levels such as the development of national cyber security strategies, providing access to relevant technologies, support to Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) or Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) and establishing specialized training and tailored curricula including “training the trainer” programmes and professional certification. The benefits of establishing centres of excellence and other mechanisms for information exchange including legal and administrative good practices was recognized. The OEWG recommends that 91. States be guided by the principles contained in paragraph 86 in their ICT-related capacitybuilding efforts in the field of international security. 92. States, on a voluntary basis, continue to inform the Secretary-General of their views and assessments on Developments in the field of ICTs in the context of international security and to include additional information on lessons learned and good practice related to capacity-building programmes and initiatives. 93. States and other actors in a position to offer financial, in-kind or technical assistance for capacity-building be encouraged to do so. Further promotion of coordination and resourcing of capacity-building efforts, including between relevant organizations and the United Nations, should be further facilitated. 94. States continue to consider capacity-building at the multilateral level, including exchange of views, information and good practice. G. Regular Institutional Dialogue 95. The OEWG established by General Assembly resolution 73/27 offered, for the first time under the auspices of the United Nations, a dedicated platform for dialogue open to all States on developments in ICTs in the context of international security. 96. In addition to its objective to seek common understandings among all States through substantive exchanges as reflected in the previous sections of this report, the OEWG has fostered diplomatic networks and encouraged trust among participants. The broad engagement of nongovernmental stakeholders has demonstrated that a wider community of actors is ready to leverage its expertise to support States in their objective to ensure an open, secure, stable, accessible and peaceful ICT environment. The OEWG discussions were an affirmation of the importance of recurrent and structured discussions under UN auspices on the use of ICTs, as also recognized by the consensus reports of the GGE. Discussions 97. In their discussions at the OEWG, States recalled the OEWG’s mandate in General Assembly resolution 73/27 to study the possibility of establishing regular institutional dialogue and confirmed that the OEWG’s assessments and recommendations in this regard would be a central outcome of its work. 17 Commented [A31]: Merge recommendations at para 41, 58, 72 and 92 into one recommendation: “States, on a voluntary basis, are encouraged to survey and report national implementation of the assessments and recommendations in this report, as well as those in A/70/174 (as endorsed in A/Res/70/237), including through the attached model “National Survey of Implementation of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 70/237”, as part of the invitation to Member States to continue to inform the Secretary-General of their views and assessments on the issue of developments in the field of ICTs in the context of international security. States are encouraged to further develop templates in support of such efforts. ”