Safer Internet Day

Centro Internet Segura - Portugal

The Centro Internet Segura (Portuguese Safer Internet Centre) aims to the development of a culture of awareness and responsible use of the Internet, empowering citizens to be safe online by raising safety awareness standards , offering instruments to report illegal/harmful contents and providing mechanisms to advise and minimize, as far as possible, the negative aspects of Internet use massification.

 
Projects and actions of the awareness node are developed to inform and educate citizens, not only about the nature of risks involved in the use of the internet, but they are also meant to provide the means and instruments available to prevent those same risks.
 
  I) Portuguese Safer Internet Centre websites

www.InternetSegura.pt - awareness information for the general population

https://www.facebook.com/internetsegura.pt - facebook page with daily awareness tips
 
www.seguranet.pt - awareness for the school community

http://LinhaAlerta.internetsegura.pt - hotline to report illegal or harmful content

http://www.internetsegura.pt/linha-ajuda - helpline providing technical and personal support to reported cases
 
  II) Centro Internet Segura Consortium Members
 
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) - is the main funding agency for research in Portugal. FCT covers all fields of science, from natural sciences to humanities, aiming at capability enhancement and research excellence. This general support to the development of the S&T system is complemented with the promotion of research in public policies domains, through thematic programmes launched in cooperation with other public organisations. Since March 2012 gained the mission of coordinating the policies for the Information Society and mobilizing it through dissemination, qualification and research activities.
 
Directorate-General for Education (DGE) - is under the Ministry of Education and Science,  and amongst others, has the mission to conceive, develop and evaluate the initiatives concerning the use of Internet in schools and in learning processes.

Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN) - is a private, non-profit institution, with public interest status. Since the beginning of its activities in 1987, it has contributed, with the help of universities and several R&D institutions, to the expansion of the Internet in Portugal. FCCN is the technical coordinatior of the Hotline.

Portuguese Institute for Sports and Youth (IPDJ) - it yields of the fusion and succeeds in all the powers, rights and obligations of public bodies in the area of sport and youth, in particular the Portuguese Sport Institute, I.P. (IDP, I.P.), the Portuguese Youth Institute, I.P. (IPJ, I.P.), the Foundation for the dissemination of information technologies (FDTI) and MoviJovem. The IPDJ, I.P. started to operate in January 2012. IPDJ succeeds to FDTI in its mission: to promote scientific and technical knowledge, particularly concerning ICT, as a way to prepare, train and support the community, mostly young people, to respond to modern society challenges. All FDTI knowledge concerning giving children, youth and parent’s information and clarification about the use on information technologies has been integrated in it.

Microsoft Portugal  - is a subsidiary of the Microsoft Corporation in Portugal and has a key role in the spreading of information technology usage and the promotion of digital inclusion. Security is one of the areas where Microsoft has been working with public and private institutions to promote the safe usage of information technologies. Education is another of its areas of input.