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Programme history

Safer Internet action Plan 1999-2004

The Safer Internet plus programme 2005-2008 was a successor to the Safer Internet Action Plan which ran form 1999-2004 with a total budget of 38.3 million euros.

37 projects were co-funded in the first 4 years of the Safer Internet Action Plan. The 2-year extension allowed a further 52 projects to be co-funded which are all currently running.

Work Programmes

Annual work programmes provide details about the objectives, priorities and an indicative timetable for their implementation, within the general framework of the multi-annual programme.

2004 Update: (70 kb)

Work Programme extracts by subject (HTML): Hotlines | Self-Regulation | Filtering | Awareness

2003-2004: (70 kb)
1999 - 2002: (99 kb)

Programme evaluation

Final evaluation of Safer Internet 2003 - 2004

The Commission has adopted a communication COM(2006) 663 on the final evaluation of the Safer Internet programme for the period 2003-2004.

See press release
Communication text: (140kb)

Evaluation report: Full report (630 kb)

Evaluation of Safer Internet 1999 - 2002

The Commission has adopted a communication COM(2003) 653 on the evaluation of the Safer Internet programme 1999 - 2002.

Communication text: (35 kb)
Evaluation of Safer Internet Action Plan (1999 - 2002): full report (1 Mb) | executive summary

Evaluation of Safer Internet 1999 - 2000

The first evaluation of the Safer Internet Action Plan covered 1999 - 2000. The Commission adopted a communication COM(2001) 690 on this evaluation.

Communication text: .
Executive Summary | Full report: Vol 1 & Vol 2 | Zipped Word files

Steps leading to the adoption of the programme

Decision no 1151/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003, amending Decision No 276/1999/EC adopting a Multiannual Community Action Plan on promoting safer use of the Internet by combating illegal and harmful content on global networks.

Read full text of the programme in your own language

Decision no 276/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 January 1999 adopting a Multiannual Community Action Plan on promoting safer use of the Internet by combating illegal and harmful content on global networks.

Read full text of the programme in your own language