Confidence-building measures 🌐 The UNIDIR Cyber Stability Conference 2021

In the 2019-2020 OEWG Final Report, States recognised that confidence-building measures (CBMs) can contribute to preventing conflicts, avoiding misunderstandings and reducing tensions. CBMs include measures relating to transparency as well as cooperation and stability. States acknowledged that practical CBMs had been recommended in previous GGE reports, underlining at the same time that CBMs remain voluntary and that regional and sub-regional organisations are vital to their development.
Following a brief summary of past discussions on CBMs, the panel focused on key issues such as:
How can the OEWG support States that are not part of a regional organisation or are part of a regional organisation that has yet to develop their own set of CBMs?
How can the OEWG support States engaging in transparency measures, as with the sharing of relevant information and lessons learned?
How can the OEWG leverage initiatives led by non-state actors -civil society, the private sector, and the technical community - that could contribute to shared goals of transparency, information sharing and cooperation?
Speakers:
• Kathryn Jones, Head of International Cyber Governance, United Kingdom; former GGE Expert, UK
• Gerardo Isaac Morales Tenorio, Coordinator for Multidimensional Security, Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; former GGE Expert, Mexico
• Amb. Yutaka Arima, Ambassador for Cyber Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Digital Diplomacy, Microsoft
Moderator: Samuele Dominioni, Researcher, UNIDIR
For more information and the full programme, visit: unidir.org/CS21
To find out more about the UNIDIR Security & Technology programme: unidir.org/SecTec