Octopus Interface Conference on
Cooperation against Cybercrime
(23-25 March 2010, Strasbourg)
[17 March 2010,
Strasbourg]
The
Octopus Interface Conference
2010 will take place on 23-25
March 2010 in Strabourg. It will
be launched with a high-level
panel on “Security and
fundamental rights – what rules
for the internet”. The
conference will focus in
particular on the need for a
global capacity building effort
to enable countries worldwide to
cope with crimes committed on
the Internet.
More than 300 experts from all
over the world, representing
governments, law enforcement
authorities, international
organisations and the Internet
industry, will discuss:
- Security and privacy in cloud
computing
- Effective measures against the
sexual exploitation and abuse of
children on the internet
- The Budapest Convention on
Cybercrime as a global framework
- Cybercrime training for judges
and prosecutors
- Law enforcement
responsibilities: the role of
high-tech crime units, CERTs/CSIRTs,
ICANN, registries and registrars
- Mapping networks against
cybercrime
- Technical cooperation against
cybercrime
The Conference will take place
in the Palais de l'Europe of the
Council of Europe in Strasbourg,
France. For those not able to
participate there will be a live
webcast of plenary and some of
the workshop sessions at
http://tv.coe.int/webcast.
Agenda
Octopus
Conference website
Special
file on the Octopus Conference
Thematic
file on cybercrime
TRES
Project: Expert meeting
on "Legislation and
practice in the
protection of children
from violence" (17 March
2010, Kyiv)
[17 March 2010,
Strasbourg] This important event is
organised by the Council of
Europe in co-operation with the
Committee on Family, Youth,
Sport and Tourism of the
Parliament of Ukraine. It aims
at examining the current stage
of the implementation of the
legislation with regard to the
protection of children against
violence, in particular against
sexual exploitation and sexual
abuse and the need for specific
new provisions to meet the
requirements of the Council of
Europe Convention on the
Protection of Children against
Sexual Exploitation and Sexual
Abuse (CETS No. 201), Convention
on Action against Trafficking in
Human Beings (CETS No. 197) and
European Social Charter
(revised). It also focuses on
the analysis as to what extent
children’s rights are observed
by the police, prosecutors and
courts during legal procedures
where children act as witnesses,
victims or accusers.
The need for a specific legal
and social policy will be
addressed and a preliminary
concept to ensure coherence
between the Ukrainian criminal
and civil legislation regarding
the prevention and prosecution
of the sexual offences against
children will be presented to
the Parliamentarians.
TRES Project: Workshop on
“Protecting children online –
Internet Hotline” (18-19 March
2010, Kyiv)
[12 March 2010,
Strasbourg] This event will aim at
examining the current situation
in Ukraine with regard to the
law and practice of protection
and assistance to child victims
of sexual offences through an
Internet Hotline, in the light
of Articles 11-13 of the Council
of Europe Convention on the
Protection of Children against
Sexual Exploitation and Sexual
Abuse (CETS No. 201) and the
Articles 5-6 of the Convention
on Action against Trafficking in
Human Beings (CETS No. 197). It
should also contribute to set up
the standards for the operation
of an effective Internet Hotline
for children in Ukraine, in
conformity with the above
mentioned Conventions. Finally,
it will allow discussions
regarding the performance of an
Internet Hotline as an essential
instrument for fighting against
illegal content online, such as
child sexual abuse images and
providing an anonymous facility
for the public to report
suspected illegal content
encountered on the Internet in a
secure and confidential way.
Agenda
(English only)
CoE
Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1882 (2009) on the
promotion of Internet and online media services
appropriate for minors:
English /
French
PACA Project: Steering Committee
meeting (10 March 2010, Tirana)
[9 March 2010,
Strasbourg]
The Steering
Committee
meeting of
the Project
Against
Corruption
in Albania (PACA)
will discuss
the
implementation
of the
Project
during its
first six
months (from
1 September
2009) and
how to move
forward on
implementation
of certain
specific
project
activities,
notably the
selection of
institutions
for
corruption
risk
analyses. The
meeting will
take place
in the
building of
the Council
of Ministers
of Albania.
