An overview of Mauritius’ cyber policy landscape is available on the UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal Project
ICT Policy & Regulation – Institutional Strengthening (iPRIS) – Boosting the Capacities of African Telecom Regulators Through Peer to Peer Learning
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- Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER)
- The Luxembourg Regulatory Institute (ILR)
- Sweden – Post and Telecom Authority (PTS)
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ICT Policy & Regulation – Institutional Strengthening (iPRIS) – Boosting the Capacities of African Telecom Regulators Through Peer to Peer Learning
ICT Policy & Regulation – Institutional Strengthening (iPRIS) contributes to bridging the digital divide by enhancing inclusive and meaningful digital connectivity in Africa. It does so by boosting the capacities of African telecom regulators through peer-to-peer learning with African and European counterparts.
Global Action on Cybercrime Enhanced (GLACY-e)
The GLACY-e (Global Action on Cybercrime Enhanced) is a Joint project of the European Union (Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation instrument – NDICI-Global Europe) and the Council of Europe. The GLACY-e project builds on the expertise and experience gained by the hub countries in the previous GLACY+ project, GLACY-e addresses […]
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Advancing Regional Cyber Security and Stability in Africa – Expert Roundtable
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Advancing Regional Cyber Security and Stability in Africa – Expert Roundtable
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) and the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy organized a three-day workshop with senior officials from Africa’s regional institutions and representatives from national computer emergency response teams.
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Capacity Building for Southern African States on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms
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Capacity Building for Southern African States on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms
Delivering a 5-day online course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms to government officials from the SADC region.
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Commonwealth National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Community: Strengthening Capabilities, Promoting International Cyber Security Standards and Skills and Facilitating Collaboration
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- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Gambia (the)
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- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- National Computer Security Incident Response
Commonwealth National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Community: Strengthening Capabilities, Promoting International Cyber Security Standards and Skills and Facilitating Collaboration
This project continued the work of the ‘Commonwealth CSIRT community – Extension’ into 2022 by maintaining the CSIRT community network and diving deeper into the topics of threat and resilience; technology and ecosystem; global leadership and influence; and human rights.
Combatting Cybercrime in the Commonwealth
This project will build upon the Commonwealth Secretariat’s previous cybercrime capacity building work to increase awareness of cybercrime in the Commonwealth
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African Commonwealth National Cyber Risk Assessment Community
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- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
African Commonwealth National Cyber Risk Assessment Community
This project supports African Commonwealth countries with capacity building work packages that are tailored to help address the most critical risks and capacity gaps that were identified by the earlier National Cyber Risk Assessment project with 10 Commonwealth countries in Africa during 2019-2020.
Commonwealth CSIRT community – Extension
This project extended the ‘Commonwealth Cyber Security Incident Response Team Workshops’ project with the aim of creating an online information-sharing portal for Commonwealth member incident response teams and related professionals.
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Women in Cyber (WiC) Mentorship Programme – ITU
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Women in Cyber (WiC) Mentorship Programme – ITU
The Women in Cyber Mentorship Programme, part of ITU’s Cyber Skills Development initiatives, empowers women in cybersecurity through mentorship, training, and role model engagement. It includes webinars, technical and soft skills courses, and mentorship circles, complementing sister projects like Her CyberTracks to advance gender equality and professional capacity in cybersecurity […]
Introducing Estonian ICT solutions to developing countries
Estonia as one of the most advanced digital society attracts governments and institutions to learn from Estonian experience. eGA provided tailor-made training courses on digital transformation and e-governance to help government officials around the world better understand the importance of information society development. The courses clarified the decisions that organisations need […]
Global Cyber Policy Dialogues: Southern Africa
The dialogue is part of a Global Dialogue Series being undertaken by ORF America in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, which aims to convene regional meetings to address capacity building around key cyber challenges and complement ongoing international cyber norms processes. At the October 2020 […]
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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Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Report for Countries in SADC (based on CMM& GCI)
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Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Report for Countries in SADC (based on CMM& GCI)
To evaluate the cybersecurity status of each of the sixteen countries in the Southern African Development Community as a region and ascertain their cybersecurity capacity maturity in light of emerging cyber risks, threats and vulnerabilities, the ‘Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)‘ published a report.
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CMM Review Mauritius (as part of the Commonwealth Cyber Programme)
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CMM Review Mauritius (as part of the Commonwealth Cyber Programme)
The Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), in partnership with CERT-MU, helped the government of Mauritius conduct a national cybersecurity capacity assessment using the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM).
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Women in International Security and Cyberspace Fellowship (WiC)
Implementors
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- Cyber Law International
- Chatham House
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Women in International Security and Cyberspace Fellowship (WiC)
The Women in International Security and Cyberspace Fellowship (WIC) supports attendance at the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) and deliver negotiation skills trainings to women diplomats from all regions in United Nations cyber negotiations. The Fellowship comprises two editions: the first one in support of OEWG 2018-2019 and the current […]
