Octopus Project - Voluntary Contributions from the United Kingdom
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 United Kingdom to the Octopus Project.
The project is open to voluntary contributions. Consult the Octopus Project leaflet here (version March 2026). 
United Kingdom makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of the United Kingdom, as represented by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, made a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project implemented by the Council of Europe. The contribution of up to GBP 100 000 is dedicated to supporting activities to be...
United Kingdom makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of the United Kingdom, as represented by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, made a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project implemented by the Council of Europe. The contribution amounts to GBP 180 000 and is dedicated to supporting activities to be...
United Kingdom makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of the United Kingdom, as represented by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, made a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project implemented by the Council of Europe. The contribution amounts to GBP 100,000 and is dedicated to supporting the International...
United Kingdom makes a further voluntary contribution to the new Octopus Project
The United Kingdom has made a further voluntary contribution to the new Octopus project, amounting to UK Pounds 100,000. The new project aims to support the implementation of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (CETS 185), its Protocols and related standards through the Cybercrime Convention...