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  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • online sexual coercion and extortion of children (OSCEC) (formerly referred to as sextortion), policy and regulation

This national strategy covers the period 2021–2025 and outlines 30 specific measures to prevent, detect, investigate, and support victims of online sexual abuse involving children, promoting cross-sector collaboration between governmental bodies, internet service providers, schools, parents, and NGOs. Issued by the Norwegian government, it aims to strengthen and coordinate efforts across various sectors and actors to tackle a dramatic increase in online child abuse cases.

  • Norway

  • Implemented 2021 - 2025
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • advertising/commercialism, commerce-related issues, content-related issues

This act governs the regulation of marketing practices and contract terms in consumer relations, mandating that traders follow ethical standards, ensure marketing is clearly recognizable, and guarantee transparent contract conditions. It includes special protections for children, bans unfair or misleading practices, requires truthful presentations, and allows enforcement measures such as penalties and content takedown orders.

Entities responsible for implementation: Ministry of Children and Families

  • Norway

  • Implemented 2009 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • National: national law
  • policy and regulation, content-related issues, media literacy education

This law establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for broadcasting, on-demand audiovisual services, retransmission, multiplex providers, video-sharing platforms, and other media service providers in Slovakia. It sets out rules governing content moderation, age verification, and the oversight role of a new independent regulator (the Council for Media Services), strengthening consumer protection and public interest safeguards.

Entities responsible for implementation: Council for Media Services

  • Slovakia

  • Implemented 2022 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • access, inequalities and vulnerabilities, cybersecurity

The State Strategy for the Rights of Children and Adolescence (2023-2030) refers to the right of children and adolescents to participate in decisions that affect them, in the creation of safe spaces and to ask for help, learning to participate critically and actively in society. In September 2021, the State Council for the Participation of Children and Adolescents was created in line with the demand of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

(Source: Spain - Policy monitor country profile, 2025).

  • Spain

  • Implemented 2023 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 2 - empowerment, BIK+ strategy pillar 3 - participation
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • media literacy education, cyberbullying, well-being

The Anti-bullying work in schools and educational institutions is a guide prepared by the Finnish National Board of Education. The guide provides a comprehensive framework for addressing bullying within the Finnish education system, focusing on both prevention and intervention strategies. It begins by defining bullying as a concept,  analysing trends in its prevalence,and  offers a clear foundation for understanding the issue.

  • Finland

  • Implemented 2020 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection, BIK+ strategy pillar 2 - empowerment
  • National: national initiative, strategy or policy
  • media literacy education, policy and regulation, digital and socia-cultural environment

The DiTEdu project aims to establish a National Center for Digital Transformation of Education (NCDTV) through a research, educational, and methodological hub focused on supporting schools in Slovakia with their digital transition. It provides training, methodological resources, networking, and research-based support to teachers, school principals, future educators, and digital coordinators between 2023 and 2028.

Entities responsible for implementation: National Institute of Education and Youth (NIVaM); Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport

  • Slovakia

  • Implemented 2023 - 2028
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 2 - empowerment

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