On July 3-4, 2023, the Observer Research Foundation America and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), in partnership with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands hosted an in-person Global Cyber Policy Dialogue in Singapore. This multistakeholder meeting brought together participants from government, civil society, academia, and the private sector from across the region. A principal goal of the meeting was to foster genuine and open dialogue among stakeholders from different sectors and backgrounds. As such, the event convened 60 participants from countries in the Southeast Asian region that are active in international discussions on cybersecurity and cybercrime taking place at the United Nations (UN), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and elsewhere.
The full agenda for the event is available here.
A full summary of the meeting can be found here.
The meeting began with a reception hosted at the Dutch Ambassador’s residence in Singapore. The next day participants joined the event for four working sessions in a roundtable format under the Chatham House rules, with no attribution of remarks, to enhance participation and different points of view. Discussions focused on the emerging threat landscape in cyberspace, promoting cooperation through cyber confidence building measures, developing public private partnerships, and continuing to strengthen the region’s contributions to UN and international cyber discussions, including the UN Open-ended Working Group on Security of and in the use of ICTs and the Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime.
This event was part of a larger Global Cyber Policy Dialogue Series organized by ORF America and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands which seeks to convene regional dialogues to address key cyber challenges, strengthen multistakeholder networks, and increase coordination of regional capacity building initiatives. These meetings are intended to complement ongoing international-level cyber norms processes, such as the United Nations Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) and the Ad Hoc Committee on Cyber Crime.
