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18/03/2024
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| | | | | Capacity building |  |  | Insafe/INHOPE joint training meeting in Warsaw | [REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION] | The next Insafe/INHOPE joint training meeting will take place on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 April 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. The meeting will start at 13:00 on Wednesday 17 April and will finish at 17:00 on Thursday 18 April. There will be some optional activities taking place on the morning of Wednesday – a Media Literacy in the Classroom session and also a visit to the Polish helpline. The Insafe Steering Committee meeting will take place on the morning of Friday, 19 April 2024. All those who have registered will receive a copy of the training booklet and final agenda in the coming weeks. If you haven’t yet registered but are planning to attend, please get in touch with Karl as soon as possible. For any questions or further information on any aspect of the training meeting, please contact Karl. |  |
|  |  | Training meeting resource competition - deadline extended | [UPDATED, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | As usual, there will be a resource competition taking place as part of the upcoming training meeting. As this is a joint Insafe/INHOPE training meeting, all EC co-funded SICs and INHOPE hotlines are welcome to take part in the competition with the chance of winning €5,000 which must be used to make the resource accessible to the wider network. Typically, the funds would be used for translation and/or adaptation. The resource could be a video, brochure, book, research report, learning materials – anything that would be of interest and use to the wider network. The focus of this edition of the resource competition will be on children and young people aged 12 to 18. SICs and hotlines are invited to submit any resource which targets or is aimed at this particular group. Those wishing to take part should submit an entry using this short online form. Please remember that each country can only submit one resource. If you are unsure if a particular resource will fit the requirements, please contact Karl or Annarita to discuss. Please find below an outline of the upcoming deadlines related to the resource competition: COB on Friday, 22 March 2024 | Extended deadline for SICs to submit a resource proposal. | Monday, 25 March 2024 | The gallery of submitted resource proposals will be available to view via the BIK community and SICs will be able to vote for their favourite. | COB on Monday, 8 April 2024 | Deadline for SICs to vote for their favourite resource proposal. | Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | SICs will be informed if their resource proposal has been selected for presentation during the training meeting. | Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | The most popular resource proposals will be showcased during the joint Insafe/INHOPE Training meeting in Warsaw, Poland and participants will be able to cast their vote for their favourite. |
Remember, a resource competition entry will count towards your SIC’s lump sum mechanism (LSM) criteria for 2024. |  |
|  |  | INHOPE Expert Insights webinar: INHOPE Annual Report 2023 | [THIS WEEK, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | Please note, this item relates to INHOPE work delivered under the BIK Phase 5 project. What is happening in online child protection? 2023 marked a year of rapid growth and progress for the INHOPE network. Driven by the vision of a digital world free from child sexual abuse material (CSAM), INHOPE remained proactive in countering emerging threats, enhancing its technological infrastructure, and supporting hotline analysts around the world. The INHOPE Annual Report 2023 presents insights from 54 hotlines around the world processing reports of CSAM. Join INHOPE's Kalina Zografska and Abby Roberts on Thursday, 20 March 2024 at 16:00 CET for this exclusive webinar that will take you through the key data and trends from 2023, and discover more about how INHOPE has been working with key stakeholders to improve the safety of young people online. Find out more and register via the INHOPE website. |  |
|  |  | Online meeting with Video Games Europe on virtual worlds | [NEW, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | An online meeting with colleagues from Video Games Europe (VGE, formerly the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE)) and some of its members will take place on Thursday, 28 March 2024 from 14:30 CET to 16:00 CET. The session will provide updates on VGE’s work, with a focus also on virtual worlds. Use this link to join the meeting; for further information, please contact Karl. |  |
|  |  | Helpline early warning group meeting | [REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | Many thanks to those people who joined the recent meeting. A short report is available from the BIK community (login first) along with a link to the recording of the meeting. The next meeting of the helpline early warning group will take place on Tuesday, 23 April 2024 at 11:00 CEST. Use this link to join the meeting; for further information, please contact Karl. |  |
|  |  | Online meeting to launch a good practice guide on creating, testing and evaluating evidence-based awareness campaigns | [REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | An online meeting will take place on Thursday, 25 April 2024 to launch a good practice guide which focuses on evidence-based awareness campaigning. The meeting is scheduled to start at 11:00 CEST with a tentative finish time of 12:30 CEST; however, the full time may not be needed. Use this link to join. Please note that there will be further information shared here once the guide is published, but please save the date in the meantime. For further information, please contact Karl. |  |
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| | Events and campaigns |  |  | BIK MOOC: An evolving online safety landscape - enrolment still possible | [REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND DISSEMINATION] | A new BIK MOOC (massive open online course) launched last Monday, and will run for approximately 4 weeks. This course provides background information and understanding of key initiatives that are shaping the digital experiences of children and young people. It also explores how teachers and schools can help to protect and promote children's rights in a digital world, how education can empower children and young people with the necessary skills and competences for the Digital Decade, and methods to encourage all youth to actively participate in shaping a better and safer internet. The course is targeted at primary and secondary school teachers of any subject. Other educational professionals and stakeholders, such as heads of schools, school support staff, and policymakers with an interest in this topic are also welcome to join. Enrolment is still possible; find out more via the European Schoolnet Academy. |  |
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| | Dissemination | | | Approaching deadlines | | | Important dates to come |  |  | BIK MOOC: An evolving online safety landscape | Monday, 11 March 2024 - Wednesday, 17 April 2024 (online) | Primary and secondary school teachers of any subject, and other educational professionals and stakeholders (see above) | INHOPE webinar: INHOPE Annual Report 2023 | Thursday, 20 March 2024 at 16:00 CET (online) | All (see above) | Online meeting with Video Games Europe - updates and virtual worlds | Thursday, 28 March 2024 at 14:30 CET (online) | All (see above) | Insafe/INHOPE joint network training meeting | Wednesday 17 - Thursday 18 April 2024 (Warsaw, Poland) | All (see above) | Insafe Steering Committee meeting | Friday, 19 April 2024 (Warsaw, Poland) | Insafe SC members (more information to follow) | Helpline early warning group meeting | Wednesday, 23 April 2024, 11:00 CEST (online) | Helplines (see above) | Creating, testing and evaluating evidence-based awareness campaigns (meeting to explore a good practice guide) | Thursday, 25 April 2024 11:00 – 12:30 CEST (online) | All (see above) | EuroDIG 2024 | Monday, 17 - Wednesday, 19 June 2024 (Vilnius, Lithuania) | All | Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025 | Tuesday, 11 February 2025 | All – "Together for a better internet" |
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