Sponsor

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Duration

September 2021 – March 2022

Project objectives

• embed the operational process of the Clearing House in the GFCE community
• scale up the offer of the Clearing House both national and regionally, assisting with the alignment of regional CCB programmes to meet CCB needs
• encourage a demand driven approach to the Clearing House across the GFCE working groups. 
• The benefit in the achievement of these aims will be to ensure better visibility, understanding and use of the GFCE Clearing House Tool by GFCE Members and Partners

Description

• Lead the GFCE Clearing House operations, actively supporting matching requests for cyber capacity building support from GFCE Members with offers of international support. 
• Develop a GFCE Clearing House Strategy, prioritising efforts and resources to scale the Clearing House offer both nationally and regionally. 
• Promote and broaden understanding of the GFCE Clearing House Tool’s offer and impact among the GFCE community and internationally.
• Work with GFCE Working Groups to refine/design a demand driven approach for GFCE members and partners to utilise, engage and improve coordination on CCB efforts, avoiding duplication, through the GFCE Clearing house Tool.  

Sponsor

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Duration

01/09/20 – 31/12/23

Project objectives

The primary outcome of the project is to enable a majority of African Countries to identify and address their national cyber capacity needs, in turn helping to strengthen their cyber resilience.

To achieve the primary outcome and to ensure these efforts can be sustained for the duration and after the project, the following secondary outcomes are envisioned:

• Coordination and cooperation between existing cyber capacity building projects and programs in Africa
• Identification of cyber capacity needs on a national and sub-regional level in African countries
• The growth of a trusted community of cyber leaders from the different African countries

Description

• The project will be split into four phases: ‘Preparing’, ‘Developing’, ‘Learning’, and ‘Sustainment’ – see below for more detail – spanning a two-year period.
• The project will build on and utilize existing cyber structures, plans, expertise and capacities within the AUC Information Society Division (ISD) in charge of Cyber Security in the Africa region, as well as within the multi-stakeholder and international GFCE Community. 
• The GFCE Secretariat and the Information Society Division of the AUC will be responsible for the coordination of the program. A GFCE regional liaison will be part of the AUC team to align the coordinating role of the AUC and the GFCE Secretariat. Below under each phase are the responsibilities explained for both the GFCE Secretariat and the AUC.

Sponsor

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand Government)

Duration

September 2021 – March 2022

Project objectives

Establishment of a GFCE Pacific Hub.

Description

• Improve access to actionable information on cyber issues for all stakeholder groups and Pacific Hub beneficiaries, and to promote a culture of active information sharing.
• Strengthen existing, emerging and new networks of Pacific cyber experts and practitioners that can initiate, design, implement and absorb cyber capacity building investments.
• Establish and maintain a facts-based and granular overview of past and existing cyber capacity building initiatives.
• Informally – through engagements, relationship building and providing on-demand hands-on advice – advocate for inclusive cyber capacity building programming by donors, providers and Pacific partners that is aligned with local priorities and absorption capacity and coordinated with other stakeholders,

Sponsor

GAC

Duration

15/10/2020 – 15/08/2021

Project objectives

Improved gender-sensitive research-based cyber capacity building (hereafter CCB) projects developed within GFCE member-states’ national cyber entities. CCB projects are on the most urgent themes as identified by the GFCE community (cyber policy and strategy, cyber incident management, critical infrastructure protection, cybercrime legislation, cyber(crime) awareness and cyber security workforce development) and are developed through multi-stakeholder, inclusive and international cooperation.

Description

• Research Committee recruited considering gender and regional balance
• An Operational ToR for the research agenda and research mechanism while taking account of gender and human rights considerations
• Gender-sensitive Pilot Research questions written, agreed and commissioned between GFCE WG members and research committee and facilitated by the GFCE Secretariat
• 3 CCB Research reports
• Evaluation of GFCE’s pilot research agenda process and effectiveness conducted, and recommendations implemented
• A strong and inclusive network of CCB researchers from academia, civil society and the tech community in support of CCB activities in GFCE member-states (including countries where GAC programs)

Sponsor

KPMG

Duration

14 weeks (starting November 2021)

Project objectives

• Present an overview of current cyber capacities and gap analysis regarding cybersecurity and cybercrime needs for the African region taking into consideration the national specifics in each state
• Present an agenda with specific cyber capacity needs for the Africa region, and more specifically priorities for the five Africa regions (North, East, West, Central, and Southern Africa)
• Present specific needs for Cyber diplomacy for African nations to contribute to the global debate

Description

The engagement will consist of five (5) phases

• Initiate
• Research and Analyse 
• Workshop and Interview
• Report

Sponsor

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Duration

1 April 2022 – 31 March 2024

Sponsor

US government

Duration

01/10/2021 – 30/09/2025

Project objectives

This Project aims to provide platforms for cyber policymakers, practitioners and experts from different countries and regions to: facilitate sharing experience, expertise, cyber capacity building (CCB) best practices and assessments on key regional and thematic cyber issues; identify gaps in global cyber capacity and develop innovative solutions to challenges; and contribute to existing efforts and mobilize additional resources and expertise to build global cyber capacity in partnership with and according to the particular needs of interested countries, upon their request.

Description

• Collaboration and coordination within and across GFCE regional projects
• Development and dissemination of CCB best practices tools and information that streamline partner nation requests for assistance and influence donor investments
• Increased public awareness and political support for CCB projects
• Equitable participation of women cyber professionals in national, regional and global cyber initiatives