Network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs)
Funds national online-safety centres that run awareness campaigns, helplines, CSAM hotlines and youth panels protecting children across the EU.
Network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs) is a European Commission call that funds national online-safety centres running awareness campaigns, helplines, CSAM hotlines and youth panels protecting children across the EU. This is a single-stage DIGITAL Simple Grant with a €42 million budget, and 31 grants are expected — roughly one national consortium per participating country, continuing the existin…
The call funds national Safer Internet Centres delivering four core services: an awareness-raising centre for children, parents and educators; a helpline for children's online-safety concerns; a hotline for reporting online child sexual abuse material; and a youth panel giving children a voice on digital-safety issues. Centres must strengthen support for children in vulnerable situations and cooperate with the Commission's role enforcing the Digital Services Act.
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