About the organisation
The Cyprus Safer Internet Centre, building on European funding as part of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) project, aims to strengthen efforts for the creative and safe use of the internet in Cyprus. Focusing on the new and growing needs resulting from the changes at the national and European levels, the Center promotes cooperation between the national bodies involved to create a Safer Internet culture. Cyprus SIC aims to create a safer and better internet, where kids, their parents, teachers and the wider public are empowered to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively.
Awareness centre
An awareness centre supports the work of the Centre by developing rich educational/information material, resources and tools. It also organises campaigns to empower children, young people, parents, caregivers, and teachers with the skills and knowledge needed for online safety while highlighting the benefits of the digital environment. Additionally, the awareness centre collaborates closely with children and young individuals, encouraging them to actively share their experiences, ideas, and points of view. This collaboration reinforces their ability to propose suggestions and take actions related to the creative and safe use of digital technologies and the internet.
Members of the CYberSafety Youth Panel serve as ambassadors and work to develop innovative resources, disseminating messages about internet safety among their peers and other relevant groups.The Center offers presentations, lectures and workshops to schools, students, parents/caregivers, aiming to educate and raise awareness regarding the responsible and safe use of the internet, the European project ‘Cyprus SaferInternet Centre - CYberSafety – Better Internet for Kids', in collaboration with all partners. To arrange a presentation/lecture/workshop with a partner of the ‘CYberSafety – Better Internet for Kids' project, schools can visit and register their interest on the following web platform of the programme.
The Cyprus Safer Internet Centre maintains a web portal for raising awareness where stakeholders can find resources and tools, and also share valuable experience and good practices regarding the responsible and safe exploitation of digital technologies. The web portal includes a repository of rich educational/informative material, resources and tools for children, adolescents, teachers and parents to exploit digital technologies. At the same time, this portal provides ongoing information on issues regarding digital technology and its use in Cyprus.
Contact
For any query, contact us through our website.
Helpline
The helpline operates to ensure that users receive expert guidance and assistance on matters concerning the use of digital technologies and the internet.
Specifically, it offers information, advice, and support to children, young people, parents, teachers, and professionals, addressing issues such as harmful content, inappropriate contact, such as grooming, and improper conduct like cyberbullying or sexting.
Helpline 1480 is part of the European helpline network Insafe.
Contact and opening hours
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m
To contact us send us a message via our email address: 1480helpline@cyearn.pi.ac.cy , or via our facebook page.
Hotline
Hotline 1480 (https://www.cybersafety.cy/hotline) offers a direct, easily accessible and responsible point of contact for users to report illegal content or actions on the internet.
Hotline 1480 services handle public information related to:
- content of child sexual abuse (e.g. photos)
- racist and xenophobic material that violates the law
- anything considered illegal
Hotline 1480 have established direct connections with competent bodies in Cyprus (e.g. Cyber Crime Unit) and abroad (e.g. social networking) to ensure the appropriate procedures and steps are followed.
Hotline 1480 is part of the international hotline network INHOPE.
Contact and opening hours
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m
You can contact the hotline by sending a message via the email address: 1480helpline@cyearn.pi.ac.cy, via the website, or the Facebook page.
Youth participation
The CYberSafety Youth Panel enables young children to share knowledge and experience with peers and the public about the creative and safe use of the internet, and offers training experiences to its members.
The members of the Panel are supported to take actions and, also, have the opportunity to make suggestions to policy makers and other stakeholders about the use of the internet especially regarding minors. CYberSafety Youth Panel members act, also, as ambassadors of best practices and actions by creating innovative sources and content and sharing it with others, participating in discussions, giving lectures and workshops on the safe use of the internet to their peers and other groups involved.
The CYberSafety Youth Panel Cyprus team is composed of 56 students coming from the Cyprus Children's Parliament, coordinated by the Pancyprian Coordinating Committee for the Protection and Welfare of Children (PCCPWC), the Cyprus Young Advisors, coordinated by the Cypriot Commissioner for Children’s Rights, the Young Coaches for the Internet, an educational programme coordinated by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, students from schools in Cyprus.
How can you get involved?
Send us a message via our website.
Key successes
The Cyprus Safer Internet Centre - CYberSafety has a strong consortium with important stakeholders as partners, supported by a wider group on the National Strategy for a Better Internet for Kids in Cyprus, which serves as the Advisory Board.
The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (CPI) organises an annual contest for the production of short digital video by students within the thematic area of the safe and creative use of the internet. At the beginning of the school year, a circular is sent to all the schools in Cyprus (both public and private) announcing the competition, in which small groups of students of all ages (from primary to high school) are eligible to participate (under the guidance of their teacher). The overarching theme of the contest is aligned with the annual Safer Internet Day campaign motto. Students’ digital video production on the creative and safe use of the internet aims at developing children's skills in relation to media literacy as well as at
constructing knowledge and shaping their attitudes regarding this crucial and important thematic area.
Successful programmes & initiatives include the following:
Key partners/supporters
The Consortium of the European project Cyprus Safer Internet Centre - CYberSafety (2022-2024) includes six partners:
- Cyprus Pedagogical Institute / Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth (MOESY)
- Digital Security Authority (DSA)
- University of Cyprus (UCY)
- Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)
- Pancyprian School for Parents (PSP)
- Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA)
- The Cyprus Safer Internet Centre - CYberSafety operates under the coordination of the Cyprus Pedagogical
- Institute and the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth as part of the Better Internet for Kids project (Action No -Call: DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01), which is co-funded by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
Additional links / resources
About the organisation
The Cyprus Safer Internet Centre, building on European funding as part of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) project, aims to strengthen efforts for the creative and safe use of the internet in Cyprus. Focusing on the new and growing needs resulting from the changes at the national and European levels, the Center promotes cooperation between the national bodies involved to create a Safer Internet culture. Cyprus SIC aims to create a safer and better internet, where kids, their parents, teachers and the wider public are empowered to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively.