Agenda:
English /
Albanian
Project on Cybercrime in
Georgia: Conference on
cybercrime (2 March
2010, Tbilisi)
[25 February 2010,
Strasbourg]
The progress made by
Georgia in fighting
cybercrime will be
discussed during the
Conference held at the
Ministry of Justice.
Recently, Georgian
authorities have
finalised drafting the
amendments on cybercrime
and data protection
legislation in view of
complying with the
international standards
and they are in the
process of establishing
a High Tech Crime unit
to investigate
cybercrime and deal with
digital evidence.
Representatives from the
Ministry of Justice and
the Ministry of Internal
Affairs will also
discuss further steps to
be taken as regards the
ongoing legislative and
institutional reform
process.
The joint EU/CoE Project
on Cybercrime in Georgia
provided continuous
support to this process
by carrying out several
activities to assist the
authorities in their
efforts to strengthen
capacities in Georgia
against cybercrime.
Agenda
List
of participants
Experts'
presentations
Project on Cybercrime in
Georgia: Workshop on law
enforcement-ISP
cooperation (2 March
2010, Tbilisi)
[25 February 2010,
Strasbourg]
The workshop will gather
representatives from law
enforcement authorities
and Internet service
providers to discuss
current challenges of
their cooperation and
identify the ways to
strengthen it.
The Council of Europe
“Guidelines on
cooperation between law
enforcement and ISP
against cybercrime”
will serve as a basis
for discussion.
Agenda
List
of participants
Experts'
presentations
More
information on law enforcement
and ISPs cooperation
Project on Cybercrime in
Georgia: “Train the
Trainer” course (1-3
March 2010, Tbilisi)
[25 February 2010,
Strasbourg]
This course is designed
to train the trainers in
delivering cybercrime
courses and ensure that
training is delivered by
local trainers in local
languages and only
limited needs of
international trainers.
The training follows a
series of activities
organised within the
Project which underlined
the need to provide
prosecutors, judges and
investigators of the
future High Tech Crime
unit with an insight
into the criminal use of
technology and to
strengthen their
capacities to
investigate and
prosecute cybercrime as
well as secure
electronic evidence.
List
of participants
More
information on cybercrime
training
Project on Cybercrime in
Georgia: Steering
Committee Meeting (1
March 2010, Tbilisi)
[25 February 2010,
Strasbourg]
The Steering Committee
will meet to review the
activities implemented
since October 2009 and
discuss further
activities and other
issues related to the
implementation of the
Project, which ends in
May 2010.
Agenda
List
of participants
GEPAC Project:
Development of
Anti-Corruption Training
Module (22-25 February
2010, Tbilisi)
[22 February 2010,
Strasbourg] Within the framework of
the GEPAC project, the
Council of Europe, in
cooperation with the
Federal Bureau of
Anti-Corruption (BAK) of
Federal Ministry of the
Interior of Austria, and
with the Government of
Georgia, is holding a
curriculum development
workshop for a
specialised
anti-corruption training
module for
investigators.
The workshop will be led
by Mr Michael Ocvirk,
BAK investigator with
the unit for Prevention
and Education, who will
present Austrian good
practices for review and
adaptation to the
Georgian national
context, and national
expert Mr Giorgi
Jokhadze, Trainer of the
Ministry of Justice of
Georgia.
Agenda
UN Crime Congress (12-19
April 2010, Salvador,
Brazil)
[17
February 2010,
Strasbourg]
The contribution of the
Secretary General of the
Council of Europe to the
UN Crime Congress is now
available.
