Expected Outcome:
Outcomes and deliverables
The investment will deliver a pan-European network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs) that will allow children and young people to become more resilient digital users through awareness-raising activities in informal and formal education (e.g., youth participation activities, workshops, classroom visits, competitions). Parents, carers, teachers, and other professionals working with children will gain a better understanding of the risks and opportunities of children accessing digital content and services, through information sessions, train the trainers programmes, and online and offline material. Local, national, and European actors will gain timely information on emerging risks through the helpline service. Public authorities including law enforcement agencies will have access to resources and services, and exchanges with hotline analysts to develop better preventive measures and to remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in an effective manner. The private sector will benefit from increased market opportunities for high quality online content and will cooperate with the SICs through joint initiatives and awareness campaigns such as the Safer Internet Day.
Objective:
The objective of the topic is to support national SICs (i.e., hubs gathering NGOs, government bodies/agencies, private sector organisations) in providing online safety information, educational resources, public awareness tools and counselling and reporting services (through dedicated helplines and hotlines) for young people, teachers, and parents. The activities performed by the SICs will help minors to tackle online risks and to become media literate, resilient digital citizens, and will allow citizens to anonymously report online child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Scope:
The funding will ensure the financial sustainability of the European SICs, by enabling the awarded consortiums to provide at least:
- A centre for raising awareness among children, parents, and teachers about online opportunities and risks. The focus will be to identify and address emerging risks (e.g., self-generated sexualised content) and challenges such as mental and physical health issues related to the use of technologies (self-harm, addiction, perception of self-identity and self-image);
- A helpline to give advice and support to parents and children on issues related to children's use of digital technologies and services;
- A hotline for tackling CSAM (i.e. receiving, analysing, and processing reports of such material). Closer cooperation with law enforcement and the private sector should be further explored.
Delegation to Agencies:
Implementation: Executive Agency
News flashes
2022-06-24
The Commission has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call.
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-DIGIPASS
Number of proposals submitted:
2
Number of inadmissible proposals:
0
Number of ineligible proposals:
0
Number of above-threshold proposals:
1
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals:
EUR 1.999.595
DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-ECODEX
Number of proposals submitted:
1
Number of inadmissible proposals:
0
Number of ineligible proposals:
0
Number of above-threshold proposals:
1
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals:
EUR 2.999.966
DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-EDMO
Number of proposals submitted:
8
Number of inadmissible proposals:
0
Number of ineligible proposals:
0
Number of above-threshold proposals:
6
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals:
EUR 8.300.776
DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-SAFERINTERNET
Number of proposals submitted:
27
Number of inadmissible proposals:
0
Number of ineligible proposals:
0
Number of above-threshold proposals:
25
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals:
EUR 22.557.510
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by 22.11.2022.
2022-06-24
The Commission has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call.
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-DIGIPASS
Number of proposals submitted:
2
Number of inadmissible proposals:
0
Number of ineligible proposals:
0
Number of above-threshold proposals:
1
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals:
EUR 1.999.595
DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-ECODEX
Number of proposals submitted:
1
Number of inadmissible proposals:
0
Number of ineligible proposals:
0
Number of above-threshold proposals:
1
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals:
EUR 2.999.966
DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-EDMO
Number of proposals submitted:
8
Number of inadmissible proposals:
0
Number of ineligible proposals:
0
Number of above-threshold proposals:
6
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals:
EUR 8.300.776
DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-SAFERINTERNET
Number of proposals submitted:
27
Number of inadmissible proposals:
0
Number of ineligible proposals:
0
Number of above-threshold proposals:
25
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals:
EUR 22.557.510
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by 22.11.2022.
2022-06-01
A total of 38 proposals were submitted under this call. Below is the breakdown of number of proposals submitted per topic: DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-DIGIPASS - 2DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-ECODEX - 1DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-EDMO - 8DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-SAFERINTERNET - 27
2022-06-01
A total of 38 proposals were submitted under this call. Below is the breakdown of number of proposals submitted per topic: DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-DIGIPASS - 2DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-ECODEX - 1DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-EDMO - 8DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-SAFERINTERNET - 27
2021-11-17
The submission session is now available for: DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-EDMO(DIGITAL-SME), DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-SAFERINTERNET(DIGITAL-SIMPLE), DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-DIGIPASS(DIGITAL-CSA), DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-ECODEX(DIGITAL-CSA)
2021-11-17
The submission session is now available for: DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-EDMO(DIGITAL-SME), DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-SAFERINTERNET(DIGITAL-SIMPLE), DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-DIGIPASS(DIGITAL-CSA), DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-ECODEX(DIGITAL-CSA)