A Working Group of the MEDICRIME Committee, open to all member States and observers of the Council of Europe, will hold its first meeting to establish a 24/7 Network of national focal points to serve the scope and the objective of the MEDICRIME Convention.

Members of the Working Group aim to discuss responsibilities of a national 24/7 focal point, the selection of authorities to bear the role of national 24/7 focal point, the institutionalisation of the framework at national level and the operationalisation of the future 24/7 Network.

Discussions will be guided by experts who drafted the recent feasibility study on setting-up a 24/7 Network within the framework of the MEDICRIME Convention and members of the 24/7 Cybercrime programme which was established in the framework of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.

The MEDICRIME Committee currently gathers 18 Parties that have ratified the Convention, including 4 non-member States of the Council of Europe. The MEDICRIME Convention has also been signed by 18 countries, and 3 more are initiating the accession process.