Contribution
of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe:
English
/
French
MOLI-RU2 Project: 13th
International conference
on the Current issues of
fighting crime in the
Siberian region (18-19
February 2010,
Krasnoyarsk)
[12 February 2010,
Strasbourg] The MOLI-RU2 Project is
supporting this
conference organised in
co-operation with the
Siberian Law Institute
of the Ministry of the
Interior. The following
issues are to be
discussed in the course
of the Conference:
criminal situation in
Siberia, research and
prevention of crime in
the region, prevention
of organised, group and
repeated crime, juvenile
delinquency. MOLI-RU2
project is facilitating
the participation of
three foreign experts
from the United Kingdom,
Italy and Sweden. They
will present the
international experience
in combating corruption
and, in particular,
criminal law
confiscation and
correlation between
corruption and gifts.
Agenda
TRES
Project: 2nd workshop on
the implementation of
international standards
related to
investigation,
prosecution and
procedural law in cases
of sexual exploitation
and sexual abuse of
children (24-25 February
2010, Lviv)
[11 February 2010,
Strasbourg] In order to support the reform
of the legal framework,
policy and practice in
Ukraine regarding the
prevention of and the
fight against sexual
exploitation and sexual
abuse of children,
Ukrainian and
international experts
will meet in Lviv to
discuss the aspects
relating to the phases
of investigation and
prosecution of acts
involving sexual
offences against
children. They will
concentrate on a vital
importance of ensuring
that the procedures take
due account of the
particular vulnerability
of children facing such
procedures as victims or
witnesses to meet the
standards of the Council
of Europe Convention on
the Protection of
Children against Sexual
Exploitation and Sexual
Abuse (CETS No. 201).
Representatives from the
Police, Prosecutors and
Judges, especially from
the Lviv district and
neighbouring regions,
Members of the Working
Group for ratification
of the Convention CETS
No. 201 and
representatives from
NGOs active in the area
of protecting the rights
of children will take
part in this event.
Agenda:
English /
Ukrainian
GEPAC
Project: Presentation
for Media on National
Anti-Corruption Strategy
of Georgia and
Perception of Corruption
Surveys (29 January
2010, Tbilisi)
[3 February 2010,
Strasbourg]
A Presentation
for Media on National
Anti-Corruption Strategy
and on the results of
two GEPAC surveys took
place at the State
Chancellery. The
representative of the
survey company GORBI
presented the findings
of the surveys of
“Perception of
Corruption in Georgia –
General Public Survey”
and “Perception of
Corruption in Georgia –
Survey of Public
Officials”.
The Strategy was
presented by Mr Vakhtang
Lejava, Chief Adviser to
the Prime Minister of
Georgia on Economic and
Governance Affairs. His
presentation included
the role of the
Anti-Corruption Council
and the process of
Anti-Corruption strategy
formulation, and modes
of cooperation in this
process.
Agenda
GEPAC Project:
Perception of Corruption
Surveys are completed
[28 January 2010,
Strasbourg] The two surveys were conducted
among the general public
and the public officials
and addressed the
perception of corruption
in Georgia.
The general public
survey assessed the
degree of integrity of
various service
providers, the existing
corruption reporting
system, prevailing
attitudes and the role
of the Georgian Legal
System. Aspects of the
educational and public
health care systems, as
well as electricity,
water and gas utilities
were also examined.
The public official
survey marked
differences in the
number of observed cases
of corruption in the
last five years. The
most important
improvement was noted in
human resources
management. Most publics
officials consider
cronyism and bribes as
practices of the past.
Both surveys results
will be shared with
public during a
presentation for the
media scheduled for the
end of January 2010 in
Tbilisi.
