The new joint project of the EU and the Council of Europe on Improving public/private cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence in the Eastern Partnership will be launched at a regional meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 6 to 7 April 2016.
The project aims to support countries of the Eastern Partnership region to strengthen the current modalities for cooperation with the private sector (public-private cooperation) in cybercrime and electronic evidence. This will be achieved through improved capacities of institutions, reform of legislative framework, and support for common platforms for exchange of information and experience. The work under the project will rely on the relevant standards of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and other applicable standards and best practices for public-private cooperation, including but not limited to the “Guidelines for the cooperation between law enforcement and internet service providers in the investigation of cybercrime” adopted by the Council of Europe’s Octopus Conference in 2008.
The meeting will bring together criminal justice authorities, telecommunications regulators and major service providers to initiate the project and identify key issues as well as current initiatives regarding public/private cooperation in the Eastern Partnership region.
The Cybercrime@EAP III project is implemented by the Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) in Romania.