The Insafe network meets to discuss vulnerable users at the Insafe Training meeting
Today, another edition of the bi-annual Insafe Training meeting kicks off. The two-day event is an opportunity for the Insafe network of European Safer Internet Centres (SICs) to meet in person to facilitate the 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. The April 2023 Insafe Training meeting is held face-to-face in Vienna, Austria.
Record participation of young people in Safer Internet Day 2023 activities in Slovenia
Children and young people are exposed to a wide range of content online that is inappropriate or harmful to them and that they do not understand. Among the most problematic content are violent, hateful and radical content spread by some influencers, as well as online pornography to which young people are exposed at a very early age. Therefore, the Slovenian awareness centre Safe.si decided to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2023 by encouraging schools and young people to talk and think about these issues. The chosen topic proved to be very interesting, and a record number of schools, pupils and students participated in the Safer Internet Day activities.
The All Digital Weeks 2023 have started
The ALL DIGITAL Weeks campaign is a significant awareness-raising initiative across Europe, focusing on digital skills to enhance inclusion, empowerment, and employment opportunities.This year, the campaign will run will run over 3 weeks from 17 April until 7 May 2023.
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.
Reflecting on the 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day in France
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day, Internet Sans Crainte - with the support of its partners - built an ambitious and global campaign whose engaging baseline was "20 years... and tomorrow?” to celebrate SID in France.
Safer Internet Day in Ukraine focussed on the local level
While simultaneously facing the war in Ukraine, schools, libraries and non-governmental organisations recently took part in the traditional annual Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrations, along with approximately 180 countries across the world. The Ukrainian Safer Internet Day Committee has been working all year long in order to reinforce the efforts of all stakeholders to bring the celebration of Safer Internet Day to each region of Ukraine.
The 2023 BIK Policy Map: A review of policies in the EU Member States, Iceland and Norway
This BIK bulletin’s focus piece features a preview of the forthcoming fourth edition of the Better Internet for Kids Policy Map report. Below, we zoom in on updates, results and trends identified in this latest monitoring of European BIK policy approaches.
Mexico celebrates Safer Internet Day 2023
In Mexico, the Mexican Safer Internet Day Committee Fundación PAS, part of the SIC+ programme, was in charge of organising Safer Internet Day 2023. To celebrate the day, several events were organised in collaboration with stakeholders and influencers.
The Insafe network celebrates Safer Internet Day 2023
The Insafe network of Safer Internet Centres did not hold back when it came to the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day. For the occasion, a lot of new resources including lesson plans, videos and other material were published all over Europe. Find a recap of the most recent network resources below.
Italy celebrates Safer Internet Day 2023 with an event focused on young people
For Safer Internet Day (SID) 2023, young people were the focus of the SID event in Italy. The day was split up into several different sessions to target different kinds of audience. Read on to discover more about the celebrations during the day.
