Better Internet for Kids

The Council of Ministers Resolution 112/2020 approved the National Strategy for Children's Rights 2021-2024 (ENDC 2021-2024).
(Source: National Contact).

Entities responsible for implementation: Council of Ministers / Conselho de Ministros.

The Creative Competition, a thematic initiative led by the Office of the Commissioner for Children, accepts submissions from children aged 5-16 on children’s rights. Children can participate by sending short stories, poetry, and visual art (drawing, photo, painting).
(Source: Office of the Commissioner for Children).

Entities responsible for implementation: Office of the Commissioner for Children.

The Curriculum Guidelines for ICT is an instrument designed to articulate digital skills and ICT as a cross-cutting area in the national curriculum (1st school cycle). This instrument clarifies how to develop digital skills, guide kids to access and use online services, online research, and effectively communicate using digital resources.
(Source: Guidelines).

Entities responsible for implementation: Directorate-General for Education / Direção-Geral da Educação.

The Programme Council for Digital Education was assigned a task in 2019 to prepare a new national digital education action plan. The creation of the document involved the active participation of various stakeholders (pupils, students, teachers, principals, professors, researchers, union representatives, policy makers) at workshops, discussions and consultations by the working group of the Programme Council.

Futura is the educational branch of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), setting six reforms and ten plans to invest in a new educational system that includes digital skills and guarantees the right to education. The measures relate, in fact, to the most strategic aspects of education: the reorganization of the school system, the training of staff, recruitment procedures, the guidance system, the reorganization of technical and professional institutes and Higher Technical Institutes (ITS).

In Luxembourg, a national policy for well-being in schools has been developed and will be implemented in all high schools by 2025. The policy aims to ensure that each student has the opportunity to thrive at school in complete safety and reach their full potential, while feeling supported, respected and valued. The initiative promotes dialogue between students and adults through open communication and peer work to create positive and trustful relationships. In addition, it provides an anti-violence tool in schools and supports youth involvement in the educational community.

The Health Education Framework supports health education in schools by promoting awareness objectives on mental health and violence prevention, nutrition education, physical activities, addictive behaviours, and sexuality. 
(Source: Health Education Framework).

Entities responsible for implementation: National Team for Citizenship Education / Equipa Nacional de Educação para a Cidadania.

The Human Rights Framework addresses human rights education and global citizenship in schools by providing thematic activities for different school years related to the historical background, characteristics, and applicability of human rights. Multiple topics are included, such as justice, civil and political rights, collective rights, and international cooperation.
(Source: Human Rights Framework).

Entities responsible for implementation: National Team for Citizenship Education / Equipa Nacional de Educação para a Cidadania.

This law establishes the educational goals of the Republic of Lithuania, the principles of the educational system, the structure of the educational system, the foundations of educational activities, educational relations, and the state's obligations in the field of education. 
(Source: Article 1, Purpose of the Law).

Entities responsible for implementation: Ministry of Education, Science and Sports / Švietimo, mokslo ir sporto ministerija and Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania / Lietuvos Respublikos ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba.

The Media Compass forms the basis for successful media education in schools. It shows how every teacher and every subject or module can contribute to the development, promotion and deepening of media skills. It thus offers teachers, educators and students a theoretical and practical framework of orientation.