Safer Internet programme in Poland

Safer Internet Polska

Since the 1st of October 2006 Consortium Awareness together with Dyzurnet.pl Team (Hotline qualified to receiving and reacting to notifications relating to the occurrence of illegal contents on the Internet under Polish law) run one project - SAFERINTERNET.PL - within the European Commission' programme Safer Internet Plus 2007- 2008.

In its activities the Coalition was co-operating with many public institutions, such as: Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Polish Committee for UNESCO, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, The Ombudsman for Children's Rights, and the General Headquarters of Police.

The project aims at raising the awareness of the public, as well as reducing new media related threats in Poland (linked mainly to Internet). For that reason one of the most important Consortium's objectives is to educate the children, teenagers and their parents on safe Internet use, as well as to enhance the professionals' competence at improving Internet safety.

 

The SAFE IT project has the following major goals:
• To assess and diagnose threats related to new media in Poland;
• To educate children and their parents on safe Internet use;
• To enhance professionals' competence in improving Internet safety;
• To initiate activities aimed at improving safety on the Web;
• To promote the NIFC Hotline in Poland.

 

Within SAFE IT program, the following activities has been carried out (2005-2006):
• Online survey: "Analysis of the dangers of meeting new friends online among children, aged 12-17", on how they use Internet and mobile phones
• "Child in the Web" social campaign
• Promotion of "Dyżurnet.pl" web service - the Polish NIFC Hotline contact point, meant to combating illegal content on the Internet
• Training and "Safer internet" conferences
• "Safer Internet Day", celebrated on February of 2005 and 2006
• Creation and development of "Polish Coalition for Safer Internet"
• Development of the Internet services: www.saferinternet.pl, www.dzieckowsieci.pl, www.dbi.pl; educational websites for children: www.sieciaki.pl, www.strefawiedzy.polska.pl

 

FDN - NASK Consortium

Fundacja Dzieci Niczyje (Nobody's Children Foundation)
The Nobody's Children Foundation is a non-profit NGO, dealing with the problem of child abuse since 1991, focuses its efforts on developing an efficient assistance system for abused children, their parents and caregivers. The Foundation runs several advocacy centers for abused children and has organized and implemented a large number of projects related to the problem of child abuse, including conferences, training programmes, and social campaigns. Since 2003 the Nobody's Children Foundation has undertaken a variety of initiatives aimed at reducing Internet-based threats, targeted primarily at the youngest Internet users. In January 2003 and October 2004 the Foundation conducted surveys into Children's safety on the Internet, as a part of FDN's research programme. Since February 2004 the Foundation has carried out a national social campaign: Child in the Web. Moreover, FDN has provided numerous training programmes for professionals, focusing on the problem of the Internet-based child sexual abuse, and has published a range materials related to this issue. Since January 2005 the Foundation has been the national coordinator of the Awareness project implemented within the European Commission's Safer Internet programme.
More info: www.fdn.pl

Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa (Research and Academic Computer Networks)
The Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK) is a research and development unit which has been active since December 1993. NASK - once a pioneer of the Polish Internet - is currently one of the leading telematics operators in Poland. NASK employs a team of highly qualified experts, named CERT Polska - the Computer Emergency Response Team. The teams' responsibilities include registering, handling and categorizing network security incidents, as well as conducting research and publishing reports on Internet users' safety in Poland. The team develops expert opinions, organizes training programmes on Internet safety and joins international initiatives for enhanced security of networks and IT systems, including active cooperation with the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). The teams' experience and know-how provided the basis for creating a contact point for combating illegal content on the Internet, Dyżurnet.pl, which was set up at NASK within the Safer Internet Action Plan. Furthermore, NASK is the administrator of the national registry of .pl domain names and conducts research and implementation activity in the field of telematics, in collaboration with the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at the Warsaw University of Technology. For many years NASK has been creating the resources of the Polska.pl portal and its English version, Poland.pl - websites that provide important informative background for the implementation of the Awareness programme.
More info: www.nask.pl

NIFC Hotline Polska - Dyzurnet.pl
The NIFC Hotline (National Initiative for Children Hotline) Polska is the team acting within the framework of the Research and Academic Computer Network, qualified to receiving and reacting to notifications relating to the occurrence of illegal content on the Internet under Polish law. The opening of the Hotline in Poland (Dyzurnet.pl) is the consequence of a competition announced within the framework of the Safer Internet Action Plan of the European Commission. In October 2003 NASK notified its readiness to open Hotline services and after almost a year long negotiations in September 2004 year signed a contract to take leadership of the project.
On 28th of January Dyzurnet.pl became a temporarly member of INHOPE, organization that unites all European and world-wide hotline's, and on 16th of February 2006 became a permanent member. Since October 2006 Hotline together with Awareness team joined Safer Internet Plus programme.
More info: www.dyzurnet.pl