4. The Group recommends that Commonwealth countries develop effective prevention strategies in co-operation with the private sector and civil society, having regard to the need for preventive measures to be co-ordinated internationally. Specific elements should include the development and maintenance of appropriate technical security measures, training directed at specific situational threats or risks, and educational and awarenessraising programmes directed at general populations. PART 2 5. The Group recommends that Commonwealth countries should be encouraged to bring their laws into line with the Commonwealth Model Law and the Harare Scheme (as revised). 6. The Group recommends that Commonwealth countries should be encouraged (i) to accede, where practicable, to the Budapest Convention8; and/or (ii) where they can do so without prejudicing other forms of co-operation, to consider becoming Party to any regional and/or international cybercrime conventions and participating in other initiatives to ensure co-ordinated action against cybercrime. 7. The Group considers that there is no immediate need to revise the Commonwealth Model Law, but given the rapid evolution of cybercrime, some supplementation may in future be judged necessary. 8. The Group recommends that Commonwealth countries should also be encouraged to develop and implement all other components of an effective and adequately resourced response to cybercrime, and the challenges related to the recognition, collection, preservation and admissibility of electronic evidence in relation to any type of criminal activity. 9. The Group recommends that the Commonwealth Secretariat should in managing the Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative and in its more general work on such matters as money-laundering and terrorism, without unnecessarily duplicating effort, continue its role in the development of capacity within the Commonwealth to combat cybercrime, and continue to collaborate with other international and regional organisations to provide and/or facilitate technical assistance in this field to member states. 10. The Group recommends that Law Ministers should follow the lead of CHOGM in 8 In view of the continuing work of the open-ended expert group on cybercrime established by the General Assembly, UNODC cannot endorse this part of the Recommendation. 8