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Visual identity of the Safer Internet Forum 2022
  • editorial
  • BIK Team
  • 27 October 2022

This year’s edition of the annual Safer Internet Forum (SIF) is a youth-led event, with young people playing an active role in the planning, preparation and delivery of the forum. SIF takes place in a hybrid format in Brussels, Belgium and online on Thursday, 27 October 2022 with a theme of A Digital Decade for children and youth: BIK+ to protect, empower and respect!
Group of people in a professional meeting
  • editorial
  • BIK Team
  • 26 October 2022

Today, the Insafe network of European Safer Internet Centres (SICs) meets for another edition of the bi-annual training meeting. This event is an opportunity to facilitate sharing of experience and good practices between network countries, to explore areas of common ground, and opportunities for closer working between awareness raising, helpline, and youth participation strands. For the first time since the pandemic, the training meeting is being held face-to-face in Brussels, Belgium.
14th European Forum on the Rights of the Child
  • youth voice
  • BIK Youth Ambassador Prachi
  • 20 October 2022

‘‘They say ‘young people are the future’. They say they are future voters, future politicians, and future teachers, and that’s why it’s important to empower them. But they’re wrong - young people are also the present.‘‘ - Vice-President of the EU Democracy and Demography Dubravka Šuica stated at the 14th European Forum on the rights of the child. This blog is authored by BIK Youth Ambassador, Prachi, 16, from Ireland who took part in the Forum expressing her views on the BIK+ strategy.
Girl following online classes
  • news
  • BIK Team
  • 05 October 2022

Today, 5 October 2022, we’re celebrating World Teachers’ Day. The day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe and has been founded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Decorative. Graphic design of the handbook by the Finnish Save the Children
  • news
  • Finnish Safer Internet Centre
  • 03 October 2022

A new guidebook has been published for professionals on how to prevent child sexual abuse by helping adolescents who are sexually attracted to children. The guidebook is a product of a research collaboration on child sexual abuse prevention between MSc, PhD-student Mikkel Rask Pedersen and Save the Children Denmark and Save the Children Finland.
Photo of a grandfather and a grandson looking at phone together
  • news
  • BIK Team
  • 01 October 2022

Every year on the 1 October, it is the International Day of Older Persons. The day has been founded by the United Nations (UN). The International Day of Older Persons celebrates the role of older persons in making wide-ranging contributions to economic and social development, but also challenges issues such as discrimination and social exclusion of the ageing population.
Lauri Palsa, Senior Adviser at the National Audiovisual Institute, opened the 10th Media Education Forum.
  • news
  • Finnish Safer Internet Centre
  • 30 September 2022

The Finnish Media Education Forum organised annually by the National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI) celebrated its 10th anniversary this spring. This year’s forum was, for the first time ever, a hybrid event. In addition to the in-person event held in Helsinki, Finland, media education professionals also had the opportunity to join the event online. Speeches and discussions providing fresh new perspectives on media education were streamed live. Discussions focused on how to provide inclusive, in other words, equal and accessible media education for everyone.
A girl sitting on a sofa and holding a white tablet
  • news
  • Portuguese Safer Internet Centre
  • 30 September 2022

There are more and more online security threats that must be met with special care. New attacks, combined with the exploitation of users' lack of digital literacy, are among the trends that continue in cybersecurity threats. The Portuguese Safer Internet Centre explains the concerns about online safety.
Two school girls checking something on a smartphone
  • news
  • Portuguese Safer Internet Centre
  • 30 September 2022

It’s once again time to back to school, a new school year which will also be increasingly digital. The digital resources, applications and platforms that students can access on the internet are an important asset to their academic and personal development, provided they are used conscientiously.
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