The Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) is pleased to announce the Implementation Plan – the actionable translation of the Strategic Guidance 2025-2027 set by the Strategic Steering Committee. A special thanks to the SSC members for their representation of the GFCE community and their valuable guidance. The Implementation Plan builds on a decade of progress and sets forth a future that spearheads regional-first CCB results.
Strategic Guidance 2025-2027: Three core objectives for a stronger approach to CCB
Over the past decade, the GFCE has grown from 42 founding members into a community of 250+ governments, international organizations, companies, and civil society actors working to strengthen cyber capacity building (CCB) worldwide. This year, the GFCE Strategic Steering Committee – representing the global CCB community since its establishment in 2024 – developed the SSC Strategic Guidance 2025-2027. With this clear and accountable framework, the SSC channels the community’s priorities and sets three clusters of objectives that reflect a shared vision for a stronger, more coordinated global approach to CCB. It is centered on empowering regional delivery, integrating CCB into development and multilateral processes, and strengthening the GFCE Foundation’s planning, communications, and coordination. Please find here the SSC Guidance for 2025–2027.
Implementation Plan 2025-2027 – an actionable translation of the Strategic Guidance
To translate the Strategic Steering Committee (SSC) guidance into actionable steps, the GFCE Foundation presents the Implementation Plan 2025–2027, organized around the objectives set out in the guidance. For each of the objectives, a detailed action plan is included with concrete tasks, deliverables, timing aspects, and KPI’s. Key elements to highlight:
- Regional-first delivery. Hubs act as the “front office” for engagement, needs capture, coordination, knowledge-sharing, and matchmaking in their regions.
- Shared-service Secretariat. The Secretariat, based in The Hague, serves as the “back office,” providing common standards, shared tools, quality control, and cross-hub coherence.
- Decentralized decision-making. Decisions move closer to beneficiaries within clear guardrails, improving relevance and speed.
- Interregional synthesis. Regional insights are aggregated and translated into global products and processes.
- Community-owned sustainability. A diversified contribution model, anchored in financial contributions from members and partners to keep shared services predictable and resilient.
The Implementation Plan – Executive Summary is available here. For the full document, which was shared personally with all GFCE members and partners, please reach out to contact@thegfce.org.
