Some 35 prosecutors, judges, cybercrime investigators and judicial trainers from South-East Europe and Türkiye participated in the Regional Judicial Training of Trainers Course in Tirana organised jointly by the CyberSEE project and CYBERKOP action of the Octopus project. Designed to strengthen their ability to deliver judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence at domestic level and building on the Regional Judicial Training on Electronic Evidence held in April 2025 in Sarajevo, the programme had the same participants returning to advance their skills on how to develop and deliver training courses.
The course centered on applying adult education principles and hands-on methodologies, ensuring that magistrates not only acquire knowledge, but also develop practical competencies. The activity was designed on the premise that subject-matter expertise does not automatically translate into effective training skills. While some experts are natural trainers, others need support to develop these abilities. The training therefore focused on creating practical domestic courses that build new skills using dynamic methods to actively engage participants and capture their interest.
By fostering an interactive, skill-based approach, the initiative sought to create a sustainable framework for judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence. The long-term objective is to establish a qualified pool of domestic trainers capable of integrating cybercrime-related modules into national judicial curricula, thereby enabling institutions to continue building capacity independently well into the future.
Octopus Project – CyberKOP Action
Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)