The Council of Europe has announced its intended contribution to a range of workshops and sessions at the forthcoming IGF in Vilnius. These include a workshop to discuss the Budapest Convention as a common basis for joint action against cybercrime.

Workshop 23 entitled 'Cybercrime: Common Standards and Joint Action', will take place on Wednesday 15th September. The workshop will discuss the following possible solutions:

Reinforcing global capacity building (technical assistance) efforts to support countries in the implementation of existing tools and instruments in a pragmatic manner.

Setting up of a mechanism (a type of “Cybercrime Action Task Force”) to determine needs and review progress made by countries in the implementation of the Budapest Convention and other instruments and tools.

Further details on the Council of Europe's involvement at Vilnius can be found on the COE website.

www.coe.int