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The Digital Resilience Association is taking part in the international Tallinn Cyber Capacity-Building Fellowship Programme 2026, organized by the e-Governance Academy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, as part of the Tallinn Cyber Diplomacy Summer School project.
Central Asia today is walking the same path Estonia began two decades ago — building a digital state, developing a cybersecurity legal framework, and protecting critical infrastructure amid growing cyber threats. The difference is that the region has the chance to learn from experience already gained, rather than repeating the same mistakes from scratch.
Estonia is one of the few examples in the world where a country’s digital transformation and national cybersecurity developed as a single, deliberate strategy rather than a patchwork of separate decisions. That’s precisely why its experience is in such demand among delegations from EU partner countries, including those from Central Asia.
The Fellowship brings together cybersecurity professionals from EU partner countries to strengthen their practical knowledge and policy skills while building a global professional network in cybersecurity. Participants engage with leading practitioners from government, the private sector, academia, and civil society shaping global cyber governance.
The programme’s core themes directly overlap with challenges facing Kyrgyzstan and the wider region:
- Strategic national-level cybersecurity governance and international cooperation
- Legal regulation of cyberspace, including data protection and digital rights — a topic especially relevant given Kyrgyzstan’s recent changes to personal data legislation
- The strategic impact of artificial intelligence on cybersecurity — from AI-driven threats to regulation
- Sustainable investment in the digital economy under the EU Global Gateway Strategy
- Building a national cybersecurity legal framework, based on Estonia’s model
The Fellowship runs in two stages. The first week (7–10 September 2026) consisted of online sessions on the strategic and legal dimensions of cyberspace governance. The second week (13–18 September 2026) includes in-person meetings and site visits in Tallinn and Tartu, including Estonia’s Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Information System Authority (RIA), the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu), the University of Tartu, and TalTech University.
Particular attention is given to national incident coordination, critical infrastructure protection, and election security — topics of growing relevance for Central Asian countries as their digital infrastructure expands.
Direct access to international expertise and professional ties with leading European cybersecurity institutions is an opportunity rarely available to the region firsthand. The knowledge and approaches gained will be adapted to Kyrgyzstan’s context and applied in the Association’s ongoing work — expanding educational programmes, engaging with government bodies on national cybersecurity policy, and strengthening regional cooperation on digital resilience.
Following the programme, the Association will prepare and publish key takeaways and practical recommendations relevant to the current challenges facing Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia.