- Outline and agenda
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- Joint ECOWAS-CoE press release
- Tour de table
Benin │ Cote d'Ivoire │ Liberia │ Niger │ Sierra Leone
Opening notes
- Manuel ALMEIDA PEREIRA, Project Manager of GLACY+, Council of Europe
- Richard YOUNG, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to Abuja
- Moctar YEDALY, Head of Information Society Division, African Union Commission
- Isaias BARRETO DA ROSA, Commissioner for Telecommunications and IT, ECOWAS Commission
Final Communiqué
English │ French │ Portuguese
Comparative Study of Cybercrime Legislation in ECOWAS Countries
English │ French
Day 1
Session 1: The state of cybercrime legislation in the ECOWAS region (study), Yuliya MORENETS, Expert on Cybercrime and Cybersecurity, International Consultant for the Council of Europe
Session 2: International guidelines for legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence
- Introduction to the Budapest Convention (FR), Adel JOMNI, Research Professor at the University of Montpellier, expert in Cybercrime and International Consultant for the Council of Europe
- ECOWAS Directive and related texts, Folake Olagunju OYELOLA, Program Officer Internet & Cybersecurity, ECOWAS Commission
Session 3: International cooperation on cybercrime and e-evidence under the Budapest Convention, Papa Assane TOURÉ, Magistrate and Deputy Secretary General of the Government, Senegal / Adel JOMNI, Council of Europe
Session 4: International Law Enforcement Cooperation on Cybercrime investigations: the role of INTERPOL, Olusola OGUNTUNDE, Digital Crime Officer, INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation
Session 5: Mutual Assistance Requests: Procedures for requesting electronic evidence from international partners, Zahid JAMIL, Barrister specialized in Cybercrime and International Consultant for the Council of Europe
Session 6: Cooperation with the Private Sector in the fight against cybercrime, George-Maria TYENDEZWA, Head, Cybercrime Prosecution Unit of Nigeria
Day 2
Sessions 7-8: Legislation on cybercrime, Zahid JAMIL, Council of Europe
Session 9: Rule of law safeguards limiting investigative powers (FR), Adel JOMNI, Council of Europe / Papa Assane TOURÉ, Senegal
Session 10: Guidelines to draft a Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Strategy (FR), Adel JOMNI, Council of Europe
- Good practice - Senegal (FR), Chérif DIALLO, Directeur des TIC / MPT, Ministère de la Communication, des Télécommunications, des Postes et de l’Economie numérique de Senegal
- Good practice - Niger (FR), Adamou IRO, Expert in ICT infrastructure and Nigerien legislation
Day 3
Session 11: The international legal framework on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence - Budapest Convention, Manuel PEREIRA, GLACY+ Project Manager, Council of Europe
