Πέμπτη, 09 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010
English
The Greek Awareness Centre Saferinternet.gr and the Internet safety campaign running in Greece since 2004, are implemented under the auspices of the European Commission, within the framework of the Safer Internet programme.
The main goals of Saferinternet.gr campaign are to:
- Protect minors from illegal and harmful content, contact and conduct in respect to the Internet and other online technologies.
- Create awareness and educate parents about the ways they can protect themselves and they can protect their children from the potential dangers lying in the inproper use of online technologies, like the Internet and the mobile phone.
- Promote the positive aspects of the online technologies as valuable tools for enhancing the quality of our daily life.
- Educate teachers about the safe use of the Internet, ensuring that they are aware of both benefits and risks, with the scope to create multiplier-effect actions within the classroom.
- Encourage dialogue between minors and parents on proper online technologies use and safety issues, promote online safety and critical thinking.
- Support (grand-) parents, educators as well as minors with appropriate awareness and informative material.
For the implementation of the above goals, the Greek Awarenes Centre is implementing a variety of awareness activities, such as informative seminars towards the wider public, train-the-trainers workshops for educators, promotion of issues concerning Internet safety to the mass media, creation of polymorphic online an print material, and TV and radio campaigns. The Awareness Centre collaborates with representatives from the government, the online technologies industry, as well as NGOs in Greece and abroad, which have as primary goal the provision of a safer online environment.
The Greek Saferinternet Awareness Centre is the national representative for Greece of the Insafe Network of Safer Internet Awareness Centres, with 27 members across Europe. Within the Insafe network, Saferinternet.gr exchanges ideas, experiences, best practices and informative material with its fellow awareness centres.
The Non-profit organization Safer Internet Hellas is coordinating the Greek Awareness Centre, whereas the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation is responsible for the TV and radio campaign.
Besides Saferinternet.gr, the Greek Safer Internet Centre consists of two further axes: the Greek hotline Safeline and the helpline YpoSTIRIZO.
Click here to download the Greek Centre's Annual Public Report 2009 (PDF file, size 4ΜΒ).
- Hotline
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The primary purpose of the SafeLine hotline is to offer a direct and responsible point of contact for users demanding the criminal prosecution and the removal of illegal Internet content. SafeLine can be used to report material you come across on the Internet that appears to be illegal or objectionable. The operators of the hotline will process your report in the most effective way and will take the appropriate actions by forwarding the reports to the legal authorities for further processing. Users making report's can be informed of their outcome, as soon as possible. Such users can remain anonymous if they so wish. Users' personal data are strictly confidential.
SafeLine aims to become a point of reference for the concerned users who are seeking to protect themselves and their family from illegal and objectionable Internet content. For this purpose, the hotline's website includes a collection of safety tips for concerned children and parents as well as the general public. It also includes a list of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) in order to inform the non-specialist user of procedural, legal, as well as technological issues relating to Internet safety. Technological issues concern the availability of filtering and rating Internet tools. A collection of related Internet links serve as a starting point for the user interested in finding more on the subject.
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The primary purpose of the SafeLine hotline is to offer a direct and responsible point of contact for users demanding the criminal prosecution and the removal of illegal Internet content. SafeLine can be used to report material you come across on the Internet that appears to be illegal or objectionable. The operators of the hotline will process your report in the most effective way and will take the appropriate actions by forwarding the reports to the legal authorities for further processing. Users making report's can be informed of their outcome, as soon as possible. Such users can remain anonymous if they so wish. Users' personal data are strictly confidential.
- Helpline
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The Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U., 2nd Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Athens “P&A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital) operates the Helpline "YpoSTIRIZO" 800 11 800 15 / help@saferinternet.gr of the Greek Safer Internet Centre.
The helpline is targeted to kids, adolescents, and their families, providing support on issues related to Internet use, mobile phone use and video games (cyberbullying, addiction, harmful content, pedophilia, etc.).
"YpoSTIRIZO" is free of charge for calls inside the Greek territory (with the support of OTE). The helpine's staff consists of pedopsychologists specialized on Internet related issues. Its premises are at the Adolescent Health Unit, Department of the P&A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, 24 Mesogeion St., Goudi, Athens. Service hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 - 15:00.
The helpline is the national representative for Greece of the European network of helplines, within the Insafe network.
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The Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U., 2nd Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Athens “P&A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital) operates the Helpline "YpoSTIRIZO" 800 11 800 15 / help@saferinternet.gr of the Greek Safer Internet Centre.
- Advisory Board
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The Greek Safer Internet Centre's Advisory Board consists of representatives from the government, the industry, child welfare, law enforcement, research and technology. The Advisory Board has as task to consult the Greek Safer Internet Centre, to proposse new activities through its experience in the field, and to act as multiplier body through its own dissemination and information channels. The entities which form the Advisory Board are: activities’ planning.
- Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs / Greek School Network
- Ministry of Economy and Finance / Special Secretariat for Digital Planning
- Ministry of Internal Affairs / G.S. of Information - G.S. of Communication
- Computer Crime Unit (Athens & Thessaloniki)
- Panhellenic Secondary Education ICT Teachers’ Union
- ΟΤΕ
- Cosmote
- Forthnet
- NCSR Demokritos
- Ekpoizo
- University of Athens / Communication and Mass Media Faculty
- Motor Press Hellas / Technology Press Department
- Nafteboriki newspaper
- Representation of the European Commission in Greece (honorary member)
- Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs / Greek School Network
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The Greek Safer Internet Centre's Advisory Board consists of representatives from the government, the industry, child welfare, law enforcement, research and technology. The Advisory Board has as task to consult the Greek Safer Internet Centre, to proposse new activities through its experience in the field, and to act as multiplier body through its own dissemination and information channels. The entities which form the Advisory Board are: activities’ planning.
