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parties in a more integrated manner”. 788 The NCSS seems to focus predominantly on the combating
of new forms of crime that could not have come about without ICT (“new tools, [for] new
crimes”, such as measures to tackle botnets) and to a lesser extent on conventional forms of crime
that were carried out with the help of ICT (“old crimes, new tools”, such as forms of terrorism).
The government intends to bring together public and private parties in a <strong>National</strong> Cyber Security
Centre, which is yet to be founded. It would be desirable if measures for tackling child pornography
– and online sexual violence against children in more general terms – were also included
within the remit of the NCSS, similarly to the way in which the topic of child pornography already
fits within the <strong>National</strong> Infrastructure for tackling cybercrime (NICC) 789 and of the European
Cybercrime Centre 790 , which is yet to be founded. Public-private sector partnerships, including
NGOs, will also assume an explicit role in the latter, European-wide, centre. The knowledge and
experience of parties participating in the NCSS may be very valuable for the purpose of tackling
child pornography. These could include products and insights gained from the research projects
Recognition of Digital Information and Fingerprinting [Herkenning Digitale Informatie en Fingerprinting,
HDIeF] 791 and Terrorism on the Internet 792 [Terrorisme op Internet], which were carried out by the
<strong>National</strong> Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security[Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding
en Veiligheid, NCTV].
The majority of public-private sector partnerships involve companies and NGOs working together
with government services. Partnerships consisting of companies amongst themselves, or partnerships
between companies and NGOs, are less common. These usually involve information and awareness-raising
projects, which are described in §3.2. The list is not complete, but the actions described
below show that much is already being done in the field of public-private sector partnerships in relation
to child pornography. There is, however, a lack of coherence with regard to a number of points.
Where possible, public-private sector partnerships need to be built on existing initiatives and if necessary,
new initiatives could be developed, for example with regard to measures for tackling (post)
adolescent child pornography and the involvement of the Internet community. The cross-border
character of many public-private sector partnerships means that it is necessary to place considerable
emphasis upon international co-operation. For almost all forms of public-private sector partnerships,
it is the case that the actions that result from this are most effective if they are co-ordinated on an
international level.
788 <strong>National</strong>e Cyber Security Strategie: Slagkracht door samenwerking [<strong>National</strong> Cyber Security Strategy: Power
through partnership], Appendix to Parliamentary Papers II 2010/11, 26643 no. 174.
789 See www.cpni.nl/informatieknooppunt/de-nationale-infrastructuur-ter-bestrijding-van-cybercrimenicc
(viewed 1 June 2011).
790 ‘Toespraak eurocommissaris Malmström (binnenlandse zaken) over cyber-crime’ [Speech by the European Commissioner
Malmström (<strong>Home</strong> Affairs) about cyber-crime], European Com mission, 8 February 2011, www.
europa-nu.nl/id/vimphneganv0/nieuws/toespraak_eurocommissa ris_malmstrom?ctx=vh1alzift7wj
(viewed 31 May 2011).
791 See www.nctb.nl/onderwerpen/terrorismebestrijding/Fingerprinting/, (viewed 23 August 2011).
792 See www.nctb.nl/onderwerpen/terrorismebestrijding/terrorisme_op_het_internet/, (viewed 23 August
2011).
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