Creating a safer connected world: Parents and carers

Celebrating the International Day for Universal Access to Information 2023

BIK Team

Today, 28 September 2023, we celebrate the International Day for Universal Access to Information. This day serves as a reminder of the fundamental human right to access information and highlights its critical role in fostering transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making. 

Helpful apps for everyday school life

Austrian Safer Internet Centre

The holidays are now officially over. As a parent or carer, are you worried about how to cope with your children’s everyday school life? The Austrian Safer Internet Centre (SIC) shows you how to make your life easier and learning fun with apps. 

Back To School 2023 in Italy

Italian Safer Internet Centre

The Italian Safer Internet Centre (SIC) recently organised an event at the Ministry of Education to kick off the new school year, packed with webinars and other activities for young people. 

Safely back to school: digital safety in the classroom

INHOPE

As summer comes to an end, millions of children around the world return to their classrooms, ready to dive back into traditional school subjects like math, history, literature and science. Yet, one piece that is often missing from their curriculum is digital education. Even though digital technology has long been an indispensable aspect of most students’ lives, online safety online safety remains a scarce topic in many schools worldwide. 

#Back2School with the Insafe network of Safer Internet Centres

BIK Team

Now that it's September and it's time to go #Back2School, we want to highlight the resources and activities provided by the Insafe network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs) for this season. 

When should you buy your child their first mobile phone?

Austrian Safer Internet Centre

Whether it’s because of siblings or parents, or whether it’s a result of them starting school, children nowadays first come across the internet and mobile phones at an increasingly earlier age. But when is it an appropriate time for a child to get their first mobile phone?