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UNITED NATIONS-SINGAPORE CYBER PROGRAMME: SENIOR EXECUTIVES CYBER
FELLOWSHIP AND WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NORMS AND CONFIDENCE
BUILDING MEASURES
The United Nations-Singapore Cyber Programme (UNSCP) was launched in 2018 by Ministerin-charge of Cybersecurity S Iswaran at the ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity
(AMCC). The UNSCP aims to support each ASEAN Member State’s (AMS) efforts in the
coordinated development of their national cyber security policy, strategy and operational
practice.
Prior to the launch of the UNSCP, CSA and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
(UNODA) worked together to develop the UNODA flagship online training course on the use
of ICTs in the context of international security.
The first run of UNSCP was held in July 2019 with a Norms Awareness Workshop. It was wellattended by senior officials from AMS, and participants expressed interest in workshops
delving deeper into implementing norms1 and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs).
Building on this good momentum and feedback from participants asking for multi-disciplinary
capacity building, CSA and UNSCP will further collaborate on: (a) a workshop on
Implementation of Norms and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in 2020; and (b) the
Senior Executives Cyber Fellowship.
a. Workshop on Implementation of Norms and CBMs
This is a four-day workshop on Implementation of Norms and Confidence Building Measures
(CBMs) implemented under the UNSCP. This is an extension of the existing two-day Norms
Awareness Workshop, last held in July 2019.
CSA and UNODA will jointly develop the curriculum of the workshop, focusing on how States
identify and operationalise not only the voluntary, non-binding norms recommended in the
UNGGE reports, but also the practical CBMs designed to minimise the risk of misperception
and conflict in cyberspace.
b. Senior Executives Cyber Fellowship
The Cyber Fellowship targets participants at the senior management level to provide them
with the necessary inter-disciplinary expertise to effectively organise national cybersecurity
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In 2018, the AMCC agreed to subscribe in-principle to the 11 voluntary, non-binding norms recommended in
the 2015 Report of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of
Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security (UNGGE), as well as to focus on
regional capacity-building in implementing these norms.