CyberSouth+

CyberSouth+ project on enhanced cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence in the Southern Neighbourhood Region is a joint initiative of the European Union and Council of Europe, with a 36 months' implementation - 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026.

CyberSouth+ is aimed at strengthening criminal justice capacities for enhanced cooperation on cybercrime and disclosure of electronic evidence through a combination of regional and country-specific actions that will be tailored to the needs and capacities of each project country - Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine* and Tunisia.

This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of Council of Europe and European Union member States on this issue.

 

Objectives: 

  • Output 1: Increased capacities of the competent authorities to introduce regulatory and technical reforms in the areas of cybercrime, electronic evidence and criminal justice response.
  • Output 2: Improved knowledge and specialisation of criminal justice professionals to prevent and fight cybercrime.
  • Output 3: Increased opportunities for international cooperation in the framework of the Budapest Convention and its Second Additional Protocol.
  • Output 4: Improved procedures and tools connecting criminal justice authorities and cybersecurity organisations.

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Activities

CyberSouth+: Regional training for first responders to cybercrime and electronic evidence for law enforcement representatives

15-16 April 2025 Tunis, Tunisia

Some 22 law enforcement representatives from Libya, Palestine*, and Tunisia participated in a training session for first responders to cybercrime investigations and other criminal investigations involving electronic evidence. The activity was organised by the CyberSouth+ project, a joint...

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CyberSouth+: Regional workshop on the introduction of the First Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism

15 APRIL 2025 ONLINE

On 15 April 2025, the CyberSouth+ project, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, organised an online regional workshop on the First Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed...

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C-PROC: Regional Cybercrime Cooperation Training Exercise

7-11 April 2025 Bucharest, Romania

The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), thorough its projects CyberEast+, CyberSEE, CyberSouth+ and GLACY-e, and in partnership with the Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate, organised a comprehensive cybercrime training exercise on elections interference, in...

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