Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC) is delighted to endorse & support  the Accra Call for Cyber Resilient Development: An Action Framework, which provides a blueprint to mainstream global action for cyber resilient development along with the 45 governments and organizations from all over the world and across sectors in support of the Accra Call, a milestone document that is elevating cyber capacity building by providing a blueprint to mainstream cyber resilient development.

The Accra Call for Cyber Resilient Development is the outcome document of the inaugural Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B) that takes place on 29-30 November 2023 in Accra, Ghana under the theme “Cyber Resilience for Development”.

The event is hosted by the Ministry of Digitalisation and Communications of Ghana and co-organized with the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise, the CyberPeace Institute, the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum.

The Accra Call aims to stimulate global action to elevate cyber resilience across international and national development agendas as well as promote cyber capacity building that supports broader development goals, effectively serving the needs and priorities of developing countries. Drawing from existing shared commitments and ongoing relevant efforts in international fora and processes, the Accra Call articulates a set of non-binding, voluntary, direction-setting actions that can:

Strengthen the role of cyber resilience as an enabler for sustainable development 1. Integrate cyber resilience into sustainable development strategies 2. Mainstream cyber resilience across international development programs 3. Integrate the cyber capacity building community with the development field 4. Promote cyber resilience knowledge and skills among international development workforce.

Advance demand-driven, effective, and sustainable cyber capacity building 5. Tackle existing and emerging CCB gaps across policy, technology, legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks, customized to the local context 6. Invest the cyber resilience of significant economic sectors & public service 7. Consider the cybersecurity skills gap and its gendered dimension 8. Commit to further professionalize the cyber capacity building community of practice 9. Accelerate efforts to improve the measurement of cyber capacity building results.

Foster stronger partnerships and better coordination 10. Foster the leadership of developing countries in coordinating CCB efforts 11. Promote public-private partnerships as well as inclusive and equitable incentives 12. Utilize coordination platforms, such as the GFCE and its regional hubs, to better coordinate and deconflict CCB financing and actions 13. Encourage greater information sharing and relationship building between the cybersecurity and development stakeholders and

Unlock financial resources, cooperation and implementation modalities 14. Employ the financial streams available for the financing of cyber resilience activities 15. Diversify program implementation modalities 16. Systematize South-South and Triangular cooperation in capacity building initiatives.

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)’s approach to media development and promotion and use of ICTs & Cyberspace are both knowledge-driven and context-sensitive in line with

Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs (UN WSIS Action line 5), GGEs Assessments & Recommendations, giving voices to the voiceless and meaningful access to rural communities in Cyberspace security awareness through media mobilization, organizing the Cyber Diplomacy Training: Furthering the peaceful use of ICTs through Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF) and endorses & support the Accra Call for Cyber Resilient Development action framework implementation in Bangladesh.