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07/10/2024
| | | | Insafe Weekly UpdateBringing you the latest news on Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) and beyond... |
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| | | | | Something 'BIK' is loading... | | | Governance | | | Call for SIC representation in the BIK Advisory Board | | [FINAL REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | The BIK Advisory Board provides the EC with a point of exchange on the ongoing implementation and future development of the BIK initiative, and supports effective relationships between all relevant stakeholders. SIC representation in the BIK Advisory Board is through two Safer Internet Centre Coordinators, and representation is rotated annually. The next BIK Advisory Board meeting will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 20 November 2024, in Brussels, Belgium (the day before SIF). SIC Coordinators are invited to express their interest in participating by contacting Rima by close of business on Friday, 11 October 2024. We take this opportunity to thank the Coordinators of SIC Germany and SIC Italy for proudly representing the network on the Board last year. | |
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| | Assessment and evaluation | | | Assessment platform submissions for helplines and hotlines | | [FINAL REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION] | | |
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| | Capacity building | | | Insafe Training meeting (online): taking place next week | | [FINAL REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION] |
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| | | Insafe Training meeting (online): cast your vote in the resource competition | | [UPDATED, FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION] | Even if your Safer Internet Centre hasn’tsubmitted an entry for the competition, you can still take a look at the other entries and pick your favourite. The deadline for voting is by COB on Thursday, 10 October 2024. Many thanks to all Safer Internet Centres for either submitting an entry to the competition, or for participating in the vote. If you have any questions, please contact Karl or Annarita. Please find below an outline of the remaining deadlines related to the resource competition: | COB on Thursday, 10 October 2024 | Deadline for SICs to vote for their favourite resource proposal. | | Friday, 11 October 2024 | SICs will be informed if their resource proposal has been selected for presentation during the online Insafe Training meeting. | | Tuesday, 15 October 2024 | The most popular resource proposals will be showcased during the online Insafe Training meeting, and participants will be able to vote for their favourite. |
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| | | | | Online meeting with TikTok | | [UPDATED, FOR INFORMATION] | Many thanks to all those who joined the recent online meeting with TikTok. We will include the link to the notes in the next Insafe Weekly Update. For further information, or to receive a copy of the notes in the meantime, please contact Karl. | |
| | | INHOPE Digital Literacy Guide | | [NEW, FOR INFORMATION] | Please note: this item relates to wider INHOPE work, not linked with BIK Phase 5. INHOPE is excited to launch its Digital Literacy Guide, a new resource for helping young people have a positive online experience. Developed with support from the European Commission, this guide offers clear, practical tips for staying safe online. It covers everything from setting up a device and safely interacting online, to knowing how and where to report harmful content and seek help if something goes wrong.
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| | Events and campaigns | | | Safer Internet Forum 2024: registration is now open | | [UPDATED, FOR INFORMATION AND WIDER DISSEMINATION] | A kind reminder that we are still waiting to hear from some SIC Coordinators with the two names of your in-person delegation. All other SIC participants should register for online attendance via this link. Please feel free to share the link for online attendance with your boards, networks, and other stakeholders. If you have any questions, please contact saferinternetforum@betterinternetforkids.eu. | |
| | | Safer Internet Day 2025: meet Ally, the new Safer Internet Day mascot | | [REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION] | Over the summer months, a panel of BIK youth representatives have been working alongside professional designers to scope the development of a new Safer Internet Day mascot. Today, we introduce you to Ally - the results of their hard work! 
