“As we close the chapter of 2024, we’re reflecting on a year of milestones and achievements. Our mission of enhancing international collaboration in cyber capacity building has thrived thanks to our incredible Expert Network and partners.” – Liina Areng, EU CyberNet Director. 

2024 in numbers 

• 57 Countries Reached: From Europe to the Americas and beyond, our initiatives we on a global scale. 
• 167 new experts in the Expert Pool: Our Expert Pool now connects 484 cyber experts to tackle global cyber challenges. 
• 90+ activities organised and events attended: from workshops to policy dialogues and drills, we delivered practical hands-on trainings and knowledge-enriching opportunities. 
• 3200+ participants in attendance: engaging from grass-root level to facilitate knowledge-transfer.  
• 6 new LAC4 members: Antigua & Barbuda, Ecuador, Guatemala, Uruguay, Cyber 4.0 and NUMU are building cyber resilience in Latin Americas and the Caribbean. 
• 47 new stakeholders: Connecting almost 120 European stakeholders and projects to act together. 

Key Highlights 

• CyberWeek@LAC4 2024: building regional cyber capacity and resilience. 
• EU CyberNet Summer School 2024: intensive discussions and hands-on exercises to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructures with the focus on ports’ cybersecurity.  
• EU Cyber Diplomacy Fellowship: fostering global cyber cooperation as well as offering means for professional growth and collaboration. 
• 12 EU CyberNet Club events: bringing EU CyberNet Community together on a monthly basis to discuss topical issues in cybersecurity. 
• Annual Cyber Project Community Meeting: providing a platform for EU-funded external cyber capacity building projects to facilitate cooperation.  
• Women In CyberTech Camp@LAC4: empowering Caribbean women in cybersecurity.
• Support to East Africa countries to identify challenges and opportunities in cybersecurity 
• LAC4 online seminars: offering platform for LAC4 countries and experts to discuss regional cybersecurity challenges. 

Looking Ahead 

“As we gear up for 2025, we remain focused on delivering practical, needs-based capacity building initiatives and fostering cross-border, cross-regional community development to enhance cyber resilience globally. A special attention will continue to be placed on increasing women participation and engagement in cybersecurity, while also bringing practical capacity building initiatives to SMEs and local municipalities. We look forward to 2025 with new cooperation initiatives with key European and LAC stakeholders as well as continue with our well-established flagship events like CyberWeek – 0ct0b3rf35t @LAC4 and EU CyberNet Summer School.” – Liina Areng, EU CyberNet Director.  

Thank you! 

EU CyberNet team extends its deep gratitude to every expert, partner and stakeholder who were with us this year: thank you for being part of the mission towards a more cyber resilient world!