Insafe Weekly Update

In case you missed it, the new Better Internet for Kids platform is now live! Now sitting within the European Commission's Europa domain – with the URL better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu – the platform is the new online home of the BIK initiative, the European Union programme that strives to create a better and safer internet for Europe’s children and youth.

Underpinned by the aims and outputs of the European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+), the platform provides information, guidance and resources on better internet issues from the joint Insafe-INHOPE network of Safer Internet Centres in Europe and other key stakeholders for ALL those who support or educate children and young people in their online lives.

Read the launch article on the new platform. You can also learn more about the BIK Knowledge hub here - a new European central access point for information, evidence, policy, and practice insights.

Come and explore more at better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu; we look forward to your visit!

As many SIC onboarding contacts have now successfully added organisation details for each member organisation of the SIC consortium, please look out for the next mailing this week regarding the registration process for SIC staff working within the consortium organisations. SIC colleagues, please wait until your SIC Coordinator/onboarding contact instructs you to register.

If you have not yet designated an onboarding contact for your SIC (or SIC+), please contact the support helpdesk with your contact details as soon as possible. Any other queries regarding the new platform can also be directed to the support helpdesk.

Please note that sign-in is only needed to access the community area of the new platform; the public platform can be accessed and browsed without registration.

The next helpline early warning meeting will take place online this Friday, 25 October 2024 at 11:00 CEST; join the meeting using this link. For any further information, please contact Karl.

Thanks to all who participated in the online Insafe Training meeting last week. Presentations are being uploaded to the new BIK community (log in first). If you need access to any in the interim, please contact Karl.

A kind reminder, also, to please complete the evaluation survey if you have not yet done so.

And finally, a date for your diary: the next Insafe/INHOPE Joint training meeting will take place on Wednesday, 19, and Thursday, 20 March 2025 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). More details will follow nearer the time.

The winner of the October 2024 resource competition - chosen during the online Insafe Training meeting last week - is the French Safer Internet Centre with the resource FamiNum - congratulations!

Congratulations also go to the Croatian and Finnish Safer Internet Centres for making it to the top three most popular resources, and thanks to everyone who took part in the competition. It was once again a very fierce competition with incredibly valuable entries.

In case of queries regarding any aspect of the resource competition, please contact Annarita.

 Annarita.

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.

The editable design files for Ally - the new Safer Internet Day mascot - are now available in the new BIK community (log in first) or by emailing the SID helpdesk directly.

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 feel free to contact the SID helpdesk with any further questions regarding the 2025 campaign.

The October edition of the BIK bulletin was recently published (replacing the typical September edition for this one occasion).

In this edition of the BIK bulletin, we focus on the new Better Internet for Kids platform. We’re excited to introduce the improved resources designed to empower those supporting children and young people online. We also highlight the new BIK Knowledge Hub, which serves as a central access point for information, evidence, and policy insights. Additionally, we invite you to register for this year’s Safer Internet Forum, themed “Where’s the harm? Protecting children and young people against inappropriate content and bullying online,” taking place on Thursday, 21 November 2024. Finally, as we approach Safer Internet Day in February 2025, we’re pleased to unveil the new SID mascot, Ally, created in collaboration with BIK Youth representatives.

Visit the new BIK platform for the bulletin archive or subscribe to receive future editions directly. 

A kind reminder that we are now accepting SIC article submissions following the launch of the new BIK platform. Please contact the BIK content mailbox with any submissions or in case of any queries.

Onboarding for the new platform will continue this week, allowing access to the community on the new BIK platform. As noted above, we will reach out via SIC coordinators when we are ready to invite wider SIC staff to register.

If you have questions in the meantime, please email support@betterinternetforkids.eu.

Please note the updated URLs for the new BIK platform:

• Better Internet for Kids (BIK) on the new public platform:
  better-internet-for-kids. europa.eu; #BIK; #BIKbulletin
• BIK strategy (BIK+) on the new BIK platform:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/bik/bik-plus-strategy; #BIKplus
• Safer Internet Forum (SIF) on the new BIK platform:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/sif; #SIF2024, #SaferInternetForum
• BIK Knowledge hub on the new BIK platform:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/knowledge-hub; #BIKPolicyMap
• BIK Youth on the new BIK platform:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/bik-youth; #BIKyouth; #Pledge2Youth
• Safer Internet Day (SID) on the new BIK platform:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/saferinternetday; #SID2025; #SaferInternetDay
• Media literacy campaign on the new BIK platform:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/media-smart-online; #MediaSmartOnline
• Child and youth consumer protection campaign on the new BIK platform:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/adwiseonline; #AdWiseOnline
• Project Facebook profiles:
  Insafe, Safer Internet Day, Insafe network closed Facebook group, INHOPE
• Project X (formerly Twitter) profiles:
  @insafenetwork; @safeinternetday; @BIK_youth; @inhope_pr
• Project LinkedIn profile:
  Better Internet for Kids