Awareness centre
An awareness centre supports the work of the Centre by developing rich educational/information material, resources and tools. It also organises campaigns to empower children, young people, parents, caregivers, and teachers with the skills and knowledge needed for online safety while highlighting the benefits of the digital environment. Additionally, the awareness centre collaborates closely with children and young individuals, encouraging them to actively share their experiences, ideas, and points of view. This collaboration reinforces their ability to propose suggestions and take actions related to the creative and safe use of digital technologies and the internet.
Members of the CYberSafety Youth Panel serve as ambassadors and work to develop innovative resources, disseminating messages about internet safety among their peers and other relevant groups.The Center offers presentations, lectures and workshops to schools, students, parents/caregivers, aiming to educate and raise awareness regarding the responsible and safe use of the internet, the European project ‘Cyprus SaferInternet Centre - CYberSafety – Better Internet for Kids', in collaboration with all partners. To arrange a presentation/lecture/workshop with a partner of the ‘CYberSafety – Better Internet for Kids' project, schools can visit and register their interest on the following web platform of the programme.
The Cyprus Safer Internet Centre maintains a web portal for raising awareness where stakeholders can find resources and tools, and also share valuable experience and good practices regarding the responsible and safe exploitation of digital technologies. The web portal includes a repository of rich educational/informative material, resources and tools for children, adolescents, teachers and parents to exploit digital technologies. At the same time, this portal provides ongoing information on issues regarding digital technology and its use in Cyprus.
Contact
For any query, contact us through our website.
Helpline
The helpline operates to ensure that users receive expert guidance and assistance on matters concerning the use of digital technologies and the internet.
Specifically, it offers information, advice, and support to children, young people, parents, teachers, and professionals, addressing issues such as harmful content, inappropriate contact, such as grooming, and improper conduct like cyberbullying or sexting.
Helpline 1480 is part of the European helpline network Insafe.
Contact and opening hours
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m
To contact us send us a message via our email address: 1480helpline@cyearn.pi.ac.cy , or via our facebook page.
Hotline
Hotline 1480 (https://www.cybersafety.cy/hotline) offers a direct, easily accessible and responsible point of contact for users to report illegal content or actions on the internet.
Hotline 1480 services handle public information related to:
- content of child sexual abuse (e.g. photos)
- racist and xenophobic material that violates the law
- anything considered illegal
Hotline 1480 have established direct connections with competent bodies in Cyprus (e.g. Cyber Crime Unit) and abroad (e.g. social networking) to ensure the appropriate procedures and steps are followed.
Hotline 1480 is part of the international hotline network INHOPE.
Contact and opening hours
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m
You can contact the hotline by sending a message via the email address: 1480helpline@cyearn.pi.ac.cy, via the website, or the Facebook page.
Youth participation
The CYberSafety Youth Panel enables young children to share knowledge and experience with peers and the public about the creative and safe use of the internet, and offers training experiences to its members.
The members of the Panel are supported to take actions and, also, have the opportunity to make suggestions to policy makers and other stakeholders about the use of the internet especially regarding minors. CYberSafety Youth Panel members act, also, as ambassadors of best practices and actions by creating innovative sources and content and sharing it with others, participating in discussions, giving lectures and workshops on the safe use of the internet to their peers and other groups involved.
The CYberSafety Youth Panel Cyprus team is composed of 56 students coming from the Cyprus Children's Parliament, coordinated by the Pancyprian Coordinating Committee for the Protection and Welfare of Children (PCCPWC), the Cyprus Young Advisors, coordinated by the Cypriot Commissioner for Children’s Rights, the Young Coaches for the Internet, an educational programme coordinated by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, students from schools in Cyprus.
How can you get involved?
Send us a message via our website.
Key successes
The Cyprus Safer Internet Centre - CYberSafety has a strong consortium with important stakeholders as partners, supported by a wider group on the National Strategy for a Better Internet for Kids in Cyprus, which serves as the Advisory Board.
The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (CPI) organises an annual contest for the production of short digital video by students within the thematic area of the safe and creative use of the internet. At the beginning of the school year, a circular is sent to all the schools in Cyprus (both public and private) announcing the competition, in which small groups of students of all ages (from primary to high school) are eligible to participate (under the guidance of their teacher). The overarching theme of the contest is aligned with the annual Safer Internet Day campaign motto. Students’ digital video production on the creative and safe use of the internet aims at developing children's skills in relation to media literacy as well as at
constructing knowledge and shaping their attitudes regarding this crucial and important thematic area.
Successful programmes & initiatives include the following:
Key partners/supporters
The Consortium of the European project Cyprus Safer Internet Centre - CYberSafety (2022-2024) includes six partners:
- Cyprus Pedagogical Institute / Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth (MOESY)
- Digital Security Authority (DSA)
- University of Cyprus (UCY)
- Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)
- Pancyprian School for Parents (PSP)
- Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA)
- The Cyprus Safer Internet Centre - CYberSafety operates under the coordination of the Cyprus Pedagogical
- Institute and the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth as part of the Better Internet for Kids project (Action No -Call: DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01), which is co-funded by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
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