The European Commission has published in the Official Journal of the European Union an amendment to the 2009 call for proposals for indirect actions under the multi-annual Community Programmeon protecting children using the Internet and other communication technlogies.

On December 2008, the European Union adopted the Community Programme Safer Internet aimed at securing children in the Internet complex environment. This Programme is intender to be the successor of the Safer Internet plus programme (2005-2008).

The Call for proposals inviting all interested parties to propose actions which could be funded under the Safer Internet Programme, published on June 2009, considered the possibility of increasing the initial budget of 9.333 million Euros with appropriations from the 2010 budget, subject to the adoption of the 2010 budget by the Budgetary Authority and to the availability of appropriations.

Thus, the European Commission has decided to give to this call EUR 7,317 million under the 2010 budget. The total budget available for this call is therefore EUR 16,650 million.

Interested parties must prepare their proposals using the forms in the Guide for proposers, and sent them to the Commission before November 19 to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate General Information Society & Media
Safer Internet
Office EUFO 1194
Rue Alcide de Gasperi
2920 Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG

Further information as well as some relevant documents for the presentation of the Safer Internet Call for Proposals are available at the Safer Internet Programme website.