PGA's International Peace and Security Program organized a 2 Day Regional Pacific Islands Parliamentary Workshop in Fiji from 6-7 May, 2024 promoting accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, in cooperation with the Parliament of Fiji and the Pacific Islands Forum, kindly supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands.

Speakers of Parliament from Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati and Tuvalu, Deputy Speakers from Vanuatu and New Zealand as well as a representative from the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology of Samoa, in addition to the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) participated in the event, together with a Zoom interactive session with the Council of Europe Cybercrime Division.  Video Presentations were made by Hon. Ann-Sofie Alm, Co-Convenor of PGA's International Peace and Security Program as well as by Mr. Martin van Buren, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of The Netherlands in New Zealand.

Participants benefited from several expert presentations. Points of Action were identified at the conclusion of the Workshop to promote accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime in participant States in the region.

The gender differentiated adverse impact of cybercrime on women and girls was also discussed and considered at length during the course of this Workshop.

PGA is grateful to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands for their support of this Workshop.

PGA is grateful to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands for their support of this Workshop