The Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC), in cooperation with INTERPOL, delivered the International Training and Certification of Trainers on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence in Ankara, Türkiye.
Jointly organised under CyberSEE and GLACY-e projects, the workshop gathered law enforcement, Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and prosecutors from around 8 countries to learn how to best design, deliver and sustain high-quality, needs-based training at national and regional levels.
Across six days, participants completed INTERPOL’s Instructor Development Course (IDC) and a Course Developer’s Workshop (CDW), moving from foundations to practice: adult-learning principles, ADDIE-based lesson design, assessment, blended learning and ethical responsibilities. The programme combined unscripted speaking drills, interactive micro-teaching and assessed 20-minute presentations with structured feedback, alongside hands-on work to produce full one-hour lesson plans and a pilot course design lab. The workshop also addressed legal and ethical responsibilities, gender equality and human rights, and concluded with testing, individual feedback and a brief closing session.
As handling of electronic evidence becomes mandatory for the frontline officers, sustainable capacity building depends on trainers who can translate international standards such as the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) into practical, context-relevant learning. By the end of the training, participants learned to draft lesson plans and implementation roadmaps so that they can deliver a national cybercrime training in their home institutions in the first quarter of 2026,
The Cybercrime Programme Office will continue supporting national authorities to develop and deliver needs-based training on electronic evidence. Follow-up will help countries align legislation and procedures with the Convention on Cybercrime, while providing guidance on course design, facilitating peer exchange, and applying quality assurance to ensure consistent and sustainable impact.
Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC)