Joint project for the modernization of educational programs in Engineering (security in the administration and management of computer networks and systems), national priority for Moldova and Kazakhstan, regional priority for Vietnam.GOAL IN EACH OF THE THREE COUNTRIES:Overcome skills gaps on the intermediate levels (technicians, maintenance and protection of the systems and networks) and upper level (design, engineering for the protection of computer systems and networks), improving the employability of students and perfecting technicians and executives in companies.Aim of the project is to create a Bachelor and a professional Master degrees for the development, administration, management, protection of computer systems and networks in businesses in Moldova, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, at least partly avaiable by distance learning. Moreover, the project will allow to set up a training device targeting already active progfessionals (lonlg life learning).PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC PARTNERS:- International Telematic University UNINETTUNO (IT)- GIP FIPAG (FR) - CESIE (IT) - University of West Attica (former Piraeus University of Applied Sciences) (GR)- University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (BG)- University of Vigo (ES)- Technical University of Moldova (MD)- Alecu Russo Balti State University- State University of Moldova (MD)- Academy of Economy Studies of Moldova (MD)- L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (KZ)- Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University (KZ)- Al-Farabi Kazak National University (KZ)- Kokshetau Abaï Myrzakhmetov University (KZ)- Taraz State University (KZ)- Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (VN)- Hanoï University of Science and Technology (VN)- Vietnam University of Agriculture (VN)EXPECTED RESULTS :24 teachers trained in EU6 job descriptions, 3 lBachelors and 3 professional Masters , curricula, course contents and digital learning resources available online. 3 centers of excellence for network safety. 3 didactic Cyberspaces , 810 students and 150 employees trained.12 Double degrees or joint degrees.

LEAs use the data in their information systems as their basis for making decisions that affect the safety of European citizens. According to a recent report of the European Court of Auditors on the EU Information Systems use, it has been found out that individual countries have different perception and methodologies on how data management should be addressed; officers from LEAs have stated that not all datasets are included in their systems, while other data is either not complete and accurate or not entered in a timely manner. The same report states that there are regulatory and “cultural” issues, according to which some countries do not make all the functions offered in the central EU systems available through their national systems. TENACITy envisions to address these challenges by proposing a 3-pillar approach: (a) Modern and effective tools for exploitation of travel intelligence data by security authorities: TENACITy proposes an interoperable open architecture for the integration and analysis of multiple transactional, historical and behavioural data from a variety of sources, by exploiting game changing digital technologies; (b) Training and sensitisation of LEAs’ personnel: TENACITy envisions the design of a “living lab” to be established to organise hackathons, workshops for all relevant stakeholders who would benefit from the use of passenger data and digital technologies proposed; (c) Holistic approach to crime prevention: TENACITy vision is to implement and demonstrate a Travel Intelligence Governance Framework that will incorporate a holistic approach to crime prevention, will ensure that the proposed digital technologies will support the identification of the modus operandi of criminal and terrorism organizations and will include policy makers in the governance process, examining how the new tools will provide new capabilities to shape the regulations.

Combatting frauds on identity and travel documents is a key mission of law enforcement agencies and border guards. Industries have been working on new means to combat frauds on identity, and public authorities are using numerous technologies to accomplish their mission, but permanent innovation is required to fight highly skilled defrauders. A number of European innovation projects have tested new ways to combat fraud but few of them reached an operational level. EINSTEIN objectives is to enhance significantly existing public authorities’ means through innovation, building on technologies proven in the labs but not mature for an operational usage yet. EINSTEIN will deliver six applications essential to fight identity frauds: 1) online ID issuance using a secure cloud-based server for real-time biometric quality checks and fraud detection, 2) mobile document and identity checks using commercially available smartphones, 3) document authentication module to detect fraudulent documents, 4) pre-registration for land-border crossings including biometrics and DTC, 5) EES kiosk with advanced fraud detection using video surveillance, 6) fast track for enrolled travelers using on-the-move face and iris. To ensure TRL7 at a minimum, practitioners will run six different pilot use cases in their own environment. A key objective is also to ensure interoperability and flexibility of all the components developed in the project so that they can be reused in different contexts, possibly by different providers. Design of open, well-defined, standardized interfaces will allow achieving this objective. Privacy being an essential concern of all European citizens and governments, EINSTEIN will take into account privacy-by-design principles, developing flexible components to ease their customization in order to meet not only the European legislation on data protection but also national legislations on this matter, which vary significantly from one country to the other.

CryptoACTION represents Europe’s most ambitious attempt to date in equipping LEAs with mission-appropriate tools to support investigations pertaining to Cryptocurrency-Facilitated Crime and Terrorism (CFCT) activities (money laundering, darknet marketplaces) improve investigation operations including external collaboration workflows and provide comprehensive training curricula for LEAs/prosecutors/judiciary and the world’s first cryptorange. It will deliver an ecosystem of independent but interoperable lawful-investigation tools offering AI co-piloting capabilities to enhance investigator efficiency and supporting the intelligent corelation of blockchain data, structured data from anti-CFCT databases, text, audio and visual data modalities, stemming from lawful surveillance activities and darknet/deepnet/clearnet scraping. It will address technologies/mechanisms that hinder LEA investigations into CFCT, such as TOR, mixers, DEXs, Monero and other privacy coins, etc. both head on and laterally, taking advantage of weaknesses in design/implementation vulnerabilities or human errors on the side of criminals and lawful multi-modal intelligence gathering provided by the tools it will develop and/or enhance. Consortium LEAs will co-design and help validate the CryptoACTION LEA tools and support additional LEA engagement via organising collaborative capacity building workshops based on CryptoACTION training courses and tools. CryptoACTION will take a holistic view of the CFCT landscape and the anti-CFCT efforts, both at the beginning, to guide project efforts, and upon its conclusion, to provide recommendations for further actions, including potential recommendation for regulation and for moving away from cryptocurrency analysis tools giving black-box results to tools, such as those CryptoACTION will deliver, that offer explanations for their results (including any assumptions and uncertainties) and embrace the 7 EU principles of trustworthy AI.

VANGUARD aims to strengthen the fight against trafficking in human beings (THB) at the nexus of advanced technological solutions, understanding, awareness raising, and training in order to disrupt the trafficking chain at an early stage and address the culture of impunity. In particular, VANGUARD aims to provide an improved intelligence picture of THB, with particular focus on THB for purposes of sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, and forced criminality. This will be achieved through developing a modular and trustworthy suite of tools for detecting, identifying, investigating, and preventing online-facilitated THB activities and THB-related activities at (border) checkpoints based on the analysis of online multimedia content and multimodal streams, by leveraging the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI). It will also address the societal dimensions of THB through improved understanding and engagement with relevant actors, improved strategies of international cooperation, increased awareness, and better evidence-based policymaking. The capacity of end users (including Police and Border Guard Authorities) will be further enhanced and will enable them to tackle such criminal activities in an effective manner based on advanced tools and solutions and on innovative training curricula. VANGUARD will be validated in field tests and demonstrations in three operational use cases. Extensive training, hands-on experience, joint exercises, and training material will boost the uptake of VANGUARD tools and technologies. With a Consortium of seven Police and Border Guard Authorities (including from countries of origin and transit of THB networks and countries neighbouring Ukraine), one Police Academy, eight research/academic institutions, four industry partners (including two SMEs), and two CSOs, VANGUARD delivers a strong representation of the challenges, requirements, and tools to meet its objectives.