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Course

“Activism in cyberspace as a hybrid threats counter”

Academic year 2023-2024

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Jean Monnet Module Erasmus+

“Civil society in conflict resolution process:

the EU experience for Ukraine”

101084973 — EURoCoRP — ERASMUS-JMO-2022-HEI-TCH-RSCH

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ACTIVISM IN CYBERSPACE AS A HYBRID THREATS COUNTER

Course Content (1)

Topic: 1: Hybrid threats in social networks: the realities of the XXI century.

Topic 2: Classification of social networks.

Topic 3: Mechanisms of inciting conflicts in social networks.

Topic 4: Types of information influences.

Topic 5: Infodemia and Information Chaos.

Topic 6: Public practice of counteracting misinformation and propaganda.

Topic 7: Media literacy.

Topic 8: Development of Soft skills to counter misinformation and propaganda.

Topic 9: European information policy.

Topic 10: Information policy of Ukraine.

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Topic 11: Regulatory regulation of information security.

Topic 12: Anti-disinformation policy: EU practice, implementation in Ukraine.

Topic 13: EU Disinformation Organization.

Topic 14: Information warfare and operations of influence.

Topic 15: Cyberwarfare - threat awareness and counteraction.

Topic 16: Attacking information weapon.

Topic 17: New technologies in mitigating and countering hybrid threats.

Topic 18: Information security and cybersecurity.

Topic 19: Regulatory and Legal Enforcement of Cyber Security in Countries of the European Union: The Experience for Ukraine.

Topic 20: The vulnerability of cyberspace: Ukraine.

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Course Content (2)

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Topic 9: European information policy

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  • Поняття та структура європейського інформаційного простору.
  • Функції та принципи формування та функціонування європейського інформаційного простору.
  • Трансєвропейська складова європейського інформаційного простору, її основні компоненти.
  • Стратегії та програми становлення інформаційного суспільства Європи.
  • Основні напрямки сучасної інформаційно-комунікаційної політики ЄС.

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  • Yoneji Masuda/1980 - the Information Society as Post-Industrial Society;
  • Langdon Winner/1977 - Autonomous Technology;
  • Nora and Minc/1978 - the term “télématique” in a report for the French Government;
  • Kenneth Laudon/1978 - a book on the relationship between technology and democratic participation.;
  • M. Bangemann's report "Europe and the Global Information Society: Recommendations for the European Union" in 1994.

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The concept and structure of the European information space

Strasbourg European Council/ 1979:

information technologies had broad economic, social, and political implications for the Community. The dynamic complex of information industries, based on the new electronic technologies, offered a major source of economic growth and social development.

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Dublin European Council/1979:

scientific and intellectual activity of all kinds, economic transactions and the whole pattern of daily life on a subtle network of information.

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Delors’ White Paper/1993:

the Information Society became a key policy area in the EU for the Commission.

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The concept and structure of the European information space

EU databases:

  • EUR-Lex;
  • Transparency register;
  • DORIE.

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EU publications:

  • General report on the activities of the European Union;
  • EU Publications Office;
  • EU Open Data Portal.

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Functions and principles of formation and functioning of the European information space

  • Access to information;
  • Transparency;
  • Trustworthiness;
  • Accessibility;
  • Service orientation
  • Access to documents.

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Article 10 of the Treaty on European Union stipulates that open decision-making is carried out «as closely as possible to the citizen».

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Article 11 states that both individuals and representative associations should be given the opportunity to «make known and publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action».

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Public registers�

  • European Parliament
  • European Council
  • Council of the EU
  • European Commission
  • Court of Justice of the European Union
  • European Central Bank (ECB)
  • European Court of Auditors (ECA)
  • European External Action Service (EEAS)
  • European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
  • European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • European Ombudsman
  • European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
  • European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
  • EU information centres

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Trans-European component of the European information space, its main components

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The Council of Europe

European Union

NATO

OSCE

Central European Initiative

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Strategies and programs for the formation of the European information society

  • Сentral contact service;
  • Publications office of the European Union;
  • The «European Union around me» map;
  • eEurope – An Information Society for All;
  • European strategy for data;
  • EU Digital Strategy 2030.

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Source: Publication Office of the European Union. Main Page. URL: https://op.europa.eu/en/home

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Schengen Information System

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The main directions of modern information and communication policy of the EU

  • Europe Direct Information Centre, the European Documentation Centre and Ask EP.;
  • EU’s official website EUROPA, the EU’s TV information service Europe by Satellite, Parliament’s Multimedia;
  • The European Citizens Initiative;
  • The Europe for Citizens programme and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme (CERV);
  • The Commission communication on Communicating Europe in Partnership;
  • The “What Europe does for me” and the EUandME websites, “Europe in the palm of your hand” mobile app;
  • European Radio Network Euranet and Euronews.

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The EU4Digital Initiative

Central to the EU4Digital Initiative is the three-year EU-funded EU4Digital Facility Phase II (2022-2025). The programme focuses on strengthening Eastern partner countries’ economy and governance through digital transformation in key thematic areas:

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  • Telecom Rules;
  • eTrust and cross-border digital services;
  • eTrade;
  • eHealth;
  • ICT Innovation and Start-Up Ecosystems;
  • Digital skills.

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Sources

1. Abraham L. Newman. Digital Policy-Making in the European Union. Building the New Economy of an Information Society. Politics Trove, 2020. URL: https://www.oxfordpoliticstrove.com/display/10.1093/hepl/9780198807605.001.0001/hepl-9780198807605-chapter-12

2. Communication policy. Fact sheets on the European Union. European Parliament. URL: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/144/communication-policy

3. DSSC-specific terms. URL: https://dssc.eu/space/Glossary/176554169/10.+DSSC-specific+terms

4. Publication Office of the European Union. URL: https://op.europa.eu/en/home

5. Report on the information and communication policy in the European Union. Rapporteur: Mr Peter Pex. Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media, 5 May 1998. URL: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-4-1998-0115_EN.html#_section3

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Sources

6. Sillince J.A.A. Information policy in the European community: Balancing protection and competition. Journal of Government Information. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/1352023794900035

7. The EU4Digital Initiative. Main page. URL: https://eufordigital.eu/discover-eu/the-eu4digital-initiative/

8. The history of a European Information Society. Universiteit van Amsterdam. URL: https://dare.uva.nl/document/2/105141

9. The main page of the European Union. URL: https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en?prefLang=uk

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Jean Monnet Actions

Useful links

EURoCoRP

Ostroh Academy, NU

European Commission

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�Thank you for attention!

Prof. in charge – Dmytro Shevchuk, Doc. Sci.

Co-Lecturer - Sergii Ishchuk, Doc. Sci.

Co-Lecturer - Tetiana Sydoruk, Doc. Sci.

Co-Lecturer - Kateryna Yakunina, PhD

Co-Lecturer - Olena Shershnova, PhD

The National University of Ostroh Academy

https://www.oa.edu.ua/

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