing event
On 14 December 2023, during the Octopus Conference 2023, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe together with representatives from the priority countries - Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, met for the Closing event of the CyberSouth project, the joint European...
Plenary meeting of Judicial Training Network on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence, supported by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe
At the plenary meeting of the International Network of the National Judicial Trainers (INJT) on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence, held on 12 December 2023 in Bucharest, Romania, all CyberSouth priority countries discussed the possibility to integrate the CyberSouth Judicial Training Network...
The global state of cybercrime legislation in December 2023
Up-to-date domestic criminal law in line with the Convention on Cybercrime (the Budapest Convention) remains a key element in addressing cybercrime and handling electronic evidence for countries across the globe. An updated cursory overview of the Global State of Cybercrime Legislation prepared...
CyberSouth: Participation to the Arab Cybersecurity Days in Tunisia
The CyberSouth project participated to the 3rd edition of the ‘Arab Cybersecurity Forum on Protecting Personal Data in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence’, held on 5 December 2023, in Tunis, Tunisia. Organised by the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organisation...
CyberSouth and Tunisia: Exchanges on the accession to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
On 4 and 5 December 2023, representatives of the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) and of the Council of Europe Office in Tunis met the Assembly of People’s Representatives as well as representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, of Justice, of the Interior,...
C-PROC at 10: Ten years of capacity building by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe
In October 2013, the Council of Europe decided to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Romania to establish a Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) in Bucharest responsible for capacity building on cybercrime and electronic evidence. C-PROC became operational in April 2014 and...
GLACY+: The last 2023 P2P workshop of the third series of workshops of the International Network of theNational Judicial Trainers
On 26 October, around 45 practitioners participated in the fourth webinar of the third series of events dedicated to sharing experiences on cybercrime and electronic evidence. The webinar was organised in the framework of the International Network of National Judicial Trainers by the GLACY+...
The seventh Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Network of Contact Points
On 20 October 2023, the Council of Europe organised the seventh Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Points of Contact. The meeting was held at the Europol premises in The Hague, Netherlands. Under Article 35 of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), the 24/7 Network facilitates immediate...
C-PROC delegates attend the Annual Conference of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)
The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) supported the participation of over 60 participants from 37 countries to the European Cybercrime Centre’s Annual Conference held at the Europol Headquarters in The Hague. The theme of the 2023 edition was “10 Years of Joint Support...
CyberSouth: National Conference on cybercrime
The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Justice of Algeria jointly organised a national conference on cybercrime during 24 and 25 September 2023, in Algiers, Algeria. The event, held in the framework of the CyberSouth project - a joint endeavour of the Council...
CyberSouth: Tunisia increases its national team of judicial trainers on cybercrime and electronic evidence
The Council of Europe Office in Tunis and the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), in co-operation with the Institut Supérieur de la Magistrature of Tunisia organised the course Training of Trainers (ToT) on cybercrime and electronic evidence for magistrates in Tunis, on...
Underground Economy Conference 2023 – Commitment to solve global cybercrime challenges needs ongoing collaboration and technical innovation
From 4 to 7 September 2023, the Council of Europe, alongside Team Cymru, co-organised the Underground Economy Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. This prestigious international event convened around 500 experts representing law enforcement agencies, the cybersecurity community, private industry...
New International Call for Tenders 2023/AO/59BIS: Consultancy services required in the field of cybercrime and electronic evidence
Due to an error in the formulation of the eligibility criteria related to language for all lots concerned, the Call for tenders for the provision of consultancy services on cybercrime and electronic evidence 2023/AO/59 has been discontinued. A new call is being launched – 2023/AO/59BIS - with a...
CyberSouth: Launch of the HELP Course on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence
The Council of Europe, together with Moroccan institutions, launched the HELP Course on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence on 23 June 2023, in Morocco. Composed of seven modules, this on-line course developed by the programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals - HELP - and the...
GLACY+ : Second P2P workshop of the third series of workshops of the International Network of the National Judicial Trainers
Under the framework of the International Network of National Judicial Trainers on cybercrime and electronic evidence, GLACY+ project, in collaboration with Octopus Project, CyberEast, CyberSouth, and iPROCEEDS-2 projects, organised the second online webinar of the third series of workshops of the...
