Octopus Project Activities
Deadline for submissions: 5 May 2025
Octopus Conference 2025: Youth and Cybercrime Competition launched
Young people play a significant role in the digital ecosystem, both as key actors and as vulnerable individuals facing cyber threats. The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) is launching a Youth and Cybercrime Competition to engage youth and youth organisations in...
Antigua and Barbuda enhances cybercrime response by training under the Octopus Project
The Ministry of Information Communication Technologies, Utilities and Energy of Antigua and Barbuda, in cooperation with the Octopus Project of the Council of Europe, organised the Introductory course on cybercrime and e-evidence for the authorities of Antigua and Barbuda. In his opening remarks,...
INJT: First 2025 practitioner-to-practitioner webinar highlights 24/7 Network’s benefits
On 25 March 2025, the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT) held its first 2025 practitioner-to-practitioner (P2P) webinar on the topic of international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence, with a focus on the 24/7 Network established under the Convention on...
Octopus Conference 2025: Registration is now open!
Registration is now open for this year’s Octopus Conference, which will take place between 4-6 June, in Strasbourg, France! Registration form to attend the Octopus Conference 2025 The conference will provide an opportunity to interface for cybercrime experts from public and private sectors as...
Japan makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of Japan has made another voluntary contribution to support the Council of Europe action against cybercrime through the Octopus Project. The agreement was signed on 14 February 2025 by Ambassador Hiroyuki Uchida of Japan and Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of...
Empowering Experts: C-PROC Launches the First Cyber-Skills Sharing Programme!
Exciting news for the cybercrime experts: the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC), through the CyberSEE joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe, is launching the first edition of the Cyber-Skills Sharing Programme! This initiative aims to enhance global collaboration and...
Save the Date: Octopus Conference 2025!
Held every 12 to 18 months by the Council of Europe, the Octopus Conference constitutes one of the biggest and finest platforms of exchange in cybercrime gathering experts from more than 100 countries, international organisations, private sector and academia. This year, the Octopus Conference...
United Kingdom makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of the United Kingdom, as represented by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, made a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project implemented by the Council of Europe. The contribution of up to GBP 100 000 is dedicated to supporting activities to be...
Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: 1st Steering Committee Meeting of the Action
CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project held its First Steering Committee Meeting on 18 December 2024, in Pristina. The meeting served as a key platform to review progress, share achievements, and plan the next steps in advancing the action’s objectives. The meeting was officially opened by the...
Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: Second workshop on drafting the sub-legal act regulating access to Criminal Records System for the Ministry of Justice
As part of its commitment to supporting law reforms in Kosovo*, the CYBERKOP Action under the Octopus Project continues to provide assistance to the Ministry of Justice to draft the sub-legal act regulating their access to the Criminal Records System (CRS). Building on the outcomes of the first...
Octopus Project: Malaysia pilots judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence
The Office of the Chief Registrar of Malaysia and the Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia, with the support of the Octopus Project of the Council of Europe, organised a judicial training course on cybercrime and e-evidence. The course includes two standard modules - introductory and advanced...
CyberSEE, CyberEast+, Octopus Project: Regional cybercrime exercise boosts interagency cooperation across East, South-East Europe and Türkiye
From 2 to 6 December 2024, the joint projects of the European Union and of the Council of Europe CyberSEE and CyberEast+, alongside Octopus Project and the Albanian State Police under EMPACT framework, successfully organised a Regional Cybercrime Cooperation Exercise in Tirana, Albania. This...
Octopus Project: Judicial Training Programme in Indonesia concludes with advanced course on cybercrime and e-evidence
Following the introductory module of the Judicial Training Programme on cybercrime and e-evidence organised in October 2024 in Bogor, Indonesia, 33 Indonesian judges and prosecutors returned to Bogor to attend the advanced course of the programme, and a soft skills training held during 25–29...
GLACY-e & INTERPOL: Completion of the 5th edition of Electronic Evidence Instructors' Workshop for english-speaking African countries
INTERPOL, in the framework of the GLACY-e project and jointly with the Octopus Project of the Council of Europe, concluded its fifth edition of the Electronic Evidence National Trainers Workshop (eFR-ToT) in Kigali, Rwanda, from 1 to 11 December 2024. The workshop was attended by twenty-one...
INJT: The Secretariat sets the action plan for 2025
On 29 November 2024, around 50 members from 12 participating countries in the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT) took part in the annual plenary meeting, which was facilitated by the Secretariat of the Network. The members reviewed the activities carried out in 2024, among...
Octopus Project: Authorities of Kazakhstan coordinate on the next steps to complete accession to the Convention on Cybercrime
The Council of Europe under the framework of the Octopus Project supported the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan in the organisation of a workshop on accession to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) and enhanced international cooperation, taking place in Astana between...
Octopus Project: Authorities of Kazakhstan strengthen their expertise on financial investigations and ransomware
The Law Enforcement Academy of Kazakhstan, in partnership with the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), hosts this week a four-day training course dedicated to enhancing Kazakhstan’s capabilities in financial investigations, virtual currencies, and ransomware response....
Pacific Islands prosecution services join forces to fight cybercrime
A regional prosecution training on cybercrime and electronic evidence is being held from 5 to 7 November in Sigatoka (Fiji). The event brings together 30 participants from the Pacific Island’s prosecution services jurisdictions to share expertise and resources at regional level in order to...
Pacific region judiciaries address training needs on cybercrime and electronic evidence
A regional judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence is being held from 5 to 7 November in Sigatoka (Fiji). The event brings together 12 Chief Justices and High Court Justices from the Pacific region to improve co-operation in the fight against cybercriminal activities resulting...
INJT 6th P2P webinar: spotlight on impact and challenges of financial investigations
The 6th practitioner-to practitioner (P2P) webinar of the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT) took place on 31 October 2024, and brought together around 25 criminal justice professionals from various countries, who had the chance to discover the experience of the Financial...
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