CyberSEE

Summary

The CyberSEE project on “Enhanced action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in South-East Europe and Türkiye”, launched in January 2024, is a joint project of the European Union (Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations) and the Council of Europe, financed by the European Union under the IPA III instrument (90%), and the Council of Europe (10%), and is implemented by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC).

Details

Aim

The overall objective of CyberSEE is to strengthen the rule of law, security and regional co-operation in the South-East-Europe and Türkiye through a more effective response to the challenges of cybercrime and electronic evidence. Under this overall objective, the Project implements activities in the region with the specific objective to reach strengthened and more effective criminal justice response of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo to cybercrime and electronic evidence, in line with the provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, its Second Protocol and European Union objectives.

Outcomes

The expected results are

• Legislation and policy frameworks on cybercrime and electronic evidence improved in line with the Budapest Convention, its Second Protocol and related instruments
• Capacities of criminal justice authorities strengthened for investigation, prosecution and adjudication of cybercrime offences, as well as for the use of electronic evidence, and
• Capacities of criminal justice authorities enhanced on information exchange with cybersecurity institutions, as well as on international co-operation and co-operation with the private sector, on the basis of the Second Protocol to the Budapest Convention.