Greek Safer Internet Centre

About the organisation

Awareness centre

Helpline

Hotline

Youth participation

Key successes

The Greek Safer Internet Centre (SIC), in its four years of operation, under the auspices of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, engages in a series of actions to raise awareness and provide information about internet safety for children, young people, parents and educators.

Awareness and empowerment efforts include the creation and provision of educational material that can be used in the classroom or at home with the primary goal of adopting good practices of internet use while promoting the positive aspects of technology.

• 2,300,000 visitors on www.saferinternet4kids.gr.
• 30,000 followers on Facebook; 13,000 followers on Twitter; presence on Instagram.
• 450+ informative events in schools.
• 70+ major informative events in central locations nationwide.
• 3 major events for the celebration of Safer Internet Day (SID) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.
• 3 national student competitions, organised on the occasion of Safer Internet Day, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.
• Two national surveys concerning the online behaviour of children and teenagers with more than 14,000 participants between 10 and 17 years of age, under the approval of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs. The survey is the largest one on this topic ever performed in the country.
• Online surveys for parents.
• 450 articles on internet safety.
• 72 informative leaflets.
• 35 PowerPoint presentations.
• 25 educational videos.
• 17 online webinars for teachers.
• 5 e-books for small children.
• Educational material for kindergarten children.
• 60+ posters with a variety of messages.
• 20 online quizzes.
• Informative educational material has already been created for people with special needs and children with special educational needs.

Key partners/supporters

The Greek Safer Internet Centre (SIC) networks at national level with all relevant stakeholders (Ministries, the Police authorities, ISPs, NGOs, Consumers' Unions, etc.), bringing them together into a single united body, the Advisory Board of the Centre, that meets up once a year, while engaging jointly in a variety of other activities throughout the year. The Advisory Board acts as an open communication channel transferring to key national organisations news from the EC and the European networks, and injecting best practices and the highlights of the European scenery related to safer internet. Complementary, the Advisory Board acts as an information exchange body, promoting dialogue and helping carry the message of safer internet through all major stakeholders in Greece.

Composition of the Advisory Board:

Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, General Secretariat of Information, Cyber Crime Unit of the Greek Police Criminal Investigation Department, Police Headquarters, Greek Hellenic Data Protection Authority, The Panhellenic School Network, Facebook, OTE/Cosmote, Google Hellas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Law National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Law National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Experimental Psychology Laboratory University of the Aegean, Department of Information Communication Systems Research Center Demokritos, Youth Office of the Archdiocese of Athens, UNICEF, Umbrella NGO, Consumers Union EKPIZO, Juvenile Probations Officers.