Dear colleagues, I’m pleased to announce that on Thursday, 28 March, the RIPE NCC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) in London. The MoU formalises the existing relationship between the RIPE NCC and the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), and focuses on capacity building, information sharing relating to trends in cybercrime and Internet security, and enhancing the NCA’s involvement in the RIPE community through participation in RIPE Working Groups and the RIPE Policy Development Process. You can find the full news announcement here: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-and-uk2019s-na... You can also find the MoU itself, along with the other agreements we have with external organisations, on the RIPE NCC website: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/engagement-external-organisations Please let us know if you have any questions or comments. Kind regards, Chris Buckridge External Relations Manager RIPE NCC