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10/02/2025
| | | | Insafe Weekly UpdateBringing you the latest news on Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) and beyond... |
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| | | | | Safer Internet Day 2025 | | | 
On the eve of the Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025 global day of celebration, we take this opportunity to thank you for your support in the build-up to the campaign and wish you all a fantastic day tomorrow. Check the BIK platform and our social media profiles on Facebook, X and LinkedIn for more information throughout the day, and look out for a few launches, including the first BIK+ strategy evaluation report. We’ll be busy watching events unfold across the globe and will be active across social media throughout the day tomorrow. A reminder to use the #SID2025 and #SaferInternetDay hashtags, and please tag @SafeInternetDay so that we can further share your posts. Remember also, there's still time to use the various assets in the Get involved section of the SID website, while the latest dissemination plan includes some ready-made posts for you to make some noise from your own social media account. If you need to make any further changes to your SID profile page - or add new resources launched on the day, those with direct profile edit access can do it directly (and we will authorise changes asap) or submit them here via the EUSurvey form. And, if it is something very minor, you can always drop us a message via the SID mailbox, and we'll respond as quickly as we can. Equally, please start thinking about the completion of your SIC’s SID reporting template also (including a blog article on SID successes), which will now be facilitated via the BIK community assessment tools (login first). The deadline for submissions is COB on Tuesday, 11 March 2025 (or sooner if possible); again, drop us a message if you need permissions setting Finally, a reminder that as soon as tomorrow ends, we’ll be promoting a Save the Date for the next edition of Safer Internet Day, which will again take place across the full month, with a global day of celebration on Tuesday, 10 February 2026 (a logo can be downloaded from the BIK community; login first). Please do not start sharing this until the end of the day. In case of questions on any aspect of the Safer Internet Day campaign, please contact saferinternetday@betterinternetforkids.eu. | |
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| | AdWiseOnline | | | Latest outputs and what's coming up in the final week of the campaign | The first episode of the AdWiseOnline podcast, which delves into the psychology of marketing manipulation in gaming and offers advice for families on protecting and empowering young people, is available on the YouTube podcast channel and the BIK platform, including an audio version. The next episode will explore the legal aspects of gaming; look out for it later this week. Visit the AdWiseOnline section to explore these resources and more, and see how influencers are amplifying the AdWiseOnline campaign. This is a reminder, also, that it's the last week of the campaign; it will run until Sunday, 16 February 2025, but we will continue to promote the various resources beyond that date. | |
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| | Capacity building | | | Insafe-INHOPE joint training meeting - March 2025 | | [REMINDER, REGISTRATION CONTINUES] | The Insafe-INHOPE joint training meeting will take place in Amsterdam on 19-20 March 2025. The meeting will be held at the Mövenpick Hotel, Amsterdam City Centre and will start at 13:00 CET on Wednesday, 19 March, with two optional sessions on Wednesday morning: a visit to the Dutch helpline and hotline and a media literacy session hosted by NL SIC consortium partners ECP. Registration is now open, and we would ask you (and any other SIC colleagues who are planning to attend) to register as soon as possible and by COB on Monday, 24 February at the latest, using this link. You will find a link to the draft agenda from the registration page (our main focus will be on AI), along with information about the optional sessions and the networking dinner that will take place on the famous Amsterdam canals on Wednesday evening. As usual at the face-to-face meeting, and by popular demand, we will have an Open Space Technology (OST) session, which will provide an opportunity for colleagues to share information about the work that they are doing at their Safer Internet Centre. This could be a chance to share some interesting research or showcase a particular resource. Please do sign up to host one of these informal sessions when you register – the OST sessions will only work if we have people willing to host: we know that there is so much expertise, good practice, and wisdom around the network that can be shared. We know that many of you have already booked accommodation, but colleagues from the Dutch SIC have prepared a list of other possible options nearby if this is helpful: Walking distance (or a tram ride of 1 or 2 stops) There are many more hotels directly in the city centre. Anything within walking distance of the Central Station would work well, and tram 26 will take you to the Mövenpick Hotel, where the training meeting will take place in around 5 minutes. Amsterdam Sloterdijk has some cheaper options and is only 5 minutes by train from Amsterdam Central Station. We are very grateful to our colleagues from Dutch SIC for all of their help and support in planning the meeting, and we are looking forward to seeing you all in Amsterdam next month. If you need any further information or have any questions, please contact Karl. | |
| | | Insafe-INHOPE joint training meeting resource competition | | [NEW, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | As usual, a resource competition will take place during 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 teachers and educators more broadly (including social workers, etc).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 by COB on Friday, 28 February. 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. | Deadline for SICs and hotlines to submit a resource proposal. | | The gallery of submitted resource proposals will be available to view via the BIK community, and SICs and hotlines will be able to vote for their favourite. | | Deadline for SICs and hotlines to vote for their favourite resource proposal. | | SICs and hotlines will be informed if their resource proposal has been selected for presentation during the Insafe-INHOPE joint training meeting. | | The most popular resource proposals will be showcased during the joint training meeting, and participants will be able to cast their vote for their favourite. |
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| | | Awareness early warning meeting | | [REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] |
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| | | Helpline early warning meeting | | [REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] |
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| | Events and campaigns | | | Dissemination | | | Approaching deadlines | | | | Deadline for SICs to register to attend the Insafe/INHOPE joint training meeting in Amsterdam (see above) | Close of business on Monday, 24 February 2025 | | Deadline for SICs and hotlines to submit a resource proposal to the Insafe-INHOPE joint training meeting (see above) | Close of business on Friday, 28 February 2025 | | Deadline for SICs to report on Safer Internet Day actions (see above) | Close of business on Tuesday, 11 March 2025 | | Deadline for SICs and hotlines to vote for their favourite resource proposal as part of the Insafe/INHOPE joint training meeting (see schedule above) | Close of business on Thursday, 13 March 2025 |
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| | Important dates to come | | | [ONGOING] BIK MOOC: Child online safety: What educators need to know | Monday, 3 February 2025 - Wednesday, 12 March 2025 (online) | Teachers and educators - please disseminate through your own networks and channels (see above) | [THIS WEEK] 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" (see above) |
| Tuesday, 18 February 2025 at 14:00 CET (online) |
| helplines | Friday, 7 March 2025 at 11:00 CET (online) | Helplines (see above) | Insafe-INHOPE joint training meeting | Wednesday, 19 and Thursday, 20 March, 2025 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | Registration is now open (see above) | Insafe Steering Committee meeting | Friday, 21 March, 2025 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | Insafe Steering Committee members (more information to follow soon) |
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