General
Public survey
Public
Official survey
TRES
Project: Expert meeting
on the implementation of
activities regarding
training (27 January
2010, Kyiv)
[26 January 2010,
Strasbourg] The purpose of this meeting is
to discuss the
development of training
curricula with regard to
gender equality and
children’s rights, as
well as the set up of a
pilot course followed by
training activities in
this area for the
trainers of the
representatives of
relevant professional
groups, including
judges, on central,
regional and local
levels. The drafting of
a Manual for judges on
the European Court and
the national courts case
law regarding sexual
exploitation and sexual
abuse of children,
trafficking in Human
Beings and violence
against women and
children, including
domestic violence will
also be discussed
Agenda:
English
/ Ukrainian
PROSECO
Project: 8th Meeting of
Prosecutors' Network (25
January 2010, Rome)
[20
January 2010,
Strasbourg]
The 8th Meeting of the
Prosecutors' Network of Western Balkans will be
dedicated to the matter
of exchanging data on
criminal proceedings. In
fact, the Convention on
Mutual Assistance in
Criminal Matters and its
Additional Protocols
clearly provide for the
exchange of such data
between ministries of
justice. However, it
appears that this
information is not
shared with prosecutor’s
offices. The meeting
will therefore discuss examples of good
practice from European
countries, the various
approaches in the
project areas to this
complex issue and
possible ways of closing
the existing gaps.
Participants of this
meeting will be:
national contact points
of Prosecutors’ Network
and project contact
persons from Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia, Montenegro,
Serbia, "the former
Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia" and Kosovo*,
representatives of the
European Commission and
the Council of Europe.
* All reference to
Kosovo, whether to the
territory, institutions
or population, in this
text shall be understood
in full compliance with
United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1244
and without prejudice to
the status of Kosovo.
Agenda
(English only)
List
of participants (English only)
PROSECO
Project: Signature of
the amended Memorandum
of Understanding (25
January 2010, Rome)
[20
January 2010,
Strasbourg]
Chief prosecutors of Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and "the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" will meet on 25
January in Rome to sign the amended Memorandum of
Understanding for Regional Co-operation against
Organised Crime and Other Forms of Serious Crime. The
initial memorandum was signed on 30 March 2005 in Skopje
and marked the establishment of the Prosecutors’
Network; it provided vital basic elements for
strengthening cross-border co-operation in fighting
organised crime. The revised Memorandum broadens the
scope of prosecutorial co-operation between the project
areas by including other forms of serious crime (read
more...).
Agenda
(English only)
List
of participants
(English only)
Signed
Memorandum of
Understanding:
English /
Albanian /
Bosnian /
Croatian /
Macedonian /
Montenegrin /
Serbian
Information
note to the press
(English only)
GEPAC
Project: Public
Discussion on National
Anti-Corruption Strategy
of Georgia (15 January
2010, Tbilisi)
[19
January 2010,
Strasbourg]
One of the main aims of
the GEPAC project has
been to assist the
drafting of the
Anti-Corruption Strategy.
In relation to this, a
public discussion on
national Anti-Corruption
Strategy of Georgia took
place with the
participation of
representatives of Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) and
Academia. The draft
current strategy was
presented to the
participants and
templates were
disseminated in order to
receive feedback from
them. The deadline for
receiving the
submissions was set as
the end of January 2010.
Agenda
Publication of the 2009
annual report of the
technical cooperation
activities against
economic crime (January
2010, Strasbourg)
[13
January 2010,
Strasbourg] In 2009, the Council
of Europe has carried
out some 400 activities
under 13 economic
crime-related projects
involving a wide range
of countries and
organisations.
The report presents the
achievements of these
projects which aim at
building capacities to
enable countries to
ratify and implement
relevant Council of
Europe and international
standards and to follow
up on recommendations
resulting from
monitoring mechanisms.
Activity
report 2009 - Technical
cooperation against
economic crime
Registration for the 2010 Octopus
Interface Conference is open (23-25 March 2010, Strasbourg)
[13 January 2010,
Strasbourg]
Registration
forms are now available on the website of the 2010
Octopus Interface Conference to be held on 23-25
March 2010 in Strasbourg.
Website
of the 2010 Octopus Interface Conference
GEPAC Project:
Training on access of public to
information (26 December 2009,
Tbilisi)
[4
January 2010,
Strasbourg]
The Council of Europe
organised training for the public
officials dealing with granting
access of public information. The
objective of the meeting was to
discuss the national legislation on
free access to public information
and the problems of implementation
of this legislation in practice. The
discussion was aimed at the solving
of the day-to-day difficulties
connected with the providing of the
public information to the citizens.
Agenda
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