Session objectives: 

• Understand the scope and work of the Council of Europe and the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC).
• Review the structure, aims and objectives of this course.
• Share any concerns or expected outcomes of the course.
• Discuss basic concepts that will be covered in the course.

Session objectives: 

• Recognise the global dimension of Internet and the international dimension of cybercrime.
• Explain the importance of international cooperation and recognise the available instruments for international cooperation in the field of cybercrime.
• Identify the need of very fast and efficient channels for international cooperation and the available instruments, the ways they are used, the timelines and effectiveness.
• Describe the efforts from international organisations regarding the implementation of new modalities of international cooperation.
• Discuss the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime - identify its general principles.

Session objectives: 

• Refresh concepts regarding cybercrime and electronic evidence and the relevant provisions of the Budapest Convention.
• Understand the different channels and mechanisms for formal international cooperation.
• Discuss an overview of the Budapest Convention as a leading tool for cooperation in the area of cybercrime and electronic evidence.
• Identify similarities across different channels and mechanisms for international cooperation.
• Discuss an overview of the Second Additional Protocol as a mechanism to enable international cooperation.

Session objectives: 

• To better understand Mutual Legal Assistance practice and procedures.
• To learn about challenges of the MLA process and what and how affects the efficiency of it.
• To learn about cooperation instruments, standards and channels of communication.
• To understand what are different legal requirements and considerations.
• To learn about existing assessments of MLA and to raise awareness about recommendations how to improve the process.
• To improve knowledge about existing supporting tools.

Session objectives: 

• to understand differences between formal and informal mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
• to get additional information and knowledge about International Organizations and Networks for Cybercrime organization, setup and competencies.
• to additionally analyse and understand implementation of the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention Article 35.
• to raise awareness about some of the local national solutions for suppression of the cybercrime and mutual legal assistance with that regards.