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SafeBorders

Establish a cohesive European network to promote and support awareness aimed at the protection of children and teenagers using the Internet.

Background

SafeBorders is to establish a cohesive European network to promote and support awareness aimed at the protection of children and teenagers using the Internet. In its current phase, SafeBorders targets directly five partner countries, namely Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Work in these countries will be carried out through the enhancement of existing, mostly informal sub-networks. Concertation with other organisations with which this project shares aims and tasks (e.g. other IAP-funded projects) will be actively promoted through the organisation of and participation in international events to promote discussion, exchange and co-operation. Beyond the direct target countries, SafeBorders has already received expression of support from organisations from the USA, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania. Furthermore, through the Greek consortium, Cyprus is covered in all aspects of the planned awareness work.

Benefits

The main expected results of SafeBorders include

Implementation of successful awareness campaigns at national level (a) addressing the perceived shortage of information regarding the safety of minors in the Internet and (b) empowering parents, teachers, children, consumers and other relevant target groups.
Production and distribution of clear, concise and easy-to-understand, on-line and off-line information and awareness material, designed according to each target group's needs. Different electronic / print contents will be provided for each different target group.

Co-operation through national (sub)networks, which will allow increased visibility and wider coverage of targeted and widely spread awareness messages.

Funding

€ 1.810.000

Project start - end date (duration)

1/10/2002 - 31/03/2004 (18 months)

Project results

Downloads • Annual Public Report (833 KB) • Final Report (620KB) • Video (WMV 4MB)

Contact

Núria Quintana
Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca
Pg. Lluís Companys, 23
E-08010 Barcelona
Tel. +34 93 2687700
Fax +34 93 3193257
E-mail: nuriaq@fcr.es

Other Participants

Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
Hellenic Consumer Organization, Greece
The University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
European Research Into Consumer Affairs, United Kingdom
Liverpool Hope University College, United Kingdom
Italian Association for Consumers and Environment Protection, Italy
S.o.s il Telefono Azzurro, Italy
Gesellschaft für Medienpädagogik und Kommunikationskultur in der Bundesrepublik (gmk)
Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale, de la Formation et des Sports - Service de Coordination de le Recherce et de l'Innovation (MENFS-SCRIPT) , Luxembourg
Integral Knowledge Utilization BV , Netherlands