Friday April 3rd 2020
First Steering Commitee of OCWAR-C -VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETING
Key informations • Programme OCWAR: "Organised Crime: West African Response” on Cyber insecurity, on Money Laundering and on Trafficking • Project OCWAR-C: "West African Response on Cybersecurity and fight against Cybercrime” (OCWAR-C)“ • Donor: European Union (EUD to Nigeria and ECOWAS) • Funded under the framework Regional Indicatif Programme 2014–2020 for West Africa – 11th European Development Fund • Partner: ECOWAS Commission (Directorate of Digital Digital Economy & Post) • Beneficiaries: ECOWAS Commission , ECOWAS Member States (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo) and Islamic Republic of Mauritania • Implementing agency: Expertise France • Budget: €7,5 M • Duration: 48 months (01/02/2019 - 31/01/2023) in 2 phases (Inception and Implementation)
Expected results
Result 1: Resilience and robustness of information infrastructure are improved
Strategicframeworkenhancingtechnical,operationalandanalyticexpertiseofnationalinstitutionsconcernedwithcybersecurityisestablished
Computersecurityincidents(CSIRTs)areestablishedandCSIRTsfrom2pilotcountriesarehandled,accordingtostandardprocedures
Cybersecurityawarenessandempowermentofstakeholderstosecuretheinternetatnationalandregionallevelsareimproved
Compliancewithhumanrightsandtheruleoflawisstrengthened
StrategicframeworktoimplementPublicKeyInfrastructure(PKI)isanalysed
Result 2: Capacities of relevant stakeholders in charge of fight against cybercrime are enhanced
Legalframeworkenablingcitizenstoenjoythedigitaldividendsofanopen,free,secureandresilientcyberspaceisimproved
Capacitiestorespondtocybercrimecasesareenhanced
InceptionPhase
First assessments
Initial situation of the countries
Action plans
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