S@fe future

"<< Background >>Digitization in all spheres of life transfers a significant part of human relations from the real to the online space, which gives rise to a number of digital risks that its users face. Children and adolescents are undoubtedly the most vulnerable to these dangers. On the one hand, through the use of video content platforms, social media, apps, etc., children at an early age are significantly ahead of conventional education and are developing their fundamental digital competencies through trial and error. In the process, often due to inexperience and lack of deeper knowledge, they become victims of digital bullying. On the other hand, there is the considerable amount of time they spend in the digital space without exercising real, adequate control by parents and school.Through the implementation of the ""S@fe future"" project, working solutions were developed for the prevention of digital bullying among children and adolescents, aimed at building a safe and secure digital environment that would allow them to develop and upgrade their digital competences, communicate and explore the possibilities of the online space without being at risk of becoming a victim of digital bullying.<< Objectives >>The main objective: Development and implementation of an integration model for building a secure and safe digital environment for the development of IT competences of adolescents and research of the digital space, ensuring the prevention of the risk of digital bullying, with the active participation of parents, teachers, non-pedagogical staff, students and NGOs.Specific objectives:1) Research the experience of the partners in terms of legal regulation, management and the possibilities of creating a safe digital space for adolescent students, ensuring the prevention of the risk of digital bullying and the involvement of parents, teachers, students, non-pedagogical staff and NGOs in this process.2) Development, testing and impact analysis of the implementation of an integration model for building a secure digital environment for the development of adolescent IT competences and exploration of the digital space.3) Broad publicity and unlocking public debate regarding providing a safe digital environment for adolescents, in which they have the opportunity to learn and build basic IT competences without becoming a victim of digital bullying, by improving communication in the school-child ecosystem parents.<< Implementation >>In its implementation, the ‘S@fe future’ project had the task of creating a safe and secure digital environment centered on the communication and learning needs of adolescents. For this purpose, we implemented the following work packages/activities:1. Studies and sharing of experience and good practices in building a safe digital environment in the EU and partner countries, by: organizing focus groups; study of foreign experience and regulatory documents; exchange of experience;2. Building sustainable mechanisms for increasing digital competences and limiting virtual bullying, through: Development and administration of an Inclusive Committee for digital protection in each of the partner schools; testing innovative techniques for conducting extracurricular lessons to develop digital competencies; organization of 6 thematic seminars; prepared a Strategy for digital safety in school education and an Action Plan for it.3. Publicity of the identified problem and promotion of sustainable solutions - holding a Representative Conference at the end of the project.<< Results >>As specific results of the implementation of the project, we can indicate:•Prepared the Strategy for digital safety and limiting the language of hate in school education and a Plan for it•Development of Inclusive Digital Safeguarding Committees in participating schools to counter digital bullying and online hate speech.•Create a website - https://www.safe-future.eu/Other achieved results of the activities:•Held focus groups with representatives of the target groups in the 4 schools in Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey and Portugal.•Analysis of legislation and regulations, management and opportunities to create a safe digital environment for adolescent students in Turkey, Portugal, Croatia, Bulgaria and Poland.•Report of an online survey of good practices in the Netherlands, France and Germany.•Testing and adapting good practices following the example of Fundacja ECCC-Poland.•Organized 6 seminar trainings for students, teachers and parents.•Organizing 4 ""The Human Library"" meetings on ""Safer Internet"" day•Development of an anonymous mailbox - S@feBOX - for reporting digital harassment.•Ensured good publicity on the project topics."