American States, and the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe. At the same time,
the EU should endeavour to find common ground, where possible and opportune, with other
partners based on issues of common interest. Working with the EU Delegations, as well as
where relevant Member States’ embassies around the world, the EU should form an informal
EU Cyber Diplomacy Network to promote the EU vision of cyberspace, exchange
information and regularly coordinate on developments in cyberspace110.
Building on the Joint Declarations of 8 July 2016111 and 10 July 2018112, the EU should
continue to advance EU-NATO cooperation, notably on cyber defence interoperability
requirements. In this context, the EU should further pursue the affiliation of relevant CSDP
structures to NATO’s Federated Mission Networking, allowing network interoperability with
NATO and partners when necessary. In addition, cooperation between the EU and NATO on
education, training and exercises should be further explored, including by seeking synergies
between the European Security and Defence College and the NATO Cooperative Cyber
Defence Centre of Excellence.
In line with its values, the EU strongly supports and promotes the multi-stakeholder model
for Internet governance. No single entity, government, or international organisation should
seek to control the Internet. The EU should continue to engage in fora113 to enhance
cooperation and ensure the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, notably the right
to dignity, privacy and freedom of expression and information. To advance multi-stakeholder
cooperation on cybersecurity issues, the Commission and High Representative, in line with
their respective competences, aim to reinforce regular and structured exchanges with
stakeholders, including the private sector, academia and civil society, underlining that the
interconnected nature of cyberspace requires all stakeholders to exchange upon, and take
their specific responsibilities to maintain a global, open, stable and secure cyberspace. These
efforts will provide valuable input for potential key actions at EU level.
3.3. Strengthening global capacities to increase global resilience
To ensure that all countries are able to reap the social, economic and political benefits of the
Internet and the use of technologies, the EU continues to support its partners to increase their
cyber resilience and capacities to investigate and prosecute cybercrime and address cyber
threats. In order to ensure overall coherence, the EU should develop an EU External Cyber
Capacity Building Agenda to steer these efforts in line with its External Cyber Capacity
Building Guidelines114 and the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development115. The Agenda
should leverage the expertise of Member States and relevant EU institutions, bodies and
agencies and initiatives, including the EU's Cyber Capacity Building Network116, in line with
their respective mandates. An EU Cyber Capacity Building Board, shall be created to
encompass relevant EU institutional stakeholders, and to monitor progress, as well as the
identification of further synergies and potential gaps. It can furthermore support enhanced
110
It could where relevant also leverage the activities of the informal EU Digital Diplomacy Network
incorporating Member States’ foreign ministries.
111
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/07/08-eu-nato-joint-declaration/
112
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/07/10/eu-nato-joint-declaration/
113
Such as the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Internet Governance
Forum (IGF).
114
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10496-2018-INIT/en/pdf
115
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/sustainable-development/SDGs/index_en.htm
116
https://www.eucybernet.eu/
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