The Bulgarian Safer Internet Center took part in the second edition of the International Youth Festival "Act and Impact", organised by the Municipal Enterprise "Youth Center Plovdiv", which took place on 2-5 June 2023.
More than 100 school principals from Blagoevgrad Region participated in training on online safety and digital and media competencies which took place on 9 May in the town of Bansko.
Teachers and students from "Todor Kableshkov" 75th Primary School in Sofia received training in online safety and digital-media competences. On April 27, 18 teachers from the school were introduced to the main online risks and the available methodologies and tools developed by the Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre, including the holistic model for developing key competencies in students.
The Bulgarian and Romanian Safer Internet Centres exchanged their experience in children's participation in the digital environment at an expert meeting. Other participants in the event were representatives of the Better Internet for Kids International Network, which brings together the International Association of Internet Hotlines (INHOPE) and the European Network of Helplines of the Safer Internet Centres (Insafe).
New 15 fifth-grade students from "Todor Minkov" 20th Primary School in Sofia became part of the Cyberscout community after taking part in a two-day training held on March 1 and 2.
On 7 February, 2023, for the 20th time, more than 180 countries from all continents, including Bulgaria, celebrated the international Safer Internet Day under the motto "Together for a better Internet". The main event to mark it in Bulgaria was organized by the Bulgarian Safer Internet Cetre and included an online discussion, which this year was dedicated to the topic "Screen time and its impact".
On January 26 and 27, experts of the Bulgarian Safer Internet Center (from the Applied Research and Communications Fund) conducted training of youth workers from the Plovdiv Youth Center, preparing them to be trainers of children under the Cyberscout programme.
Thirty students from "Zahari Stoyanov" 104th Primary School in Sofia joined the Cyberscout community after going through training held on 15 and 16 November 2022.
