COP aims to tackle cybersecurity holistically, addressing legal,
technical, organizational
and
procedural issues as well as capacity building and international
cooperation.
Our children
are our future. This universal fact, coupled with young people’s
particular
vulnerability in an online environment, made a specialized initiative
within the larger GCA framework a necessity.
The legal,
technical and institutional challenges posed by the issue of
cybersecurity are global and far-reaching and can only be addressed
through a coherent strategy taking into account the role of different
stakeholders and existing initiatives, within a framework of an
international collaborative network.
COP has been established as an international
collaborative network for action to promote the
online protection of children worldwide by
providing guidance on safe online behaviour in
conjunction with other UN agencies and partners.
Key
Objectives of COP:
•
Identify risks and vulnerabilities to children in cyberspace
Links to projects
and initiatives around child online protection:
Policy:
Projects and initiatives connected to policy issues around child
online protection
Industry:
Projects and initiatives oriented around industry issues
on child online protection
Educators:
Projects and initiatives on child online protection designed
with education in mind
Children:
Projects and initiatives on child online protection designed
with young people as a main audience
COP has been
established as an international collaborative network for action to
promote the online protection of children worldwide by providing
guidance on safe online behaviour in conjunction with other UN agencies
and partners.
ITU is working with the
following organizations on COP and would like to thank them for their
support:
On 17 November 2010, the Child Online Protection (COP) Global Initiative was launched by the new Patron of COP, H.E. Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica, and ITU Secretary- General, Hamadoun Touré in San José, Costa Rica.
The COP Global Initiative aims to shift COP Guidelines, developed by ITU and partners from industry, civil society, governments, UN agencies and other stakeholders, into concrete activities by leveraging the active support from COP members.
The strategies for achieving these guidelines span five main areas: i) legal measures; ii) technical and procedural measures; iii) organizational structures; iv) capacity building; and v) international cooperation. ITU will work with partners to develop cybersecurity strategies across these areas, in order to deliver significant national and societal benefits.
In particular, it is designed to achieve the development of industry codes of conduct; the establishment of national hotlines; ; the development of national roadmaps and legislative toolkits; provide training for parents, guardians and educators; and harnessing the power of multistakeholder collaboration through resources such as an online platform for sharing advice and information.
Through this COP Global Initiative, ITU is taking the next steps to develop a cybersecurity strategy for child online safety, in order to deliver significant national benefits by creating a more secure and safer online experience for children worldwide...
The President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla
Miranda reaffirmed her role as patron of ITU’s Child Online Protection
initiative while visiting ITU headquarters in Geneva in May 2012.
Ms. Deborah Taylor Tate, the former US Commissioner and 2009 WITSD Laureate on COP, has been nominated
the first ITU COP Special Envoy.
Res. 179, Guadalajara 2010: At the Plenipotentiary Conference in October 2010, ITU Member States adopted a new Resolution concerning ITU’s Role in Child Online Protection.
ITU is looking for new partners and sponsors to join COP Global Initiative as collaborative partners.
The new COP Global Initiative was launched by the new Patron of COP, H.E. Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica, and the ITU Secretary-General, in November 2010
ITU is pleased to announce that H.E. Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica, accepted her role as Patron of ITU’s COP.
Standards need to protect children online: ITU Standardization experts are starting to examine security-related guidelines/standards on child online protection issues.
Child Online Protection Statistical Framework and Indicators:
In November 2010, ITU released a report which is the world’s first
attempt to provide the overall statistical framework related to the
measurement of child online protection with a particular emphasis on
measures that are suitable for international comparison.
COP Survey 2010 Result: Within the COP Initiative, ITU developed and distributed a questionnaire
which addressed a broad range of issues connected to policy and practice
in the field of online child safety. As of 15 December 2010, 71 Member
States have completed the Survey.
Events
Video
News
Visit of the COP Patron, H.E. Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa
Rica, ITU Headquarters, Geneva, 30 May 2012
