Atelier n° 3 – Atelier régional pour l'Afrique
La fraude en ligne constitue l’une des menaces qui connaît la croissance la plus rapide pour la sécurité économique à travers l’Afrique. Alors que les autorités nationales restent freinées par des cadres juridiques fragmentés, des ressources limitées et des mécanismes de coordination transfrontalière défaillants, les réseaux criminels opèrent sans entrave d’un pays à l’autre, qu’il s’agisse d’escroqueries liées à paiements mobiles, de fraudes par échange de carte SIM, de campagnes de hameçonnage ou de stratagèmes d’investissement. Relever ce défi nécessite plus qu’une action nationale : cela exige une vision régionale commune. Cette session est conçue comme un échange de travail structuré visant à identifier un ensemble provisoire de priorités régionales en matière de fraude en ligne, que les autorités nationales pourront utiliser comme base pour une future coopération et l’élaboration de politiques. La discussion s’appuiera sur le contexte actuel, en s’appuyant sur les données les plus récentes concernant les typologies de fraude, les tendances et les lacunes des réponses régionales existantes. À l’issue de la session, les participants auront établi une liste classée de cinq à huit priorités régionales, un document de référence opérationnel, délibérément conçu comme un outil destiné aux praticiens plutôt que comme un engagement politique. Ce document a pour objectif d’orienter la coopération opérationnelle, d’éclairer les programmes de formation et d’aider les autorités nationales à harmoniser leur travail quotidien en matière de fraude en ligne.
Presentations and panel discussions
- Materials
Resources
Council of Europe:
- 135th Session of the Committee of Ministers (Chișinău, 14-15 May 2026), Feasibility study on the possible elaboration of a legal instrument on foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), including disinformation
- Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY): T-CY Guidance Note on election interference
- Council of Europe standards in the electoral field & Reference standards of the Council of Europe - Elections
- Council of Europe / Venice Commission:
- Interpretative declaration of the Code of good practice in electoral matters as concerns digital technologies and artificial intelligence (December 2024)
- Urgent Report on the Cancelation of Election Results by Constitutional Courts (January 2025) CDL-PI(2023)
- Reports and recommendations regarding elections and political parties Council for Democratic Elections - Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
- Joint report on digital technologies and elections https://www.coe.int/en/web/venice-commission/-/CDL-AD(2019)016-e
- Council of Europe Guidance note on countering the spread of online mis- and disinformation through fact-checking and platform design solutions https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/-/new-guidance-note-on-countering-the-spread-of-online-mis-and-disinformation-through-fact-checking-and-platform-design-solutions
European Union:
- Digital Services Act (European Union, 2024)
- The Code of Conduct on Disinformation | Shaping Europe’s digital future
- Transparency Centre
- EU External Action Service: Reports on Information Integrity and Countering Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference (FIMI) https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/information-integrity-and-countering-foreign-information-manipulation-interference-fimi_en
- EU NIS 2 Directive - 2022/2555 - EN - EUR-Lex
- ENISA Opinion Paper_03.indd : Election Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities
Brennan Center for Justice
- Gauging the AI Threat to Free and Fair Elections https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/gauging-ai-threat-free-and-fair-elections
Center for Democracy and Technology:
- Adaptation and Innovation: The Civic Space Response to AI-Infused Elections https://cdt.org/insights/adaptation-and-innovation-the-civic-space-response-to-ai-infused-elections/
- Adaptation and Innovation: The Civic Space Response to AI-Infused Elections
- This is Not An #Ad: Political Influencers, Elections, and Information Integrity on Social Media
- Generating Confusion: Stress-Testing AI Chatbot Responses on Voting with a Disability
- Election Integrity Recommendations for Generative AI Developers
- Rules of the Road: Political Advertising on Social Media in the 2024 U.S. Election
Institute for Strategic Dialogue:
- All operations on Armenia: Russia’s influence machine targets the vote, https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/all-operations-on-armenia-russias-influence-machine-targets-the-vote/
- The achilles’ heel of EU’s media sanctions: Reassessing RT Deutsch access ahead of Germany’s 2025 Federal Election https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/the-achilles-heel-of-eus-media-sanctions-reassessing-rt-deutsch-access-ahead-of-germanys-2025-federal-election/
- Effectiveness of the sactions on Russian state-affiliated media in the European Union https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Effectiveness-of-the-sanctions-on-Russian-state-media-1.pdf
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA):
- Cybersecurity in Elections https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/publications/cybersecurity-in-elections-models-of-interagency-collaboration.pdf
Microsoft:
- Russia, Iran, and China continue influence campaigns before Election Day 2024 | Security Insider
- Russia-linked operators engaged in expansive efforts to influence US voters | Security Insider
- Iran steps into US election 2024 with cyber-enabled influence operations | Security Insider
- How Russia is trying to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympic Games | Security Insider
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCPR):
VIGINUM (France):
- Analysis of the Russian information manipulation set Storm-1516: 20250507_TLP-CLEAR_NP_SGDSN_VIGINUM_Technical report_Storm-1516.pdf
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