About “Safer Internet“

What is it?

“Safer Internet” is a programme of the European Commission (EC) Information Society and Media Directorate-General which has been implemented since 1999 in most EU countries. In 2005, the programme was started in Lithuania by the company Bitė Lietuva, the Ministry of Education and Science, and Social and Psychological Service Centre which won the tender announced by the EC.

From the April of 2007 the program has been implemented  by the Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania (MES).  Final public report of the project ,,Safer Internet LT" 2007-2009 you can read here.

From the April of 2009 the program is continuing to be implemented  by the Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) and the Centre of Information Technology of Education (CITE).

Objective

The objective of the programme – to call the society’s attention to information of illegal and harmful content on the internet related to violations such as pornography, paedophilia, racism, and xenophobia envisaged by Lithuanian law . Particular attention is being attached to protection of children and adolescents from the harmful content of the internet.

Project

Based on the programme of the EC Information Society and Media Directorate-General, the project "Safer Internet LT AN-HL" is being implemented in Lithuania in 2009–2010. The main tasks of this project are the following:

1. Education of the society on the issues of a safe internet (being implemented by CITE and RRT). 
2. Hotline operation (being operated by RRT). Currently you can click on the link http://www.draugiskasinternetas.lt/en/main/reports and report about illegal information you have noticed. This information is then filtered and communicated to the responsible institutions. At the present 38 hotlines are working in 33 countries (mostly in EU) which have joined the INHOPE Association http://www.inhope.org . The hotline of RRT became a member of INHOPE during General Assembly of INHOPE on 28-29 May 2008.

Partners

The following institutions and organizations are supporting and co-operating in the project:

• Information Society Development Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania;
• Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania;
• Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics of the Republic of Lithuania;
• Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania ;
• Association ,,Infobalt";
• The Children’s Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Lithuania;
• Organization ,,Save the Children Lithuania”;
• UAB ,,Bitė Lietuva”;
• UAB ,,Microsoft Lietuva”;
• TEO LT, AB;
• Association ,,Langas į ateitį";
• Lithuanian Human Rights League;
• Portal One.lt
• UAB ,,Omnitel"
• Association of Lithuanian Social Pedagogues
• State Gaming Control Commission

Informational sponsor of the project – Lithuanian National Radio and Television.

Links:

European Commission Information Society and Media Directorate-General
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/index_en.htm

INHOPE Association
http://www.inhope.org

INSAFE network
http://www.saferinternet.org

Communications Regulatory Authority
http://www.rrt.lt

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania
http://www.smm.lt

JSC BITĖ LIETUVA
http://www.bite.lt

Microsoft Lietuva
http://www.microsoft.com/lietuva/

Lithuanian National Radio and Television
http://www.lrt.lt

Information Society Development Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
http://www.ivpk.lt

Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
http://www.policija.lt
http://viesoji.policija.lt
http://www.cyberpolice.lt/

Office of the Inspector of Ethics of Lithuanian Journalists under the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
http://www3.lrs.lt

TEO LT, AB   
http://www.teo.lt

UAB ,,Omnitel"
www.omnitel.lt

Panda Software Lietuva
http://www.pandasoftware.lt

Infobalt Association
http://www.infobalt.lt

Lithuanian School Student Union
http://www.moksleiviai.lt, http://www.mip.lt 

Lithuanian School Student Parliament
http://www.lmpbalsas.ten.lt