empowering victims of cybercrime

ended

At least a million people are victims of cybercrime daily, although many attacks go unnoticed. ROAR’s objective is thus to promote reporting and improve support to and protection of victims of cybercrime. The project involves: establishment of specialised support services for cybercrime victims; increased multi-stakeholder cooperation; promotion of victim-sensitive investigations; engagement of technology industry; awareness raising. Increased understanding of cybercrime and multi-stakeholder cooperation will be attained through technical visits and thematic workshop targeted to law enforcement/judicial authorities, with involvement of key-stakeholders from technology industry and victim support experts. The knowledge gathered will be vital to promote victim-focused investigations and positive judicial outcomes, as well as the necessary commitment to further prevent and respond to cybercrime. A Policy Paper will be jointly issued by the whole partnership in order to seek action from policy makers and governments. Two Pilot Specialised Support Units for Victims of Cybercrime will be established relying on cooperation and referral with/to law enforcement/judicial authorities. A best practices manual will then be developed outlining a broad understanding of cybercrime and model intervention procedures, which will serve as basis to: creation of a training manual and courses for victim support workers; design of a Pilot Specialised Unit Case Management Platform. Awareness raising/prevention will follow, with input from industry partners and a communication agency, in order to draw an effective communication strategy for an online/offline awareness campaign and the delivery of 10 awareness raising sessions in schools, in Portugal and Romania. A final conference, gathering multi-stakeholder experts will be held in Portugal to present the project’s results, strengthening long-lasting cooperation and promoting public debate on prevention of and fight against cybercrime. .