Cybercrime
Working Group C brings together governments, industry and experts focused on coordination of capacity building efforts relating to cybercrime.
Through the Working Group, GFCE Members and Partners discuss issues related to capacity building in combating cybercrime and work together towards coordination of capacity building efforts on development and implementation of legal frameworks, strengthening criminal justice and law enforcement responses to cybercrime, as well as the development of formal and informal frameworks for cooperation.
Working Group C is also a platform for those involved in the prevention, response and assessment of cybercrime to engage with each other and share knowledge and expertise, leading to the development of capacity building projects and initiatives that help countries deal with the challenges presented by cybercrime, identification of best practices to amplify these on a global scale, and assessment of the impact cybercrime responses for more informed and inclusive capacity building activities.
In 2021 the Working Group launched a new initiative: the ‘Cybercrime series‘, aimed at sharing knowledge and expertise on cybercrime topics with the community in a structured way. With the Working Group identifying the topics to be discussed, the Cybercrime Series is also considered a soft agenda-setting exercise within the group. Since then, four sessions have been convened.
Tools and publications
Global Cyber Expertise Magazine – Issue 11 – September 2022
The Global Cyber Expertise Magazine is a joint initiative by the African Union, European Union, Global Forum on Cyber Expertise and Organization of American States. The Magazine aims to provide
Global Cyber Expertise Magazine – Issue 10 – November 2021
The Global Cyber Expertise Magazine is a bi-annual magazine on global cyber policy developments and capacity building projects. The Magazine is jointly published by the African Union, the European Union,
Global Cyber Expertise Magazine – Issue 9 – June 2021
The Global Cyber Expertise Magazine is a bi-annual magazine on global cyber policy developments and capacity building projects. The Magazine is jointly published by the African Union, the European Union,
Global Cyber Expertise Magazine – Issue 8 – November 2020
The Global Cyber Expertise Magazine is a bi-annual magazine on global cyber policy developments and capacity building projects. The Magazine is jointly published by the African Union, the European Union,
Chair and topic leads
GFCE Secretariat Representative
Participating members and partners
Projects
UN Women in Cyber Fellowship
Creating coordination and targeted training of cybersecurity capacity in Africa
Enhancing cyber capacities and CCB coordination in ECOWAS countries
Study on ‘Advancing Cyber Security with Africa’
Initiatives
CyberSouth Project
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the prevention of and control of cybercrime and other offences involving electronic evidence, in line with international human rights and...
No More Ransom
The No More Ransom portal is a non-commercial initiative by the National High Tech Crime Unit of the Netherlands’ police, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre and two cyber security companies –...
Preventing and Combating Cybercrime in Southeast Asia
This initiative builds on cybercrime programs the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) delivered in East Africa and Central America with a focus on a new region –...
Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Trends in Africa
The aim of this initiative is to produce a report that collects and presents detailed technical data on Cyber security threats and trends in Africa in partnership with African thought‐leaders....