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Geneva Peace Week meets New York

Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Exeutive Director participated in a panel on "Harnessing Technologies to Build a Better Future" at IPI in New York

Listen to the recording of the great panel at the Geneva Peace Week meets New York Event at IPI with inter alia Anne-Marie Buzatu Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4peace on: “Harnessing  ...

ICT4Peace at the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) Stakeholder Session in New York

Fifth Substantive Session of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies (2021-2025)

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace Executive Director at the OEWG Stakeholder Meeting of the Fifth Substantive Session at the UN in New York on 26 July 2023. The Fifth Substantive  ...

Gendering Cybersecurity through Women, Peace and Security: Gender and Human Rights in National-level Approaches to Cybersecurity

A project by the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) with the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Gendering Cybersecurity through Women, Peace and Security: Gender and Human Rights in National-level Approaches to Cybersecurity A project by the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)  ...

ICT4peace: Can Arms Control and Disarmament Contribute to a Secure Cyberspace?

by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chair of ICT4Peace. Text published first in german by Stratos Publications, Switzerland

Can Arms Control and Disarmament contribute to a secure Cyberspace?   By Martin Dahinden, ICT4Peace Abstract The ongoing arms race in cyberspace poses risks to international stability and security. Arms  ...

UN OEWG on ICT – ICT4Peace Statement at meeting with Stakeholders, December 6, 2022

Statement by Paul Meyer on behalf of ICT4Peace of 6 December 2022 and Submission by ICT4Peace to the Informal, inter-sessional meetings of the OEWG from 5-9 December 2022

Statement by ICT4Peace at UN OEWG on ICT meeting with Stakeholders, December 6, 2022 Thank you Chair. I will speak briefly to the ICT4Peace submission for this meeting which has  ...

OEWG First Progress Report – ICT4Peace Statement and Submission

Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies Third substantive session (25-29 July 2022)

The Third substantive Session of the UN Open-Endend Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies (OEWG II) in New York under the  ...

UN OEWG – Advancing a Global Cyber Programme of Action: Options and Priorities

Report by Allison Pytlak, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom WLPF, May 2022, In preparation for the Third substantive session (New York, 25-29 July 2022) of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Peace and Security in Cyberspace (OEWG)

In preparation for the Third Substantive Session (New York, 25-29 July 2022) of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Peace and Security in Cyberspace (OEWG), Allison Pytlak, of the Women’s International League  ...

The institutionalisation of fear: Global digital surveillance with dubious pandemic legitimacy

Article in Open Access Government by Regina Surber, PhD Candidate at the University of Zurich and Scientific Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, discusses how digital surveillance is increasing worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo by © jurgen-jester-unsplash)

The institutionalisation of fear: Global digital surveillance with dubious pandemic legitimacy Article by Regina Surber, Scientific Advisor of ICT4Peace in Open Access Government. Governments around the globe are justifying ever  ...

Martin Dahinden: Digitization: Curse or Blessing for the Bottom Billion ?

Martin Dahinden is Vice-Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, a former Swiss Ambassador to the US and former Head of the Swiss Development Agency (SDC)

ICT4Peace is delighted  to publish the paper: “Digitization: Curse or Blessing for the Bottom Billion” by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation: Such issues unfortunately occupy little space in  ...

UN OEWG on Security of and in the Use of ICTs – ICT4Peace Intervention

Virtual, informal consultative discussion with the Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 on 16 December 2021

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated at the Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security  ...

Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security of and in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) 2021-2025

Statement by Ms. Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated in the Virtual, Informal Consultative Discussion with Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Security  ...

Anne-Marie Buzatu moderating High-Level Panel at Paris Peace Forum

Title of the Session: Keeping cyber attackers at bay: Improving international norms for a safer cyberspace

ICT4Peace is honoured that Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation has been invited by the Paris Peace Forum to moderate the high-level Panel entitled: “Keeping cyber attackers  ...

ICT4Peace Academy in Action

Launched in July 2021 by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of ICT4Peace, the work of the ICT4Peace Academy has successfully taken off with the holding of 4 Five Days Online  ...

ICT4Peace Programme en ligne de cinq jours : Cyber diplomatie, droit international et cyber normes

Formation pour les représentants des pays africains francophones en cooperation avec l'Ecole Nationale Cybersécurité à Vocation Régionale (ENCVR) à Dakar, Sénégal (6 - 10 décembre 2021)

ICT4Peace Academy est heureux d’avoir offert du 6 au 10 Décembre 2021 son premier Programme de certificat en ligne de cinq jours pour les représentants des pays africains francophones: Cyber diplomatie,  ...

Online Training for Government Officials from East African Countries, Level 2 completed

With the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Kenya and ICT4Peace from 15-19 November 2021

Following on the success of last year’s online course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Laws and Norms and with the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of the Republic of  ...

ICT4Peace supports Civil Society Statement at UN on Peace and Security in Cyberspace

Statement delivered at UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security delivered on 8 October 2021 by Allison Pytlak, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

ICT4Peace is happy to endorse the Joint Statement of 13 Civil Society Organisations at the UN First Committee on Peace and Security in Cyberspace. The full Joint Statement to the  ...

ICT4Peace Statement on Peace and Security in Cyberspace at the Russian National Association for International Information Security in Moscow

Statement by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace at the Plenary Session of the Russian National Association for International Information Security on the topic: “Cooperation in the field of prevention of military conflict and the peaceful settlement of disputes in the ICT environment” on 27 September 2021 in Moscow.

Ms. Anne-Marie Buzatu Vice-President and COO, ICT4Peace Foundation, has been invited to address the Plenary Session of the Russian National Association for International Information Security on the topic: “Cooperation in the  ...

