An overview of Senegal’s cyber policy landscape is available on the UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal E-learning Measure Scoping Project
This short scoping project comprised a needs assessment to gather input from stakeholders working in cyber policy in Sub-Saharan African countries in order to inform the development of an e-learning measure.
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Regionally Oriented National School of Cybersecurity – RONSC (École nationale de cybersécurité à vocation régionale, ENCVR)
Beneficiary Countries
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- + 13 more
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Regionally Oriented National School of Cybersecurity – RONSC (École nationale de cybersécurité à vocation régionale, ENCVR)
Inaugurated in Dakar in 2018, the Regional Oriented National Cybersecurity School (RONCS) is the result of a strong partnership between France and Senegal, serving as a regional hub for expertise and offering high-level training in cybersecurity. This school aims at empowering African states in the field of cybersecurity, thus responding […]
LuxWays
The project, titled LuxWays, will support a select number of Master’s students from participating Universities in Burkina Faso and Senegal to join SnT in Luxembourg and earn PhDs in a variety of computer science disciplines, predominantly in cybersecurity. These students are then intended to return to their home institution with […]
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Mainstreaming Human Rights in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Policymaking Processes (Phase I)
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Mainstreaming Human Rights in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Policymaking Processes (Phase I)
This project seeks to build the capacity of human rights organisations in five target countries and facilitate engagement in key cybersecurity and cybercrime policymaking processes at the national, regional, and global level.
CMM Review Senegal 2016
The Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), in partnership with the Senegalese Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications, Posts and Digital Economy, helped conduct a national cybersecurity capacity assessment using the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM).
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Senegal National CIRT Assessment
Implementors
Themes & Topics
- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- National Computer Security Incident Response
Senegal National CIRT Assessment
Study and analyse the country’s current cybersecurity status and needs. Information will be gathered by the ITU Global Cybersecurity Index, as well as public sources. Study institutional and organizational requirements, and arrangements for setting-up National CIRT. Undertake a series of interactions and discussions with the relevant stakeholders to assess the […]
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Capacity Building and Mentoring, West Africa
Beneficiary Countries
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- + 13 more
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Capacity Building and Mentoring, West Africa
Expected Outcome Improved capacity of judicial sector to prosecute and adjudicate cyber dependent and cyber enabled crimes through delivering training, legal technical assistance and ongoing mentoring.
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Progressing Cybersecurity in Senegal and West Africa (*GFCE Initiative)
Implementors
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- University of Oxford – Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC)
Themes & Topics
Progressing Cybersecurity in Senegal and West Africa (*GFCE Initiative)
As part of this initiative, the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC) conducted a review of cybersecurity capacities in Senegal, supported by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Senegal. The review, which took place in January 2016, was based on the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM). For […]
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Cybercrime@Octopus
Beneficiary Countries
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- + 13 more
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Cybercrime@Octopus
Cybercrime@Octopus is a Council of Europe project based on voluntary contributions aimed at assisting countries worldwide to implement the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and strengthen data protection and rule of law safeguards Project objective: To support implementation of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (CETS 185) and related instruments Objectives: To […]
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GLACY+ (Global Action on Cybercrime Extended)
Beneficiary Countries
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GLACY+ (Global Action on Cybercrime Extended)
Through training and advice, GLACY+ strengthens the capacities of states worldwide to apply legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence and to enhance their abilities for effective international cooperation in this area, with a particular focus on its currently 17 priority countries. It extends and expands on the experience and results […]
GLACY (Global Action Cybercrime)
The GLACY project strengthened criminal justice capacity in seven priority countries through training and advice, contributing to four of the countries subsequently acceding to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and the launch of the national computer emergency response team in Tonga.
