Community programme to promote safer use of the Internet. ‘Safer Internet plus’:

• Fighting against illegal content.
• Tackling unwanted and harmful content.
• Promoting a safer environment.
• Awareness-raising.

(A) FIGHTING AGAINST ILLEGAL CONTENT.

• Hotlines to report illegal content.
• Provide funding and evaluate the effectiveness of hotlines.

(B) TACKLING UNWANTED AND HARMFUL CONTENT.

• Assess the effectiveness of available filtering technology for user empowerment.

(C) PROMOTING A SAFER ENVIRONMENT.

• Create A fully functioning system of self-regulation.
• stimulating networking of the appropriate structures within Member States and developing links with self- regulatory bodies outside Europe.
• Rating of websites for quality.
• Encouraging service providers to draw up codes of conduct.
• Promoting research into the effectiveness of rating projects and filtering technologies.

(D) AWARENESS-RAISING.

• Devise awareness-raising campaign using the most appropriate media.
• Establish and maintain a partnership (formal or informal) with key players (government agencies, press and media groups, ISP associations, user organisations, education stakeholders).
• Promote dialogue and exchange of information.
• Cooperate with work in areas related to this programme.
• Inform users about European filtering software.
• Cooperate with other national nodes.
• Provide a pool of expertise and technical assistance to start up awareness-raising.

(E) LOGISTICAL AND INFRASTRUCTUAL SUPPORT FOR NODES IN EACH MEMBER STATE.

• Provide effective communication.
• Provide training in safer use of the Internet.
• Provide technical assistance to start up awareness-raising in candidate countries.
• Propose indicators and manage the collection, analysis and exchange of statistical information about awareness-raising activities.
• Provide infrastructure.
• Expand awareness-raising activities.
• Participate in the Safer Internet Forum.

The Community provisional funding available for the programme is:

• 45,00 Million EUR (None)