Strengthening Global Capacity to Combat Cybercrime: The Role of International Organizations and Technical Assistance in Practice

Strengthening Global Capacity to Combat Cybercrime: The Role of International Organizations and Technical Assistance in Practice

Room: R201

Time: 12:30 to 13:30, 25 October 2025

Organizer: World Bank

• Description: This side event will demonstrate the central role of capacity building in fostering cyber resilience and enabling effective implementation of the Hanoi Convention. It will also highlight how combating cybercrime strengthens trust in the digital economy and supports broader development objectives.

Specific aims:

• – Highlight the importance of capacity building in the effective operationalization of the Hanoi Convention, especially for developing countries.
  – Showcase the World Bank’s operational initiatives, including the Asia Pacific Cybercrime Hub – a partnership with the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise and the Korean Supreme Prosecutor’s Office.
  – Facilitate dialogue among senior representatives from international organizations and member states on best practices, challenges, and opportunities for strengthening cybercrime capacity.

• Participants:

– Ms. Bertha Nayelly Loya Marin – Head, UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime
– Mr. Gianluca Esposito – Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe
– Mr. Ghislain de Salins – Global Cybersecurity Lead, Digital Transformation VP, World Bank
– Mr. Sangsun Park – Senior Prosecutor (secondee at World Bank), Korean Prosecutor’s Office
– Ms. Martha Stickings – Deputy Head Strategic Police Matters Unit, Adviser on Cybercrime (virtual) (TBC)
– Moderator: Mr. Keong Min Yoon – Counsel, World Bank

For additional information about the event, please contact Ms. Se Yeon Chung, Counsel (schung8@worldbank.org).