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14/10/2024
| | | | Insafe Weekly UpdateBringing you the latest news on Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) and beyond... |
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| | | | | Something 'BIK' has happened... | | | Introducing the new Better Internet for Kids (BIK) platform | 
In case you missed it last week, we are delighted to announce that the new and improved 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-funded 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. See the Weekly Update EXTRA mailing from last week for more information, or 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! | |
| | | New BIK platform onboarding continues this week | Onboarding for the new BIK platform will continue this week. Following on from Friday's mailing to SIC onboarding contacts, please now proceed with adding organisation details for each member organisation of the SIC consortium. Once these organisations' entries have been approved, we can open 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. | |
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| | Capacity building | | | Insafe Training meeting (online) | | [THIS WEEK, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION] | The Insafe Training meeting takes place this week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning: we are looking forward to seeing you all online. Everyone who has registered should have received a copy of the meeting booklet which contains the final agenda, information on sessions and speakers, as well as instructions for joining. If you haven’t received this, please contact Karl.
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| | | Resource competition at this week's Insafe Training meeting (online) | | [THIS WEEK, FOR INFORMATION] | Thank you very much to all SICs for either participating in the resource competition, or for casting their vote for their favourite resource. The three most popular resources have been selected as the finalists, and the related SICs have been contacted. A final round of voting will take place during the Insafe Training meeting in a dedicated session on Tuesday, 15 October 2024, at 12:30 CEST. We will hear a short introduction of each resource from the three finalists, and the designated winning resource will receive up to 5,000 euros to improve it and make it available to the wider network. If you have any questions, please contact Annarita. | |
| | | | | INHOPE Digital Literacy Guide | | [REMINDER, 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 | | | First full roll-out of MediaSmartOnline coming soon! | | [UPDATED, 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 networkin 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 – please download the communications package here and the visuals here (both in the community of the new BIK platform). All SICs have also been contacted by email. | |
| | | Safer Internet Forum 2024: registration is now open | | [REMINDER, 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 | | [UPDATED, 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. The editable design files for Ally will be shared after the SID session at the Insafe Training meeting on Wednesday. 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 new BIK community. SIC Coordinators will typically have access to these for now until the onboarding process for the new platform is complete. If you need the files urgently, please contact the SID helpdesk. | |
| | | menABLE MOOC: Tackling gender-based violence online | | [FINAL REMINDER, 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 next 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 | | | The latest edition of the BIK bulletin has been published | | [NEW, FOR INFORMATION] | 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. | |
| | | What’s been happening on the new BIK public platform? | | [PLATFORM NEWS UPDATES] | 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. | |
| | | What’s been happening in the community on the new BIK platform? | | [PLATFORM COMMUNITY UPDATES] | 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. | |
| | | What's been happening in the Insafe Facebook group? | | Visit the Insafe network Facebook group to discover more... | - ENISA is looking for professionals from Insafe or INHOPE dealing with cyber-security in education in primary and secondary schools for a conference being organised in the context of European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) (SIC GR)
- See various news updates from the new network member, Safer Internet Centre Albania (SIC AL). You can also learn more from new SICs at the Insafe Training meeting this week.
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| | | General dissemination information | | For information for your own dissemination actions... | Please note the updated URLs for the new BIK platform: | |
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| | Important dates to come | | | 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 better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/sif | 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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