OSCE organizes regional train-the-trainers course on cybercrime in Central Asia

A five-day OSCE regional train-the-trainers course on cybercrime for criminal justice practitioners from the five Central Asian OSCE participating States concluded on 24 September 2021. The course aimed to provide the practitioners with the knowledge and skills necessary for developing and delivering professional training courses in this topic area.

With a strong emphasis on interactive exercises and practical skills, the training course covered topics such as the basics of adult learning theory; student-centered and participatory learning; non-verbal and verbal communication; use of training aids; and an introduction to electronic evidence principles and procedures. It also included an integrated module on human rights compliance in the investigation and prosecution of cybercrime cases.

The training course was delivered as part of the OSCE project, Capacity Building on Combating Cybercrime in Central Asia, in close co-operation with OSCE Field Operations in the region. The aim of the project is to build sustainable national training capacities for police officers and prosecutors on combating cybercrime. The initiative represents the first comprehensive regional effort on cybercrime.

While the project uses train-the-trainer courses as its core approach, it will also deliver thematic training courses on handling digital evidence by first responders, the Dark Web and virtual currencies, Internet investigations and open-source intelligence gathering with a focus on countering terrorism, and open source IT forensics and network investigations.