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March 13, Fineko/abc.az. The Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan is organizing the first International “Cyber Security Week” in Baku on March 11-15, in order to boost the national cyber security capacity-building and increase awareness and effectiveness in the field of cyber security. It is hold a series of forums, events and competitions with the support of different organizations within the framework of “Cybersecurity Week” where “Azercell Telecom” taking an active part.The VI Regional Internet Governance Forum (RIGF) dedicated to the theme “Cyber Security: Our common responsibility” jointly organized by  the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) took place on March 13^th.  

The forum brought together the representatives of regional countries and respected international organizations. VI Regional Internet Governance Forum covered sessions on “Cyber Security issues of the region”, “Innovative Solutions in Cyber Security”, “Safe internet for children” and other topics. Nigar Shikhlinskaya, the Head of Corporate Communication Department at “Azercell Telecom” LLC, spoke about the projects conducted by the company on “Safe internet for children” in the forum where authorized representatives of the government, business, diplomatic corps, academia, civil society, and the Internet community were attended. She also underlined that Azercell, leading mobile operator in Azerbaijan, has always paid a great attention to cyber security issues and safe internet usage both from technical point of view and from Corporate Social Responsibility strategy point also.

Within the “Cyber Security Week” framework, Azercell Telecom organizes training events for children, their parents and teachers on safe use of internet. During 4-7 March it was already organized a workshop on “Internet safety and digital citizenship” topic  in Shamkir  by “Azerbaijan Teacher Development Center” with the support of Azercell. Another such event was started in Ganja on March 11^th . In this training which will last till March 15^th, it will be given information about the threats encountered on the Internet, which has become an integral part of children’s and adults. The schoolchildren are informed about the notion of cyber security, level and causes of internet threats. The children are introduced to safe portals and they are taught how to use safe search engines.

It is worth noting that the main purpose of VI Regional Internet Governance Forum is to demonstrate the different ways of using the Internet to achieve productive, effective regional economic development and cultural progress. The forum is an ideal platform for sharing experiences and strengthening cooperation between local participants and international experts, jointly discussing the current situation, assigned tasks in this field, issues of integration into relevant international organizations, as well as demonstrating interesting innovative projects.