in Georgia and both public and private sides equally understand each other’s importance in this process. To facilitate the development of professional networks, Georgian government cyber authority has been organising, now in its seventh year, the Cybersecurity Forum. Convening 40 to 50 participants, the forum serves as a platform for exploring publicprivate partnerships. Georgian government tries to institutionalise the platform, giving the network more systematic and regular character and encompass a larger number of diverse stakeholders in order to firstly, inform targeted recommendations and to explicitly gauge the awareness of these stakeholders about practices, processes, and programmes already in place, and, secondly to initiate common mutually beneficial projects and activities. It is already 11th year since the Georgian information technology conference GITI provides opportunities for 400 participants from more than 30 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia to exchange best practices in the field of cyber and information security. The conference was an important fixture for security professionals in the region, facilitating the identification of counterparts and valuable points of contacts in neighbouring countries for cross-border cooperation. The setting also offers possibilities for information exchanges between policy-makers and the technical community; 9) Formal mechanisms of international cooperation have been established in order to handle cyber incidents, collect and provide digital evidence to the requesting foreign partners and prevent and combat cybercrime by facilitating its detection, investigation and prosecution, with established communication channels. Georgia cooperates with the EU, the US and other third countries on the basis of bilateral and multilateral agreements on criminal matters, as well as based on bilateral MoUs for partnership and cooperation during cross-national cyber crisis and security incidents coming from or through Georgian territory. Georgia is committed to utilize its human and technical resources in crossnational cyber operations, technical, policy and legal assistance to combat cyber-crime and other cyber related threats and attacks; 10) Georgia has made a conscious decision to expand its international cooperation with likeminded states and trusted partners by sharing its knowledge and experience and thus building trust and ties with international partners. Georgia is a forerunner in the field of cybersecurity among South Caucasus, Black Sea and other EaP countries, based on ITU Global Cybersecurity Index Georgia ranks #9 in Europe and #18 globally in terms of its endeavours to improve own cybersecurity posture. Georgia has numerous involvements in international experience sharing activities. Georgia helped other countries in transition in developing of their cyber capabilities, conducted trainings and capacity sharing activities for foreign counterparts (also through NATO SPS program), including provision of consultancy and ICT audit services, recommending legal and institutional framework design. On a yearly basis, Georgia hosts multiple delegations of foreign countries interested in acquiring knowledge on successful ICT and cyber reforms undergoing in Georgia. Georgia hosts professional workshops on 4