12.04.2021

The CyberSouth project contributes to the prevention and control of cybercrime and other offences involving electronic evidence, in line with international human rights and rule of law standards and good practices. The project runs from 2017-2021 and has a budget of EUR 3.33 million. It is implemented by the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) of the Council of Europe

Countries covered: Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia

Its objective is to strengthen legislation and institutional capacities on cybercrime and electronic evidence in the region of the Southern Neighbourhood in line with human rights and rule of law requirements.

Actions of the program include: review, advice workshops, and online tools on legislation; elaboration and dissemination of guidelines; tools for public/private and international cooperation; policy advice through conferences, workshops, reports; development and dissemination of training materials, training of trainers, delivery of training courses (law enforcement and judicial); and domestic, regional and international workshops.