Le Temps reports on ICT4Peace and Swiss Digital Charter

Op-Ed by Amb. Francois Nordmann in Le Temps of Geneva on 29 June 2021

Le Temps, 29 juin 2021 La Suisse et la cybersécurité: rapports, débats, action! OPINION. L’arrivée prochaine de l’ambassadeur Alexandre Fasel, qui sera le principal responsable des questions de cybersécurité, annonce  ...

ICT4Peace Commentary on final UN GGE 2021 Report

Incremental Progress or Circular Motion? - The UN Group of Governmental Experts (UNGGE) Report 2021 by Amb. (ret) Paul Meyer, ICT4Peace Senior Advisor.

Incremental Progress or Circular Motion? – The UN Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE) Report 2021 Making progress on complex issues in a forum like the United Nations with 193  ...

First session of Paris Call Working Group 3 moderated by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace

Supporting the Continuation of UN Negotiations With a Strong Multi-Stakeholder Approach (Wednesday, 26 May 4:30-6:00pm CET)

The virtual roundtable will be chaired by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President Chief Operations Officer at the ICT4Peace Foundation. Anne-Marie will kick-off with a presentation on a successful multi-stakeholder initiative, the International  ...

UN OEWG 2021 Final Report – ICT4Peace: Some Progress, Much Remains Unresolved

An assessment of the final Consensus Report of the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Information and Telecommunications (ICT) in the Context of International Security

On Friday March 12, 2021, after one and half years of proceedings the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Information and Telecommunications (ICT) in the context of international security,  ...

Swiss Neutrality in the age of Cyber Warfare

A discussion paper by Martin Dahinden,Former Ambassador of Switzerland to the US and member of the ICT4Peace Foundation Board.

ICT4Peace is proud to publish a first of its kind discussion paper by Martin Dahinden on Swiss neutrality in the age of cyber warfare. The original text in German can  ...

Don’t let Cyber War escalate

Article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) by Paul Meyer and Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace

Article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) by Paul Meyer and Daniel Stauffacher. “The U.S. recently fell victim to a cyberattack of staggering proportions: Using a compromised software upgrade, a foreign  ...

An International Response to Offensive Cyber Operations is long overdue

An Article by Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace in Policy Options, Canada

Recent cyberattacks underscore the need for international norms of responsible behavior, and an institutionalized process to support them. Article by Amb. (ret.) Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace in Policy Options,  ...

The Role of Parliamentarians to Advance Disarmament in Cyber-Space

A follow-up event to the release of Assuring our Common Future, a parliamentary handbook on disarmament for security and sustainable development

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited on 27 January 2021 to participate in an online panel discussion organized by the Inter-Parlamentary Union (IPU) on the  ...

ICT4Peace addressing the Russian National Association for International Information Security

Plenary Session: “Current problems of ensuring international peace and maintaining sustainable development in the global information society”.

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher has been invited to address the Plenary Session of the Russian National Association for International Information Security on the topic: «Partnership of State, Business and Civil Society  ...

New 5 Days Online Course on Cybersecurity Policy for East African Countries completed

In cooperation with the Government of Kenya and the African Union and with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the successful completion of the new 5 Days Online Training Course for Government Officials from East African Countries from 23 – 27 November 2020. This online pilot  ...

It is more than a question of health – the need to protect critical infrastructure

"It is not in the public interest if those possessing offensive cyber capabilities, believe that they are free to “cherry-pick” which critical infrastructure in foreign countries they will refrain from attacking and which they will target."

It is more than a question of health – the need to protect critical infrastructure   “It is not in the public interest if those possessing offensive cyber capabilities, believe  ...

Making Cybersecurity Institution and Capacity Building ODA-eligible.

A proposal by Estonia and ICT4Peace

Considerable investments into Cybersecurity Institution and Capacity Building Programs in Developing Countries and LDCs have been made in recent years by Governments, Inter-governmental Organisations,  Academia, Civil Society and the Business Sector.  ...

UN OEWG UN GGE – ICT4Peace proposed a State “Cyber Peer Review Mechanism” for state-conducted foreign cyber operations to UN Cybersecurity Negotiations

A proposal by the ICT4Peace Foundation to be considered by the UN Negotiations under UN OEWG and the UN GGE

In view of the ongoing UN Negotiations (UN OEWG and UN GGE) ICT4Peace Proposed [1] a State “Cyber Peer Review Mechanism” for state-conducted foreign cyber operations. It has been generally acknowledged that some  ...

Farewell and thanks to Karsten Geier

On the occasion of the official launch on 6 July 2018 in Berlin of the ICT4Peace supported first international Commentary on Norms of Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace, friends and  ...

UN GGE UN ODA and ICT4Peace published Commentary on Voluntary Non-Binding Norms of Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace

UN ODA Publication supported by ICT4Peace: “Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology - A Commentary"

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the first Global Commentary on  “Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology” published by the  ...

UN GGE – Commentary on Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology

A Publication by ICT4Peace with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA): Civil Society and Disarmament: 2017

In June 2016 ICT4Peace co-launched with Leiden University’s Program for Cyber Norms a global open consultation on how to implement the Recommendations of  United Nations’ Group of Governmental Experts on Developments  ...

UN GGE – Cyber Security takes the UN floor

The ICT4Peace Foundation, as part of its ongoing work on Cybersecurity and Resilient Internet has called for enhanced cooperation among states to promote a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative ICT  ...

Geneva Security Forum – 20-21 June 2007

  The Geneva Security Forum  (GSF) is a unique annual two-day international security conference, showcase and training centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Held in June each year, the gathering will be a  ...