Octopus Project - Voluntary Contributions from the Netherlands
The Octopus Project is a Council of Europe project based on voluntary contributions from States Parties and Observers to the Convention on Cybercrime and other public and private sector organisations, aiming to support the implementation of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), its Protocols and related standards, as well as to address additional challenges that came to the forefront in the course of 2020.
The Council of Europe gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the Netherlands to the Octopus Project.
The project is open to voluntary contributions. Consult the Octopus Project leaflet here (version March 2026). 
Netherlands makes a new voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of the Netherlands has made a voluntary contribution of €50000 to support the Council of Europe action against cybercrime. This new voluntary contribution comes as a continuation of the financial support offered by the Netherlands to the Octopus Project in 2022, contributing to the...
The Netherlands makes a voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Netherlands, through the Ministry of Justice and Security, made a voluntary financial contribution of EUR 50 000 to the Octopus Project implemented by the Council of Europe until 31 December 2024. The project, based on voluntary contributions from State Parties and Observers to the Convention...