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Accordingly, there are ongoing activities on the harmonization of views among
entities and bodies concerning the model of the strategic document that would be
synchronized with the European Union Network Information Security Directive and,
on the other hand, fulfil the constitutional organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE), an informal working group was formed. This group consists of
representatives of competent/interested institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it
has drafted the “Guidelines for a strategic cybersecurity framework in Bosnia and
Herzegovina”.
Also, the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina parti cipates in
ongoing activities for the drafting of the new strategy for preventing and combating
terrorism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which should cover the use of the digital
environment to conduct these activities.
The Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina actively participates in the
work of the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention Committee.
Upon the proposal of the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the
Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at its eightieth session, held on
10 November 2016, adopted the Decision on the establishment of the interministerial
working group for the implementation of the project for capacity-building in the area
of cybercrime (iPROCEEDS) (published in the Official Gazette of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, 14/17).
The European Union and the Council of Europe, in January 2016, signed an
agreement on a regional project with the aim of capacity-building in the area of
combating cybercrime for the South-Eastern European countries, iPROCEEDS, with
an emphasis on the confiscation of proceeds from online crime or cybercrime. The
project duration was 42 months. The project was financed by the Eur opean Union and
the Council of Europe, while the implementation is carried out by the Council of
Europe Office for Cybercrime in Bucharest. It has been proposed that the project team
representing Bosnia and Herzegovina be composed of representatives of the Ministry
of Justice that are competent for the given crime: prosecutor’s office, police, financial
intelligence department, etc. In accordance with the above-mentioned, the given
working group has been formed.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina coordinates
the project team members for iPROCEEDS-2 on targeting crime proceeds on the
Internet and securing electronic evidence in South-Eastern Europe and Turkey, which
started in January 2020. This project will build on the results achieved during the
implementation of the iPROCEEDS project and concentrate on targeted support under
the following project areas: (a) legislation regarding securing electronic evidence and
access to data in full respect of fundamental rights and freedoms, including privacy
and personal data protection; (b) alignment with European Union and Council of
Europe personal data protection standards; (c) promotion of cybercrime and
cybersecurity policies and strategies; (d) inter-agency and public-private cooperation
for the investigation of cybercrime and proceeds from crime online; (e) public
reporting systems on online fraud and other cybercrime offences; (f) judicial training
on cybercrime and electronic evidence and related financial investigations and
anti-money-laundering measures; and (g) international cooperation and information sharing for the investigation of cybercrime and proceeds from crime online. The
project duration is 42 months.
The Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina successfully condu cts the
role of point of contact for the implementation of OSCE confidence-building
measures. Some of the activities that have been accomplished in this period are the
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