A competition launched in October 2007 encourages groups of young people between the ages of 5-19 to tell all about their lives online and compete for attractive prizes. Contestants in 3 age groups, 5-10 years, 11-14 years, and 15-19 years will mark Safer Internet Day 2008 with their fresh insider views on Information and Communication technologies.

The competition is open to schools, leisure clubs, youth groups, training institutes and other institutions. If you are a teacher, educator or trainer keen on involving a group of youth in an interesting project you still have the time to get involved. Contestants have to register and upload their project between 14-20 January 2008.

Children in the 5-10 years category are invited to create materials in electronic form that can be printed (posters, flyers, comic-strips, post-cards etc). Participants in the other two age categories will create audiovisual entries including but not limited to films, mobile movies, music/songs, video-clips and power-point presentations.

Key dates to remember:

• 14-20 January 2008: Registration and uploading of projects on the Safer Internet Day 2008 project gallery
• 21-25 January 2008: Selection of national winners to go on to the European round
• 1-7 February 2008: e-voting to select global winners
• 12 February 2008, Safer Internet Day: global winners announced

Background information and support is available at:
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/sid.htm

For more information, please contact: info-insafe@eun.org


About Safer Internet Day: Safer Internet Day takes place each year in February and is an opportunity to dedicate some time to reflect on e-safety and more importantly to raise awareness of them. The 5th edition of Safer Internet Day takes place on 12 February 2008 and is expected to be celebrated in about 50 countries from all over the world.

About Insafe: Insafe is a network of national nodes that coordinate internet safety awareness in Europe. The network is set up and co-funded within the framework of the European Commission’s Safer Internet plus Programme which comprises four action lines. The mission of the Insafe cooperation network is to empower citizens to use the internet, as well as other online technologies, positively, safely and effectively. For more information on the Insafe network visit: http://www.saferinternet.org