Ukraine Safer Internet Day Committee

What we are doing to mark the 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day…

We plan to focus on children and youth participation as a key value to plan, to organise and to evaluate SID2023 activities at local level

In 2017, inspired by our five years of work as Safer Internet Day National Committee and the possibility to take part in the creation of the safer internet for all, we established an NGO: "Better Internet Centre". We are working on translation and adaptation of research, UNICEF, Council of Europe reports, and Insafe materials making them more accessible for everybody in each part of Ukraine: from rural areas to big cities.

• We develop new tools on online safety for education.
• We advocate child rights online across Ukraine.
• We see our role in helping children and young people to be an active part of positive changes in the digital age.
• We show those sides and opportunities of the internet which lead to personal self-development and self-realisation.

Since April 2022, Better Internet Centre (the Ukrainian Safer Internet Centre) shares its educational games for free. 3,600 sets of Universe of opportunities, Start, Souvenirko, along with online safety posters, contribute to the educational and fun activities for children and youth in local communities. These games assist children and young people in overcoming traumatic events, and in creating a safe space to talk and to play.

In 2022, Better Internet Centre is one of the participants of the SIC+ programme. The programme made its official debut in 2020, with the objective of broadening the European network of Safer Internet Centres with countries from across the globe. The first piloting phase includes organisations from Armenia, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Serbia and Ukraine.

In October 2022, the day after the Safer Internet Forum (SIF), participants from the SIC+ programme recently gathered to participate in the SIC+ Focus Group in Brussels. In addition to the SIC+ members, a number of European Safer Internet Centres (SICs), the European Commission (EC), BIK Youth Ambassadors and Twitter were also represented. You can read more about the SIC+ Focus Group here. 

Within the framework of the Safer Internet Day activities, the Ukrainian Safer Internet Centre organises throughout the year preparatory work for the Safer Internet Day celebrations, through the SID in Ukraine Facebook page, the official site of the Better Internet Centre and an online bulletin on online safety education including news, informational and educational recourses and activities related to online safety for children, young people, parents and caregivers.