The ESCWA Cyber Legislation Digest 4.0 Recommendations The Harmonization Project has always looked forward to major upgrades. Recommendations were issued as a result of proposals from regional experts in cyber legislation, as well as recommendations from ESCWA meetings and workshops. 4.1 Government Level Recommendations The following recommendations were issued for local implementation: 1. To highlight the importance of covering comprehensive cyber legislation. 2. To stress the importance of acquiring guidance from, as well as joining, international cyber legislation agreements and those issued in the Arab region. 3. To urge governments to proceed with the implementation of cyber legislation. 4. To ensure that within each country, there is coordination between different governmental bodies to avoid duplication of legislation. 5. To avail the required human and financial resources for the ongoing fieldwork. 4.2 Regional Recommendations The following recommendations apply at a regional level: 1. To stress the need for regional cooperation in matters related to cyber legislation by stressing the efforts made by the League of Arab States, ESCWA and regional and international organizations. 2. To highlight the importance of the ESCWA cyber legislation directives. 3. To draft an integrated agreement between Arab countries, that covers the six directives developed by ESCWA. 4. To develop plans that will develop and implement cyber legislation. 5. To facilitate electronic exchange between the countries in this region and build Arabian information societies. 6. To work on the unification of Arabic ICT and cyber legislation terminology in coordination with the League of Arab States. 7. To develop a legal Arabic database thesaurus. 22