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ECPAT Sweden the Swedish hotline, Swedish Safer Internet Centre
16 January 2025

SIC Sweden’s national summit “A Better Internet for Kids”

The program of the summit features new knowledge on children’s lives online and information on the support that the organisations behind the Safer Internet Centre Sweden offer. The program includes The Swedish Agency for the Media’s presentation of three new reports where children and young people’s media use and health, relation to influencers and girls with neuropsyciatric disabilities and online behaviour are examined. There is also a presentation of the Digital Services Act, DSA, from a senior expert of the European Commission.

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Austrian Safer Internet Centre
11 December 2024

Youth representing Austria at the Safer Internet Forum 2024 in Brussels

Sofia is a member of the youth who were present at the Safer Internet Forum 2024 and in this article, she shares her experience of this year's Forum.

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Rule and guideline

policy and regulation, well-being

Voting at 16

The initiative to reduce the voting age from 18 to 16 occurred through the Electoral Law Amendment Act 2007, indicating that young people are invited to contribute to political decisions and democracy.
(Source: Website).

Entities responsible for implementation: Federal Chancellery Republic of Austria / Bundeskanzleramt Österreich.

Austria
Implemented 2027 - Ongoing

BIK+ strategy pillar 3 - participation

Rule and guideline

policy and regulation, technical settings

Youth Participation in Youth Information Services

These guidelines address youth participation in information services, presenting tools to include young people as information creators, peer educators, and representatives in governmental bodies. In addition, the guide provides information on how to conduct feedback with young people when evaluating, monitoring and assessing initiatives.
(Source: Guide).

Entities responsible for implementation: Eurodesk and European Youth Information and Counselling Agency (ERYICA).

Austria
Implemented 2022 - Ongoing

BIK+ strategy pillar 3 - participation

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Romanian Safer Internet Centre
21 June 2024

Empowering youth online: the Ora de Net initiative

Volunteering is a crucial aspect of the Ora de Net project, integral to its mission of educating and informing children and adolescents about safe and responsible internet use. The dedicated Ora de Net Youth Panellists from various regions actively engage in community outreach to raise awareness and provide essential education on digital literacy.

Young people standing at the Safer Internet Forum

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BIK Youth Panellist
28 February 2024

Seran's journey to SIF as a BIK Youth Panellist

Seran, a BIK Youth Panellist from Austria, shares her reflections on the Safer Internet Forum. In this brief glimpse, she shares poignant moments and insights from her experience, highlighting the impact of shared vision and collective effort. Discover the challenges, laughter, and connections that shaped her experience.

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Austrian Safer Internet Centre
27 February 2024

Growing up in the digital world: successful Safer Internet symposium

On Safer Internet Day 2024, the Austrian Safer Internet Centre organised a conference titled "Growing up in the digital world". Politicians and experts discussed current trends and challenges online with educators, parents, and an interested specialist audience. Young people were not only the subject of the event but were also actively involved in its organisation. They supplemented the specialist presentations with exciting insights into their digital world. The concept was interesting - the conference was fully booked within a few days.

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Portuguese Safer Internet Centre
20 February 2024

Navigating safely: programme review 2023

At the beginning of February, we issued our Naveg@s 2023 report, and we are pleased with the results obtained. Our programme volunteers deserve congratulations!

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Belgian Safer Internet Centre
19 December 2023

GrooMix: a grooming prevention card game for professionals

Child Focus launched the card game GrooMix. This educational game aims to make children and teenagers aware of and resilient to phenomena such as online grooming. Grooming is the process by which an adult approaches a minor with a sexual purpose, either to meet them or to obtain explicit material. The game focuses on the (potential) victim perspective: how can you, as a young person, protect yourself against grooming and how to deal with messages from strangers?

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BIK Team
23 November 2023

Today is the Safer Internet Forum 2023

The Forum seeks to discuss and showcase initiatives related to developing digital skills for children, parents and teachers while also paying attention to the needs of vulnerable children. This year’s edition takes place in a hybrid format in Brussels, Belgium and online with the theme of Empowering YOUth with skills for the Digital Decade. As part of the European Year of Skills and other policy frameworks, the Safer Internet Forum 2023 focuses on pillars two and three of the BIK+ strategy. It delves into digital empowerment and active participation/respect concerning children and young people.

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