The ESCWA Cyber Legislation Digest Appendix B: The Timeline of the Harmonization Project The following sections summarize the various workshops and meetings conducted by ESCWA as part of the overall harmonization of cyber legislation activities. They cover the period from 2007 when the initial activities began until present. 5.6 2007 (December): Peer Consultation Meeting and the Template In December 2007, ESCWA organized a get-together for regional legal experts in Amman. The meeting was entitled “The Peer Consultation Meeting on Cyber Legislation in the ESCWA Region”.8 The objectives of the workshop were:   To meet with cyber legislation experts and present the June 2007 study entitled “Models for Cyber Legislation in ESCWA member Countries” for their review and comments. To create a core network of experts and institutions that would be involved in the continuous development, improvement and implementation of cyber legislation in the ESCWA region. The workshop was attended by representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, The Kingdom of Bahrain, The Royal Kingdom of Jordan, the Sultanate of Oman, Yemen and ESCWA. The meeting covered two other activities: 1. The presentation and discussion of a template that aimed at helping with the development of an implementation strategy for cyber legislation in the region. (This is discussed in section ‎3.4). 2. The presentation of two case studies by representatives from Syria and Bahrain where the template was implemented. These helped highlight the applicability of the template at the country level as well as the relevance of the study’s guidelines and recommendations. 5.7 2008 (December): Workshop on Cyber Legislation and Templates During 15-16 December 2008 in Beirut, Lebanon, ESCWA followed up with an event related to the meeting of regional experts. The meeting was entitled “Workshop on Cyber Legislation and its Implementation in the ESCWA Region”9. 8 http://www.escwa.un.org/information/meetingdetails.asp?referenceNum=651E http://www.escwa.un.org/information/meetingdetails.asp?referenceNum=891E 9 38