Global Safer Internet Day celebrations: Nepal's activities
Safer Internet Day is celebrated worldwide every year and 2025 is no different. While the month of activities is still ongoing, we take a look at how Nepal has celebrated SID this year.
Capture the Flag (CTFs): it is all about skills
The first “Capture the Flag” or CTF competition occurred back in 1996 in DEFCON, one of the most important cybersecurity conferences in the USA, and the name comes from the outdoor game, where participants try to seek and find and retrieve a physical "flag". Also, CTFs still have many similarities to early "wargaming" and "king-of-the-hill" cyber security competitions. Nowadays, the CTF term encompasses a range of competition types that target a broad audience and are used for both competitive and educational purposes.
In the spotlight: Safer Internet Centre France
As part of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) Quality Assurance Programme (QAP), the Insafe-INHOPE Coordination Teams are jointly conducting a set of fourteen country visits to national Safer Internet Centres (SICs) to better understand what is happening in the Member States: monitoring emerging issues and challenges, identifying good practices to be shared, and harvesting the results of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) policy. On 17 October 2022, the Insafe-INHOPE Coordination Team visited the French Safer Internet Centre in Paris.
In the spotlight: Safer Internet Centre Slovakia
The Insafe-INHOPE Coordination teams visited the Slovakian Safer Internet Centre as part of a wider programme to better understand what is happening in the Member States.
Exploring the ySKILLS indicator with high school students: a co-joint initiative with a Portuguese policy maker
High school students’ answers to a flash quiz suggest knowledge gaps regarding social networks and searching for information. This event occurred in the two Portuguese main fairs on education, work, and training. It was co-organised with the Portuguese Institute for Sports and Youth and actively involved young volunteers. Further collaboration with national stakeholders, young ambassadors and informal spaces could improve working digital skills in adolescents.
New cyberbullying guidance hub for teachers and school leaders in Ireland
A new Cyberbullying Guidance for Teachers Information Hub has been created by Webwise. The Hub offers guidance to teachers and school leaders on the issue of cyberbullying, creating an anti-cyberbullying culture and promoting student’s wellbeing including online wellbeing.
In the spotlight: Safer Internet Centres Finland and Luxembourg
The Insafe-INHOPE Coordination teams visited the Finnish and Luxembourgish Safer Internet Centre as part of a wider programme to better understand what is happening in the Member States.
Roundtable on child and youth protection in digital markets
On Thursday, 22 September 2022, Better Internet for Kids (BIK) organised a Roundtable on child and youth consumer protection in digital markets on behalf of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT) and DG Justice and Consumers (JUST) of the European Commission. The event took place online.
Safer Internet Forum 2022 was a very enriching experience for Portuguese youth
Safer Internet Forum - the annual international conference on online safety for children in Europe - returned for another edition in October 2022, providing an opportunity to discuss the new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) and set new goals to achieve a safer and better online experience for all.
Safer Internet Centres celebrate SID 2025: Spain
Did you miss Safer Internet Day 2025? We'll tell you all about it! 27,000 students joined us in the online workshop “Think, connect and choose your path on the Internet”.
