Octopus Project
The Octopus Project is a Council of Europe project based on voluntary contributions from States Parties and Observers to the Convention on Cybercrime and other public and private sector organisations, aiming to support the implementation of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), its Protocols and related standards, as well as to address additional challenges that came to the forefront in the course of 2020.
Results are expected in the following areas:
- Assistance of the criminal justice authorities from the countries willing to implement the Budapest Convention, its First Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism, its Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence, as well as related standards;
- Support to the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY);
- Organisation of the Octopus conferences on cooperation against cybercrime;
- Development of online tools for the delivery of capacity building activities on cybercrime and electronic evidence.
Duration of the project: 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2027
Documents
Project summary, June 2023
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
Cyberviolence Resource, December 2023 new
Leaflet: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
Cathie talks about cybercrime with Alexander Seger | EN, October 2021
Podcast (episode 1):Podcast (episode 2): More cybercrime, with Alexander Seger| EN, May 2022
Podcast (episode 3): Cybercrime roundtable | EN, May 2022
Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: Workshop on drafting the sub-legal act regulating access to the Criminal Records System & Workshop on drafting the Law on Personal Data Protection
The CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project supports authorities of Kosovo* in strengthening legal frameworks through two key activities. On 8 October, during the workshop on regulating access to Criminal Records System (CRS) representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Judicial Council and other...
US makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of the United States of America has made a voluntary contribution of €2 036 671.06 to support the Council of Europe action against cybercrime. The US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has supported the Octopus Project since its launch and this additional...
Eurojust – Council of Europe workshop sparks thriving discussions on spontaneous information sharing
Eurojust and the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) brought together more than 70 participants from some 40 countries to discuss key aspects related to the spontaneous sharing of information obtained in criminal investigations. The relevance of spontaneous information...
Octopus Project video (2021)
In Focus
CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project
Upcoming events:
CoE-IAP series of webinars (May-November 2024, online - to be announced)
Past events:
Regional workshop on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Southeast Asia (2-4 September 2024)
C-PROC 10th anniversary (April 2024: Day 1, Day 2)
CyberKOP Action of the Octopus Project launching meeting (November 2023)
20th Anniversary of the First Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Opening for signature of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
20th Anniversary of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)