BIKRO2022 - Building a safer Internet for children in Romania with the help of new technologies

Organizatia Salvati Copiii (Save the Children Romania) is operating the Romanian SIC since 2015, and is a member of the Inhope and Insafe networks, tackling challenges and risk exposure that the digital environment offers to children. Although interventions have been made with the purpose of providing a safer internet for children, the online is continuously changing, shifting and gaining new dangerous dimensions that threaten the integrity and online safety of children. The project aims to provide further support to children, parents, teachers and other professionals working with children in Internet Safety though information, educational resources, public awareness tools and counselling and reporting services (dedicated helpline and hotline). Updated content reflecting the new challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic will also be a priority for the SIC in this new project. All of these will be obtained through: 'Ä¢ SIC website www.oradenet.ro: will be redesigned, more educational resources will be made available for children and adults interacting with children, awareness campaigns will be delivered; 'Ä¢ Educational activities designed to improve children's skills to navigate safely online will be carried out for both children and adults; 'Ä¢ The existing helpline ctrl_AJUTOR: it will be redesigned and improved with a technology-based support mechanism that will ensure extra support for children in a 24/7 type of intervention; 'Ä¢ The existing hotline esc_ABUZ: it will be redesigned and improved with an automatization solution for helpline reporting mechanism that will ensure more efficient handling of potentially harmful and dangerous online content (CSAM, CSEM); 'Ä¢ Sharing information, good practices and resources with relevant stakeholders, with a focus on the National Advisory Board and the BIK Platform. Key deliverables: - 20 new or updated online resources made available, - 2500 requests handled by the helpline, - 2400 reports received by the hotline.