For the second year in a row, WB3C is organizing a regional study visit to Lille, where the Forum INCYBER (FIC) 2026 is taking place — one of Europe’s leading cybersecurity events and a key meeting point for public authorities, critical infrastructure operators, industry leaders and cybersecurity experts shaping the continent’s digital security agenda.
Our delegation has arrived today to take part in this three-day forum, engaging in discussions, exchanges, and partnership-building with European counterparts.
Beyond participation, this visit carries a forward-looking objective. Throughout the Forum, the delegation — led by Gilles Schwoerer and Maja Miranovic — will engage in a series of conversations on bringing a similar industry event to Podgorica this summer, marking the launch of the first industry event of this kind in the Western Balkans.
Our regional delegation brings together representatives from across institutions including national cybersecurity authorities, critical infrastructure, private sector and regional organizations: 

• Samir Orahovac, Acting Director of National Cyber Security Agency of Montenegro;
• Jovan Kljajić, President of a Council of National Cyber Security Agency of Montenegro;
• Spasoje Zecevic, Infrastructure Manager at Science-Technology Park, Montenegro;
• Dragan Radulović, President of Association of Security Managers of Montenegro and incoming President of South-East Europe Association;
• Metodi Hadјi Janev, Cybersecurity Solutions Strategist at CDRF Global & Professor at Military Academy, Skopje, North Macedonia;
• Predrag Puharic, CEO at Cyber Security Excellence Centre and Vice Mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina;
• Mladen Bukilic, CISO / SOC Manager at Cikom
• Tanja Maraš, Expert on Digital Connectivity at Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Bosnia and Hercegovina. 

During the Forum, WB3C will also contribute through a dedicated panel focused on the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, ensuring that regional perspectives are part of the broader European conversation.

Last week, in cooperation with EU4FAST, WB3C delivered a second four-day regional training under the Cybercrime pillar aimed to strengthen the foundations of criminal investigations involving online and digitally enabled crimes. 
The training was dedicated to police investigators and prosecutors from the region, focusing strongly not only on technical skills, but also on strengthening cooperation between these two functions within the criminal justice system. 
As cybercrime cases increasingly rely on complex digital evidence, effective case-building depends on early and continuous coordination between those who investigate and those who prosecute. Bringing these two communities together in a single training environment is therefore a deliberate approach aimed at improving mutual understanding, aligning methodologies, and ultimately strengthening the overall quality of criminal proceedings.
The programme was structured around three core components:
• Typologies of cyber and cyber-enabled crime
• OSINT and dark web investigations
• Cryptocurrencies and blockchain in criminal investigations 

The course combined theory and practical exercises, prompting the participants to work together through shared challenges and better understand each other’s roles in handling digital evidence. The training was delivered by delivered by WB3C’s in-house trainers Yannick Casse and Cyril C. 
The multi-donor action "EU Support to Strengthen the Fight against Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings in the Western Balkans” (EU4FAST) is implemented by a consortium of partners: the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Austrian Ministry of Interior, the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei), the Dutch Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC), the international technical cooperation operator of the French Ministry of the Interior CIVIPOL, the Croatian Ministry of the Interior, the Italian Ministry of the Interior and the Slovenian Ministry of the Interior.

Gilles Schwoerer represented WB3C this week in Prague at the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Regional Development Forum for Europe, hosted by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade.
In a session on Partner2Connect matchmaking, the focus was clear: how to better align countries’ needs with partners’ expertise and investment to accelerate digital development.
Bringing together diverse voices across governments, industry, academia and international organisations, the discussion moved towards a more practical question—how to turn cooperation into concrete, measurable results.

The panel brought together a strong cross-sector group of experts spanning technology, digitalisation and cybersecurity:

Mr. David Vicente Ninou, Director, Andorra Digital, Andorra
Mr. Amb. Janis Karklins, Head of Government and International Organization Engagement, ICANN
Mr. Gilles Schwoerer, Head of WB3C, Montenegro
Mr. Boris Radanović, Head of International Development, SWGfL, United Kingdom
Mr. Per Fröjdh, VP International Standards, Ericsson
Prof. Volodymyr Shulha, Rector, State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Ukraine

For WB3C, this forum was a great opportunity to showcase our work focused on translating priorities into operational capacity and regional impact.
We are grateful that, as a result of this forum, WB3C’s cybersecurity contribution is now included among the official submissions to the ITU Regional Development Forum for Europe—opening further space for partnership and delivery.