Please see this presentation to gain some insight into how the youth-led design process went*and the various deliberations the young people had to bring Ally to life, along with a brief style guide* to give you an insight into some of the adventures we have planned for Ally. Next week, we'll issue the editable design files so that SICs can start updating their resources. More generally, planning will now start to ramp up for Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025; keep checking the Insafe Weekly Update for the latest information. We kindly remind you that Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025 will be marked by a global day of focus on Tuesday, 11 February 2025, and events and activities will take place throughout the whole month, across Europe and the globe! Please contact the SID helpdesk with any questions regarding the 2025 campaign. * Both links point to the existing (old) BIK community - log in to access them. Links will be updated in next week's Weekly Update to point to the new platform. | |
| | | First full roll-out of MediaSmartOnline coming soon! | | [NEW, FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION] | As you know, as part of the BIK+ strategy and BIK Phase 5, we planned to scope, pilot, and organise an EU-wide media literacy awareness-raising campaign, #MediaSmartOnline, in collaboration with the Insafe network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs). The main objective is to spotlight existing media literacy initiatives and actions across the network, and build synergies and opportunities for collaboration whenever possible. We ran the campaign's first pilot test between March and April 2024 and worked with the Media Literacy Campaign Working Group (MLC-WG) over the summer to scale activities to achieve the first full roll-out of MediaSmartOnline across the whole network, which will take place in autumn 2024. From there, we will progressively build it into the BIK calendar of annual campaigns. We are almost ready to start! The first full roll-out will start on Thursday, 24 October 2024 (the first day of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week) and run for approximately one month, ending on Safer Internet Forum (this year, on 21 November 2024). For future editions of the campaign, we note that Safer Internet Forum dates may change significantly from year to year – if that is the case, the campaign will typically run for one calendar month. The campaigning materials for the network are now ready. All SICs will be contacted imminently by email, and will receive the full communications package. In addition, all materials will also be available via the new BIK platform right after launch. | |
| | | menABLE MOOC: Tackling gender-based violence online | | [NEW, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | The menABLE project has opened registration for the massive open online course (MOOC) on tackling gender-based violence (GBV) online.This course explores online GBV and its impact on vulnerable groups such as young people, LGBTQI+ individuals, and people with disabilities, and offers practical tools for students, including the menABLE Educational Toolbox.
The five-week course, which starts on Monday, 21 October 2024, is open to secondary teachers, school heads, and education professionals. It provides valuable insights into creating safer digital spaces.
Learn more about the course and enrol here. | |
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| | Dissemination | | | General dissemination information | | For information for your own dissemination actions... | | |
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| | Approaching deadlines | | | | Deadline to cast a vote in the Insafe Training meeting resource competition (see above) | Close of business on Thursday, 10 October 2024 | | Deadline for SIC Coordinators to express an interest in participating in the BIK Advisory Board (see above) | Close of business on Friday, 11 October 2024 | | Deadline for helplines and hotlines to submit Assessment Platform data for Q3 (see above) | Close of business on Friday, 11 October 2024 |
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| | Important dates to come | | | INHOPE Summit 2024 | Tuesday, 8 - Wednesday, 9 October 2024 (hybrid: New York, United States and online) | Please note this item relates to wider INHOPE work not linked with BIK; see the link for further information | Insafe Training meeting | Tuesday, 15 to Thursday, 17 October 2024 (online) | See above |
| Friday, 18 October 2024 (online) at 9:30 CEST |
| MediaSmartOnline full roll-out campaign | From Thursday, 24 October to Thursday, 21 November 2024 | All (see above) | Helplines early warning meeting | Friday, 25 October 2024 (online) at 11:00 CET | Helplines | Safer Internet Forum 2024
(and related activities) | w/c Monday, 18 November 2024 (with SIF taking place on Thursday, 21 November 2024 in hybrid format: Brussels, Belgium and online) | More details and registration are available at https://eu.eventscloud.com/saferinternetforum2024/ | Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024 | Sunday, 15 to Thursday, 19 December 2024 (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) | More details to follow nearer the time | Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025 | Tuesday, 11 February 2025 (a global day of focus, with the promotion of activities throughout the whole month) | All – "Together for a better internet"
More details to follow nearer the time | Insafe/INHOPE joint training meeting | Wednesday, 19 and Thursday, 20 March, 2025 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | All – More details to follow nearer the time |
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