A/70/174 support capacity-building in less developed countries. The 2013 report called upon the international community to work together in providing assistance to: improve the security of critical ICT infrastructure; develop technical skills and appropriate legislation, strategies and regulatory frameworks to fulfil their responsibilities; and bridge the divide in the security of ICTs and their use. The present Group also emphasized that capacity-building involves more than a transfer of knowledge and skills from developed to developing States, as all States can learn from each other about the threats that they face and effective responses to those threats. 21. Continuing the work begun through previous United Nations resolutions and reports, including General Assembly resolution 64/211, entitled “Creation of a global culture of cybersecurity and taking stock of national efforts to protect critical information infrastructures”, States should consider the following voluntary measures to provide technical and other assistance to build capacity in securing ICTs in countries requiring and requesting assistance: (a) Assist in strengthening cooperative mechanisms with national computer emergency response teams and other authorized bodies; (b) Provide assistance and training to developing countries to improve security in the use of ICTs, including critical infrastructure, and exchange legal and administrative best practices; (c) security; Assist in providing access to technologies deemed essential for ICT (d) Create procedures for mutual assistance in responding to incidents and addressing short-term problems in securing networks, including procedures for expedited assistance; (e) Facilitate cross-border cooperation to address critical infrastructure vulnerabilities that transcend national borders; (f) efforts; Develop strategies for sustainability in ICT security capacity -building (g) Prioritize ICT security awareness and capacity-building in national plans and budgets, and assign it appropriate weight in development and assistance planning. This could include ICT security awareness programmes designed to educate and inform institutions and individual citizens. Such programmes could be carried out in conjunction with efforts by international organizations, including the United Nations and its agencies, the private sector, academia and civil society organizations; (h) Encourage further work in capacity-building, such as on forensics or on cooperative measures to address the criminal or terrorist use of ICTs. 22. The development of regional approaches to capacity-building would be beneficial, as they could take into account specific cultural, geographic, political, economic or social aspects and allow a tailored approach. 23. In the interest of ICT security capacity-building, States may consider forming bilateral and multilateral cooperation initiatives that would build on established partnership relations. Such initiatives would help to improve the environment for effective mutual assistance between States in their response to ICT incidents and could be further developed by competent international organizations, including the 15-12404 11/17