52. The delegates gave Mr.Zaccardelli a standing ovation.
53. The PRESIDENT thanked Mr.Zaccardelli for the enormous achievements that he had accomplished.
54. Mr.Noboru NAKATANI, Executive Director, IGCI, provided an update on the progress of the IGCI project. The building work was progressing well, with a small sale opening ceremony palnned for the final quarter of 2014. A full inauguration ceremony would be held in April 2015, followed by the Asian Regional Conference.
55. Procedures for the internal transfer of staff in 2014 had been initiated, with the aim of becoming operation at the end of 2014.
56. Regarding the construction, the building had been “topped out” on 23 September 2013, and the construction should be completed by September 2014.
57. The IGCI organizational structure was presented. At present, 16 officials were working in Singapore, and were currently using the Transit Support Office. Regarding staffing, the number of staff at the IFCI as of September 2014 would be 60 [30 contracted, 30 seconded] rising to 99 in January 2015. A further 39 posts would be added in 2015, and the IGCI would be fully staffed in 2016, with 138 officials. The figures did not include incoming staff on new externally funded projects or outsourced services such as security and part of IT.
58. The staffing statistics were presented, nothing that 23 [76%] of the seconded staff to take up their positions in Singapore in 2014 had already been hired, including all Directors and most Assistant Directors. Of the contracted staff, 23 individuals had been identified. The geographical representation of the staff was excellent, with all INTERPOL regions contributing seconded staff.
59. Various experts had also been indentified thanks to external partners. Five cybercrime experts would be contributed by private sector partners to work at the IGCI. In addition, the partners would provide hardware, software and licenses free of charge, as well as intelligence from some partners.
60. To reinforce regional operational capacity and extend the benefit of the IGCI to the regions, it was planned to create a network of specially trained digital crime officers at the existing Regional Bureaus. The officials would be a coordination point for investigations, training and other activities. It was also planned to exchange liaison officers with the Europol cybercrime center, EC3.
61. With regard to financial matters, all the funding to make the IGCI operational had been identified. Figures were shown to illustrate the various sources.