Octopus Project
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.
Results are expected in the following areas:
- Assistance of the criminal justice authorities from the countries willing to implement the Budapest Convention, its First Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism, its Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence, as well as related standards;
- Support to the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY);
- Organisation of the Octopus conferences on cooperation against cybercrime;
- Development of online tools for the delivery of capacity building activities on cybercrime and electronic evidence.
Duration of the project: 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2027
Documents
Project summary, June 2023
Full report: The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime: benefits and impact in practice, July 2020
Anniversary webpage: 20 years of the Convention on Cybercrime, October 2021
Factsheets: Convention on Cybercrime | First Additional Protocol | Second Additional Protocol, November 2021
Article: A new Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime: For a more effective criminal justice response to crime online – with strong safeguards, November 2021
Study: COVID-19 related cybercrime in Asia: Regional Study, June 2022
Leaflet: Joining the Convention on Cybercrime: Benefits: EN | FR | ES, December/September 2023
Cyberviolence Resource, December 2023 new
Leaflet:Study: Implementing the First Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on Xenophobia and Racism: Good practice study, December 2023 new
Article: C-PROC at 10: Ten years of capacity building by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe, December 2023 (also .pdf) new
Video resources
Vidéo du project Octopus, juillet 2021 (disponible en anglais uniquement)
Vidéo : La Convention de Budapest expliquée : EN | FR | ES, novembre 2021
Vidéo : Le Premier Protocole additionnel expliqué : EN | FR | ES, novembre 2021
Vidéo : Le Deuxième Protocole additionnel expliqué : EN | FR | ES, novembre 2021
Audio resources
Podcast (épisode 1) : Cathie parle de la cybercriminalité avec Alexander Seger | EN, octobre 2021
Podcast (épisode 2) : Plus de cybercriminalité avec Alexander Seger| EN, mai 2022
Podcast (épisode 3) : Table ronde sur la cybercriminalité | EN, mai 2022
Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: Specialised judicial training course on international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence
The specialised judicial training course on international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence is delivered under the CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project, between 23 to 25 April 2024, in Pristina. Addressed to prosecutors, representatives of the Academy of Justice and domestic...
Exchange of views with the diplomatic community and international organisations in Bucharest on the occasion of C-PROC’s 10th anniversary
The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), based in Bucharest, celebrates this month 10 years since it was established. On this occasion, a meeting with the diplomatic community and representatives of international organisations in Bucharest was hosted by C-PROC at its...
Ten years of cooperation between Romania and the Council of Europe for capacity building on cybercrime
The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), based in Bucharest, celebrates this month 10 years since it was founded. On this occasion, on 11 April 2024 an event was organised in Bucharest with representatives of criminal justice authorities in Romania and other relevant...
Octopus Project video (2021)
In Focus
Upcoming events:
CoE-IAP series of webinars (May-November 2024, online - to be announced)
Past events:
C-PROC 10th anniversary (April 2024: Day 1, Day 2)
20th Anniversary of the First Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Opening for signature of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
20th Anniversary of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)