Governments and organizations around the world are supporting comprehensive action plans to build cyber capabilities.
The first-ever Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B), dubbed “Accra Call”, was recently held in Accra and declared capacity building for the global cyber industry.
The two-day event brought together hundreds of cybersecurity and ICT experts from around the world to discuss possible ways to curb various crimes and harmonize the development of the digital space.
This global framework of action sees governments and organizations across all sectors and regions voluntarily advance commitments on 16 concrete actions to improve cyber resilience across international and national development challenges. , confirming the desire to pursue and adjust.
Additionally, activities within this framework aim to support broader development goals and facilitate cyber capacity building to effectively respond to the needs of developing countries.
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Building cyber capabilities as a key enabler of sustainable development, growth and progress
The Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B) will raise awareness of the importance of all countries having the expertise, knowledge and skills to invest in their digital future, and will encourage countries to work together to develop these capabilities. It was held to encourage people to work on development. A free, open and secure digital world.
For the first time, high-level leaders, cybersecurity and capacity-building experts, and the international development community from around the world have come together to work on common goals and solutions.
GC3B also noted the international need to increase resources for building cyber capacity, a key enabler of sustainable development, economic growth and social progress. The presentation of “Akra Call” was the highlight of the conference.
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Cyber resilience is key to digital transition
The digital world is impacting every aspect of our lives. It enables us to connect, work, learn and travel, and plays a critical role in protecting life’s necessities such as food, water and healthcare. This presents huge opportunities, but also digital risks. We all need to be aware of these risks. government. business. Academia. Society as a whole. Ensuring a free, open and secure digital world requires that all countries have the resources, knowledge and skills they need to invest in their digital future. Countries must work together and support each other with these capabilities to ensure that no country is left behind in the digital evolution. After all, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
16 actions of Accracole
Accracol is supported by governments, development donors and partners, multilateral and bilateral financial institutions, international and regional organizations, the private sector, the technical community, civil society, academia, and philanthropic organizations. The action framework consists of 16 actions, which are divided into four categories:
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Strengthening the role of cyber resilience to achieve sustainable developmentt:
Cyber resilience plays a key role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, managing the risks of domestic and international development investments, and contributing to international security and stability.
Promoting demand-driven, effective and sustainable cyber capacity building:
Previous experience in cyber capacity building has focused on aligning investments and efforts with the financial, institutional, technological, and human capacities of developing countries to create effective, inclusive, and locally sustainable change. It highlights the need to engage all strata of society to promote.
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Foster stronger partnerships and better coordination. The cross-cutting and interdependent nature of cyber resilience fosters a whole-of-society and ecosystem approach to cyber capacity building that fosters meaningful multi-stakeholder partnerships and leverages the added value provided by the private sector, technical communities, and services. A holistic approach is also required. Civil society brings expertise and investment and enables effective coordination at national, regional and international levels.
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Freeing up financial resources, collaboration and implementation: The growing need to integrate cyber resilience across development approaches is driven by the growing demand for cyber capacity building by developing countries, against existing multiple priorities and financial constraints, so all available funding options, collaboration, and deployment methods need to be systematically expanded. This has been done traditionally.
Promoting, pursuing and coordinating these efforts will improve cyber resilience across international and national development challenges, support broader development goals, and build cyber capabilities to effectively respond to the needs of developing countries. construction will be facilitated.
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Looking to the future – assessing your actions in 2025
Progress on these activities will be reviewed every two years at the next edition of the World Conference on Cyber Capacity Building, led by the World Forum for Cyber Expertise. His next GC3B is scheduled for 2025 and will be hosted by the Swiss government.
About GC3B
The Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building is co-organized by the World Forum on Cyber Expertise, the World Bank, the Cyber Peace Forum, and the World Economic Forum, and hosted by the Government of Ghana.
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