First New SID Committee for 2012: Lebanon
The Lebanese Safer Internet Day 2012 Committee is gathering the Higher Council for Childhood (affiliated to the Ministry of Social Affairs), World Vision Lebanon, and many of the clusters' members related to the HCC (awareness cluster, technical cluster and legal cluster). These clusters gather representatives from several ministries, international and local NGOs as well as many actors from the private sector. Several adherants have joined the committee: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities, Microsoft Lebanon, Himaya, YMCA, Kidproof M.E, E-Mediat, Al Mahdi Scouts and Guides, College Notre Dame de Louaize, Balamand University, Rotary Beirut Cadmous.
Activities that will be conducted on Safer Internet Day 2012
Adapt the SID TV spot to Arabic by WVL and HCC and put it on several Lebanese televisions during the week of Feb 7. Participate in many TV shows and programs to present the SID 2012 and to raise awareness about internet safety.
HCC and WVL are inviting around 25 media persons to attend a 3 hour awareness session on Internet Safety and SID, to help in spreading an adequate message during February's celebration, while involving them as key partners in this event.
World Vision Lebanon is preparing a big event that will be conducted in Beirut on Saturday February 4th from 2 to 5 pm. This event is under the patronage of the Higher Council for Childhood. It will gather children from different denominations and backgrounds. This event will be a fair whereby several recreational and educational games will be displayed. Educational corners will be animated by local stakeholders working in the field of internet safety while in parallel; parents will have the chance to attend awareness sessions, discussion tables with their children, facilitated by professionals. Each recreational game will provide also a message about online safety. Many partners are collaborating in the preparation of this activity: Microsoft Lebanon, Himaya, YMCA, Kidproof ME, Rotary Beirut Cadmous, Al Mahdi Scouts and Guides, TRA, E-Mediat.
Update website with event, send mass mails to TRA data base reminding stakeholders about roundtable propositions for a safer cyberspace. Have a booth with all already prepared material for children safety online if big event anticipated by World Vision, Prepare of latest tools for parents for a secure internet connection if needed by World Vision. Propose a meeting with HCCP to finalize Code of Conduct for ISP's as mentioned during November's conference. Present at Balamand University on February 10th a dedicated presentation to students on codes of practices relating to Online Children protection.
- Center for Educational Research and Development:
Preparation of 5 TV spots: two of them will be displayed on television on the occasion of the safe internet day.
Brochures concerning internet safety, 6 posters and sickers will be distributed.
Microsoft Lebanon is committed to help children stay safe online and to help parents embrace their children’s digital world with a mix of supervision, open communication, and technical tools and tips. With this vision in mind, Microsoft Lebanon will participate in the WV online safety event, delivering online safety sessions for parents at the event’s educational corner. Microsoft Lebanon will also utilize social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) to promote online safety awareness on SID. Additionally, Microsoft Lebanon will be sponsoring the online safety panel at the New Arab Women Forum-NAWF (1 & 2 February) and is delivering an online safety training session for NGOs at the forum. On the top of that Microsoft Lebanon will drive the online safety awareness campaign internally to all its employees through emails, resources and internal communication. El Mahdi Scouts and Guides:
Conduct workshops and scouts activities for the members of Mahdi guide about the safety while using the internet, all around Lebanon.
Notre Dame de Louaize school:
The CNDL, enjoying a history of more than 40 years, is preparing more than 4300 students to explore new horizons of plenty of promises. On Tuesday 7th of February 2012, the CNDL wants tto organize a huge event and to promote students, teachers and parents to safer and more responsible use of online technologies and mobile phones. This day will be centered on the theme Connecting generations and educating each other, with the slogan: "Discover the digital world together...safely"
Promote for the Safe Internet Day through facebook, twitter, youtube. Involve their NGOs partners in the topic and encourage them for that day.
Offer Social Netiquette 2 hours' workshops. Offer sessions on Cyber Safety: Helping Kids Avoid Cyber-Bullying and other Online Risks (1hr seminar for student assembly).
Provide Awareness sessions for the university’s students. Provide a seminar about online safety on February 10th gatherimg lecturers from several ministries, and participants from ministries, municipalities, governmental bodies, universities, schools, red cross, social centers and youth clubs from North Lebanon. During this seminar, competition will be launched for the North schools' students, conecrning the best digital production on the online safety topic. ( movie, song...)
- Social development centers:
Several social development centers are planning to conduct awareness sessions for children, parents and children.
LEBANON Safer Internet Day Committee 
