Safer Internet plus

Period: 2005-2008

Budget: EUR 45 million

The Safer Internet plus programme aims to promote safer use of the Internet and new online technologies, particularly for children, and to fight against illegal content and content unwanted by the end-user, as part of a coherent approach by the European Union.

This programme is the successor of the Safer Internet Programme launched by the European Commission in 1999 as a response to the threat posed by illegal and harmful content on global networks.

The current Safer Internet plus Programme will build on the original Programme and bring a variety of stakeholders together, from law enforcement agencies and policy makers to mobile operators and child welfare NGOs.

The objectives of the programme focus on four lines of action:

• Fighting against illegal content

• Tackling unwanted and harmful content

• Promoting a safer environment

• Awareness-raising

Participation in the programme is open to legal entities established in the EU Member States, in EFTA States which are contracting parties to the EEA Agreement (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement, and in the acceding countries (Bulgaria and Romania), candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey) and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (under a Stabilisation and Association agreement) should a bilateral agreement with the relevant country has been concluded to this effect.

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