At a press-conference on September 17, the Applied Research and Communications Fund and Association Parents announced the beginning of its National campaign against gender-based violence, financed by Norway Grants.
The team of the Safer Internet Centre from the Applied Research and Communications Fund conducted two training sessions in Varna on October 20-21. Trainings, one for the young people and one for professionals, were organised as part of the campaign “Better Be Informed than Exploited” on the occasion of the European Anti-Trafficking Day. The initiative was organised by the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ministry of Education and Science, Directorate “Prevention” of the Varna Municipality and the Regional Inspectorate of Education.
On September 8, 2015, a team of experts from the Applied Research and Communications Fund held a training for 30 primary-school teachers on the methodology for countering hate speech and discrimination.
The original idea of the Luxembourg Safer Internet Centre BeeSecure to arrange a kind of “Mobile Clinique” for checking the security of mobile devices used by kids was adapted and for the first time implemented by the Bulgarian SIC on 21 June.
In June 2015, primary school teachers from 5 different Bulgarian towns entered a workshop for early prevention of hate speech and discrimination through interactive methods of teaching the school curriculum.
On the 15th June, over 30 experts from state institutions, the educational system and the non-governmental sector discussed the possible ways through which the prevention of hate speech, discrimination and radicalization of young people could begin as early as in primary school.
The Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre at the Applied Research and Communications Fund has started its new educational campaign “Cyberscout.” With the financial support of Telenor Bulgaria and in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, students from five Bulgarian towns participate in two-day trainings on online safety.
The International Safer Internet Day was celebrated for the 12th time on February 10. Different events and initiatives were held in numerous schools, cultural centres, libraries and other organizations, united under the slogan “Together for a better Internet.”
