End of project target: - Specialised police units in priority countries are operational and report a 40% increase in investigations. - Use of Standard Operating Procedures for cybercrime investigations and handling of e-evidence. Activities: - Prepare an assessment (study) on specialised cybercrime and computer forensic units (police and prosecution) in the Southern Neighbourhood region. - Translate the E-evidence Guide and the Standard Operating Procedures Guide to French and Arabic and Standard Operating Procedures for first responders to cybercrime investigations, Guide on Seizing Cryptocurrencies, Guide on LEA training strategy and Guide on cybercrime criminal justice statistics to Arabic. - Organise a regional workshop on specialised cybercrime and computer forensic units and specialised prosecutors to share experience. - Organise a regional workshop on cybercrime training strategies and access to training materials. - Organise a regional workshop on standard operating procedures for police and prosecutors on e-evidence based on the SOP guide developed under the project. - Organise in-country workshops or otherwise provide advice on the development of domestic SOPs for e-evidence and on the strengthening of cybercrime units. - Hold regional workshops on law enforcement/service provider cooperation with the participation of multi-national service providers. - Hold in-country activities on LEA/ISP cooperation in support of cooperation arrangements. - Organise regional and in-country workshops on interagency cooperation between cybercrime units, financial investigators, financial intelligence units and prosecutors in the search, seizure and confiscation of online crime proceeds. - Organise regional and in-country training events in coordination with other EU funded projects on Darknet, Open-Source Intelligence, Ransomware, and virtual currency investigations. Support the development of the domestic Standard Operating Procedures for the collection, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence - Prepare a Guide for first responders to cybercrime investigations and support the development of a domestic toolkit for First responders/cybercrime investigators. - Support the organisation of a study visit to a country or international organisation for enhancing the international cooperation and sharing of best practices. - Prepare a Guide on Law Enforcement training strategy on cybercrime and e-evidence and provide advice on developing national strategies. Result 3 Judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence mainstreamed End of project target: - Modules on cybercrime and electronic evidence are included in the curricula of judicial training institutions and delivered in the five priority countries. - Share of reference magistrates having received basic and advanced training delivered by local trainers. Activities: - Pool of national trainers established. - Prepare an assessment (study) on judicial training systems and capabilities in the Southern Neighbourhood region. - Organise a regional workshop for representatives of judicial training institutions to reach agreement on the approach to follow. - Organise in-country training of trainers workshops (in five countries). 4