endorsing the Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative and should ensure that their
colleagues in government are aware of it and should, as appropriate, facilitate its work.
1. The Group recommends that the Commonwealth Secretariat, in collaboration with
other organisations and without duplication, should establish a virtual community
to share information and exchange views, and a repository of best practices and
lessons learned.
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12. The Group recommends that all Commonwealth countries be encouraged to
incorporate cybercrime and electronic evidence training within their national
training programmes for criminal justice actors.
13. The Group recommends that Commonwealth countries should be encouraged to
follow the model recommended within the Report and follow the steps and adopt
the measures listed in order to achieve an effective training strategy supported by
relevant educational material and good practice.
14. The Commonwealth Secretariat should take a lead on cybercrime and electronic
evidence training of criminal justice actors by
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
maintaining up-to-date information (in conjunction with other international
organisations) about existing training products that may be available to
Commonwealth countries from third party, national and international
organisations;
making use of the Commonwealth Connects platform to maintain a
database of existing regional and international training courses and
centres and available materials that can be accessed or distributed in
response to requests from national governments, judicial or law
enforcement bodies;
maintaining similarly a database of trainers and training providers that are
qualified and able to support training activities for criminal justice actors in
Commonwealth countries; and
working with training course providers, including those experienced in
training the judiciary in the Commonwealth, such as the Commonwealth
Magistrates and Judges Association, in order to create and develop course
materials and training of trainers courses in fields not covered by existing
national, regional or international training courses especially where gaps
have been identified and where further capacity building is required.
Training institutes should consider involving academic and private sector
experts in the design of their programmes and the development of training
material.
IMPLEMENTATION
16. Bearing in mind the seriousness of the practical implications of cybercrime and the
urgent need for the commitment of adequate resources, the Group strongly recommends
that member states contribute the resources needed for the implementation of the
foregoing recommendations.
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