-5- PC.DEC/1202 10 March 2016 established by Permanent Council Decision No. 1039 or by direct dialogue with the submitting State making use of established contact mechanisms, including the email contact list and the POLIS discussion forum. The participating States will pursue the activities in points 9 and 10 above through existing OSCE bodies and mechanisms. The Transnational Threats Department will, upon request and within available resources, assist participating States in implementing the CBMs set out above. In implementing the CBMs, participating States may wish to avail themselves of discussions and expertise in other relevant international organizations working on issues related to ICTs. Considerations 2 Participating States will, at the level of designated national experts, meet at least three times each year, within the framework of the Security Committee and its Informal Working Group established by Permanent Council Decision No. 1039, to discuss information exchanged and explore appropriate development of CBMs. Candidates for future consideration by the IWG may include inter alia proposals for CBMs aimed at increasing transparency, co-operation, and stability among States in the use of ICTs. Such efforts should, to the extent that they relate to the mandate of the IWG, take into account and seek to complement the expert-level consensus reports of the 2013 and 2015 United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security, including their recommendations on voluntary CBMs, and the Group’s work in support of voluntary non-binding norms, rules and principles of responsible State behaviour in the use of ICTs. The Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat, through its Cyber Security Officer will, upon request and within available resources, assist participating States in implementing the CBMs set out above, and in developing potential future CBMs. 2 First adopted as part of Permanent Council Decision No. 1202 on 10 March 2016.