The digital and technological space is becoming an increasingly important part of the geopolitical discussion. The EU’s has progressed towards a successful digital transformation for people, businesses, and the environment and continued to promote its vision of digital transformation to international partners. Through its Digital Diplomacy, the EU aims to secure our global role in digital affairs, to promote our human-centric approach to digital transition and protect the EU’s strategic interests. This training is conceived as a tool to support EU Delegation diplomats in improving their understanding of key technological issues and their knowledge of the EU digital policies.
In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Patryk Pawlak, the Executive Officer of the EUISS. Dr Pawlak has extensive experience in cyber capacity building policy, is a project director for the EU Cyber Direct - European Cyber Diplomacy Initiative, and is a former co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise.
In this podcast, Dr. Pawlak elaborates on cyber diplomacy and its importance for the EU, the increasing need for cyber capacity building, specifically in development policies, and provides insight into the influential trends of cyber capacity building in international cooperation.
Duration: 29 minIn this podcast we are joined by Mr Joe Burton who coordinates the Jean Monnet Network at the European Cyber Diplomacy (CYDIPLO). Joe Burton is also currently working on the CYBERCULT project funded by the European Commission.
In this podcast, he tells us more about his line of work and his main areas of expertise, including cyber warfare and cyber diplomacy. Furthermore, we discuss gender issues in cyber security as well as other challenges that different region face in this field.
Duration: 32 minIn this podcast, we are joined by Ms Alison August Treppel, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism of the Organisation of American States.
In this podcast, she tells us more about her role promoting the organisation’s counter-terrorism agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean, the organisation’s approach to cybersecurity, and about her experience in cyber capacity building and cybercrime.
Duration: 18 min
This course provides essential notions of cybersecurity, particularly within the context of international development and cooperation. It presents the basic concepts of cybersecurity, the existing and emerging threats in cyberspace, the EU cybersecurity policy framework and legislation, the essential traits of cyber diplomacy, cyber capacity building activities and how the EU contributes to global cyber resilience through its programmes.
Duration: 1,5 h
In this podcast, we are joined by Ms Folake Olagunku, Program Officer Internet and Cybersecurity at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission. She is currently working on implementing the cybersecurity agenda to facilitate initiatives that will assist the ECOWAS region to protect their cyberspace, critical information infrastructure and build confidence in the use of ICTs.
In this podcast, she tells us about the West African response to cybersecurity and fight against cybercrime, the importance of enhancing the cyber resilience of critical infrastructures as well as the relationship between cybersecurity and the traditional priorities of West African governments, such as socioeconomic development.
Duration: 25 min
In this podcast, we are joined by Mr Bertrand Lathoud, Head of the Cybersecurity Competence Centre (C3) at SecurityMadeIn.Lu. Mr Lathoud also works as member of the Advisory Board of EU CyberNet.
In this podcast, he tells us about the Luxembourg Cybersecurity Competence Centre, how cyber capacity building tools and programs used in developing countries can also be relevant at the national level for EU member states and Luxembourg’s cybersecurity priorities at the national and European levels.
Duration: 29 min
The course will explore the main concepts of digital dynamics in the context of development cooperation, present milestone documents on the wider policy framework of digitalisation, introduce EU objectives and strategies for the digital age and analyse how digital solutions can help with other challenges such as climate change.
Duration: 9 hours
This toolkit provides operational references and concrete examples to improve development actions, with a focus on best practices related to Digitalisation. It addresses the design and the management of projects, policy dialogue with partner countries, and leverages the digitalization potential in other areas such as agriculture, infrastructure, health, and education.
The toolkit is composed of a series of individual, independent info-sheets, covering a diverse range of subjects.
Also available in French and Spanish
This webinar, designed for EU Delegations staff, covered the building blocks of e-governance, benefits and challenges of e-governance and its potential in partnerships with third countries. e-Governance is about changing how governments work, share information and deliver services thanks to the use of ICT, optimisation of working procedures and supporting legal framework.
Duration: 1 h 30 min
This webinar is destined to EU staff in HQ and delegations.
This webinar is part of a series of two about artificial intelligence technologies, EU policies and concrete applications in EU partnerships worldwide. It covers an introduction on basic concepts of AI and its impact in our daily life, an overview of AI in developing countries and a presentation of the EU strategy, main policies and key geopolitical challenges in AI.
Duration: 1 h 10 min
In this podcast we are joined by Klara Jordan, the Chief Public Policy Officer of the Cyber Peace Institute. Ms. Jordan experience includes working in the private sector where she supported a range of cybersecurity companies in policy and government affairs. She has also worked on international law issues at the American Society of International Law and at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation in Belgium.
In this podcast, we discuss the Cyber Peace Institute’s initiatives, cyber security resilience in vulnerable communities and strengthening cybersecurity in developing countries through cooperation between the public and the private sector.
Duration: 23 min