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Regional meeting on international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence
A regional meeting on international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence will take place at Fairmont Grand Hotel, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 3-4 May 2018. International cooperation under the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is wide in its scope, covering collection of electronic evidence...
MEDIA ADVISORY: closing event for media and internet freedom projects in Georgia
On 17 December 2017, the closing event of the EU/Council of Europe joint programmes “Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media” and “Protecting internet freedom through legislation and arrangements for multi-stakeholder dialogue” will take place in Tbilisi. The event will...
Regional conference on internet governance and digital agenda
The multi-stakeholder approach to internet governance in Eastern Partnership countries and the role of the Council of Europe with respect to human rights on the internet were among the topics of the regional conference on internet governance and digital agenda organised by the Council of Europe...
Network Neutrality in the Republic of Moldova
On 28 November 2016, following the Council of Europe expert’s field mission to Moldova during October 17-18 (on existing regulatory legal framework with regard to Council of Europe Recommendation on protecting and promoting the right to freedom of expression and the right to private life and EU...
Developments and challenges facing Georgian media and internet sector
On 6-7 December 2016, there will be a two-day meeting of the national stakeholders and partners including the representatives of the Georgian National Communications Commission, Charter of Journalistic Ethics, Georgian Public Service Broadcaster, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Developments,...
Training for internet service providers of Moldova on internet and human rights
On 19 October 2016, the Council of Europe (CoE) in partnership with the Moldovan Association of ICT companies organized the training course for Internet Service Providers of Moldova on Council of Europe and European best practices on Internet and Human Rights. The training has been delivered by...
Georgian Roundtable on Internet and Human Rights
On 21 October 2016, the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the local stakeholders held the roundtable on Internet and Human Rights. The event was attended by the representatives of the national Internet service providers as well as the state and civil society sector. During the event the...
Roundtable for Georgian Internet Service Providers on Internet and Human Rights
On 21 October 2016, the Council of Europe (CoE) in partnership with the local stakeholders is organizing a Roundtable for Georgian Internet Service Providers on Internet and Human Rights. The event will be attended by the representatives of the large and medium service providers but also by the...
Increasing awareness of code of conduct for broadcasters in Georgia in 2017
On 7 September 2016, the first Steering committee meeting was held within the framework of EU/CoE joints projects “Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media” and “Protecting internet freedom through legislation and arrangements for multi-stakeholders dialogue”. The meeting...
Georgian Internet Governance Forum
On 5 September 2016, the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the international organizations and the Georgian national stakeholders including the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Developments, the Georgian National Communications Commission, Internet Society, ICANN, European IP Networks,...
Improving Internet accessibility in Georgia
How to improve Internet accessibility and close the broadband gap in the South Caucaus? These are just some of the issues that will be discussed between state and non-state actors in the Georgian telecommunications market on 5 September 2016. The Council of Europe and the European Union are...
Human Rights on the Internet in Moldova
Moldovan stakeholders positively endorsed the Council of Europe report on Human Rights on the Internet in the Republic of Moldova, at a roundtable held on 30 March 2016. The aim of the Report was to assess whether national policies are in line with Council of Europe adopted standards...
Developments and challenges facing the Georgian media and internet sector
On 20-21 July the project team organised a two-day meeting of the national stakeholders including the representatives of the Georgian National Communications Commission, Charter of Journalistic Ethics, Georgian Public Service Broadcaster, Ministry of the Economy and Sustainable Development,...
Training course for LLM professors from Moldova on Human Rights and the Internet
On 11-12 of July 2016, the Council of Europe organised a training course for LLM professors from Academy of Public Administration and Moldova’s Universities on Council of Europe standards and best European practices on Internet and Human Rights including Internet Governance. The purpose of the...
Human Rights and the Internet in Georgia
On 14-15 December 2015, the Council of Europe in partnership with the Georgian National Communications Commission held the Internet Governance Forum – Human Rights with Regard to the Internet. First Channel of the Georgian National Public Service Broadcaster Maestro TV - National Television...
Moldova Internet User’s Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Day
The first ever international conference on “The Internet User’s Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Day” in the Republic of Moldova was organised under the Joint Project of the Council of Europe and the European Union “Strengthening the respect for human rights in the implementation of the Republic...
Rights and fundamental freedoms of Internet users in Moldova
On Thursday 28 April, the Joint Project of the Council of Europe and European Union “Strengthening the respect for human rights in the implementation of the Republic of Moldova’s Digital Agenda” will organise an international conference on “The Internet User’s Rights and Fundamental Freedoms...
Human rights on and offline in Moldova
Forty judges, prosecutors and cadidate judges of the Republic of Moldova have followed a training course to further increase skills and knowledge on the European Court of Human Rights case law and Council of Europe standards on human rights protection on the internet and rule of law in the...