Project profile — Securing Civil Society Organizations Against Digital Risks

• Pakistan (25.00%)
• Colombia (25.00%)
• Ukraine (25.00%)

• Africa, regional (4.17%)
• America, regional (4.17%)
• Asia, regional (4.17%)
• Oceania, regional (4.16%)
• Europe, regional (4.17%)
• Developing countries, unspecified (4.16%)

• Democratic participation and civil society:
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (50.00%)
Human rights (15160) (50.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

The project aims to support civil society organizations in carrying out advocacy work in the online space by increasing their ability to defend themselves from digital attacks. The project seeks to respond to the digital risks faced by civil society, human rights organizations, independent media and online activists by equipping them with tools, techniques and knowledge that help to deter, protect from, and address cyber-attacks.

The expected outcome for this project is an increase in the level of resilience from civil society organisations in response to digital attacks.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2019) include: (1) 290 civil society actors of Ukraine and Colombia received training and are utilizing security tools and information; (2) 14 organizations in Colombia and Ukraine received case-by-case consulting; (3) the project organized a 5 day international conference on cybersecurity; and (4) 33 organizations and 50 participants (of whom 21 are women) from almost every region of the world attended the conference.

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