The joint European Union and Council of Europe’s CyberEast project held its Third Steering Committee of the project on 10 June 2021.
More than 60 project country team members, project partners and Cybercrime Programme Office staff took part in this virtual meeting, aiming to hear directly from project countries on the impact of the project, especially under the COVID-19, the review of the progress of CyberEast in 2021 since the Second Steering Committee, as well as to discuss country team management and visibility and communication under the project.
The representatives of the European Commission have underlined the importance of the project in ensuring alignment to standards set by the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, and relevance of the project action goals set by the 2020 EU Cybersecurity Strategy for external partners, including the Eastern Partnership countries. The counterparts of the project have also appreciated the relevance of the project in light of increased challenges of cybercrime in the region, and have strongly supported the proposed extension of the project until the end of 2023.
The Steering Committee meeting participants also discussed and approved the project Workplan for the remaining of 2021, paving the way for more focused and varied action for ensuring cyber resilience in the Eastern Partnership region.
