Better Internet for Kids

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.

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.

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.

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 practical workshops and school routes were attended by more than 4,050 classrooms in educational centres. Read on to find out more about Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrations in Spain.

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.

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.

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.

Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrated its 20th anniversary on 7 February 2023. This European Union initiative is held each year to raise awareness and ensure a safer internet throughout the world. BEE SECURE, Luxembourg Safer Internet Centre, looks back on the events that took place as part of #SID2023.

The Media Literacy Week (MLW) was celebrated in Finland as part of the Safer Internet Day campaign. This year, we emphasised making media education visible and the timelessness of media education, in such a way that events and materials can be enjoyed throughout the year.