First Pacific Islands Capacity Building Workshop on Child Online Protection and Commonwealth National Cybersecurity Framework Regional Workshop, 22-24 September 2014, Port Vila, Vanuatu

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), in collaboration with the International Multilateral Partnership against Cyberthreats (IMPACT) and the Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulator of Vanuatu (TRR), Office of the Government Chief Information Officer of Vanuatu (OGCIO), and with support from the Department of Communications, Australia, are organizing the First Pacific Islands Capacity Building Workshop on Child Online Protection. This event took place in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 22 to 24 September 2014.

The last two days (25 to 26 September 2014) are optional for regional participants to attend and focused on building a child online protection national strategy for Vanuatu.

The First Pacific Islands Capacity Building Workshop on Child Online Protection aims to build awareness on issues and features related to Child Online Safety. In particular, the workshop covered the five pillars of the Child Online Protection (COP) Initiative: legal measures, technical and procedural measures, organizational structure, capacity building and international cooperation.

The objectives of the conference are to:
  raise awareness on COP at a regional level and identify strategies/policies that can help the Pacific islands to build a harmonized framework related to child online safety;
  address human and technical capacity challenges and identify strategic partnerships; and
  identify efficient reporting mechanisms. The objectives are: a) raise awareness on COP at the regional level and identify strategies/policies that can help the pacific islands to build a harmonized framework related to child online safety; b) address human and technical capacity

In addition, during the first day, The Commonwealth National Cybergovernance Model will be presented by the CTO with the aim of sharing ideas with delegates on how to customize the model framework according to the needs of individual countries.

Although there is no participation fee for this meeting, please note that all expenses concerning travel, accommodation and insurance of participants should be covered by your Administration/Organization/Company.

To register for the meeting, participants are kindly requested to complete the registration form and send it by email directly to Mr. Wisit Atipayakoon, ITU Programme Officer, at wisit.atipayakoon@itu.int by 25 August 2014 at the latest, given attendance places are limited.

Subject to the available financial resources and in order to encourage participation, we are pleased to provide one partial fellowship for each eligible country of the Pacific, on a first-come, first-served basis to participate in the event. Please send your applications to wisit.atipayakoon@itu.int on or before 25 August 2014 .

Please note that the meeting will be paperless. Documents related to the event, including Agenda, Registration Form, and Practical Information for Participants will be posted on the ITU website as referenced above. Participants are invited to download and print the documents needed for the event.

Should you have any questions or require clarification concerning the venue, accommodation, entry visa and etc., please contact Ms. Louise Nasak, Focal Person of TRR, at louisenasak@trr.vu.