CyberSEE - Projet de renforcement de la lutte contre la cybercriminalité et les preuves électroniques en Europe du Sud-Est et en Turquie
CyberSEE: Enhanced action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in South-East Europe and Türkiye is a Joint project of the European Union (DG NEAR) and the Council of Europe.
Participating countries/areas: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo*
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
The overall objective of CyberSEE is to strengthen the rule of law, security and regional co-operation in the South-East-Europe and Türkiye through a more effective response to the challenges of cybercrime and electronic evidence. Under this overall objective, the Project implements activities in the region with the specific objective to reach strengthened and more effective criminal justice response of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo to cybercrime and electronic evidence, in line with the provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, its Second Protocol and European Union objectives.
Documents
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
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
Budapest Convention explained: Audio resources
Podcast (episode 1): Cathie talks about cybercrime with Alexander Seger | EN, October 2021
Podcast (episode 2): More cybercrime, with Alexander Seger| EN, May 2022
Podcast (episode 3): Cybercrime roundtable | EN, May 2022
CyberSEE: Türkiye advances legal and institutional measures to strengthen cybercrime response
From 9 to 10 April 2025, the CyberSEE European Union-Council of Europe joint project, organised two domestic events in Ankara, Türkiye, to support the country’s criminal justice response to challenges posed by cybercrime and electronic evidence. On the first day, the meeting with the Turkish...
C-PROC: Regional Cybercrime Cooperation Training Exercise
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...
CyberSEE: Enhanced regional capacity to tackle cybercrime in the digital finance era through a workshop on cryptocurrencies, electronic evidence and cooperation with service providers
From 8 to 9 April 2025, the CyberSEE European Union-Council of Europe joint project, in close cooperation with the Western Balkans Criminal Justice (WBCJ) Project, the European Judicial Cybercrime Network (EJCN) and the SIRIUS Project, successfully concluded a regional workshop on...
CyberSEE: North Macedonia advances preparations for the ratification of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
On 3 April 2025, the European Union-Council of Europe joint project CyberSEE supported thecriminal justice authorities of North Macedonia in the organisation of a high-level domestic workshop in Skopje in view of implementation and further ratification of the Second Additional Protocol (2AP) to...
CyberSEE: Another step forward towards enhancing the skills in handling cybercrime and electronic evidence of judicial authorities in South-East Europe and Türkiye
From 1 to 4 April 2025, the CyberSEE joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe successfully hosted a Regional Judicial Training on Electronic Evidence in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The activity aligned with the CyberSEE project’s objective to support sustainable...
In Focus
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Upcoming events:
41st Operational Meeting of the INTERPOL Specialists Group on Crimes against Children, Lyon, France | 14-18 April 2025
"Victim identification task force 16" with EUROPL, AP Twins, The Hague, Netherlands | 12-23 May 2025
“Cyber Games” 2025 with INTERPOL, Malaysia | 19-23 May 2025
Cyber-skills sharing programme
Past events:
Türkiye advances legal and institutional measures to strengthen cybercrime response - Cybercrime, Ankara, Türkiye | 9-10 April 2025
Workshop on cryptocurrencies, e-evidence and cooperation with service providers, with EUROJUST, Warsaw, Poland | 8-9 April 2025
C-PROC: Regional Cybercrime Cooperation Training Exercise - Cybercrime Bucharest, Romania | 7-10 April 2025
Domestic meeting with North Macedonian relevant institutions dedicated on the details of the SAP and roadmap of the legislative reform process, Skopje, North Macedonia | 3 April 2025
Regional Judicial Training on Electronic Evidence, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1-4 April 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina moves towards the signature and implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 March 2025
Workshop for Practitioners on the procedures for cooperation under the Second Additional Protocol, CyberSPEX and European Judicial Crime Network (EJCN), The Hague, Netherlands | 20-21 January 2025
