About the project

The Estonian Safer Internet Centre project’s mission is a smarter Internet use by children and their parents and the prevention of the online distribution of child sexual abuse material. The project includes:

workshops, training sessions and seminars for children, parents, teachers and social workers, and awareness-raising events for the general public (for example Safer Internet Day campaign);
compiling of training and awareness-raising materials for children, teachers and parents;
creative competitions and testing events for children and students;
assistance and counselling from the Children’s Helpline 116111 www.lasteabi.ee children and parents on, e-mail info@lasteabi.ee;
hotline service www.vihjeliin.ee, which allows Internet users to provide information about online child sexual abuse materials, web environments which contain material that violates children’s right to sexual self-determination; notices about other materials that are inappropriate for children may also be sent to Vihjeliin;
cooperation among different stakeholders in Estonia and Europe and participation in the INHOPE and INSAFE cooperation networks.

The activities of the project are being implemented by four organisations:

Estonian Union for Child Welfare (Lastekaitse Liit) is a coordinator of the project, contributes to awareness raising activities, coordinates youth participation and operates Estonian Hotline www.vihjeliin.ee;
Education and Youth Authority (Haridus- ja Noorteamet) develops educational resources for schools and carries out awareness raising events;
Tallinn University of Technology (Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) carries out large-scale testing events for schools, develops educational resources and carries out awareness raising activities;
Estonian Social Insurance Board (Sotsiaalkindlustusamet) operates Child Helpline 116111 to provide help and counselling for children and parents if problems emerge in the use of the Internet and digital media devices, and participates in awareness raising activities.

Furthermore, the project has a youth panel and advisory board, through which representatives of stakeholders are using their knowledge and experience to support its implementation. The project is co-financed 50% by the the European Commission. Contact:

Malle Hallimäe, project coordinator and hotline manager, Estonian Union for Child Welfare: malle.hallimae@lastekaitseliit.ee
Kerli Valner, awareness raising and youth participation coordinator, Estonian Union for Child Welfare: kerli.valner@lastekaitseliit.ee
Sander Jürisson, awareness raising project manager, Education and Youth Board: sander.jurisson@harno.ee
Anu Baum, project manager on behalf of Tallinn University of Technology: anu.baum@taltech.ee
Kristiina Kaldma, Child Helpline 116111 service owner: kristiina.kaldma@sotsiaalkindlustusamet.ee

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