Within the framework of the ITU Regional Initiative for Europe on Enhancing Trust and Confidence in the use of ICTs, adopted by the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2017 (WTDC-17), Buenos Aires, a Safer Internet Day 2019 workshop for children “Young Advisers for Online Safety” was held on 5 February 2019 in Tirana, Albania followed by a round table on “Sectoral engagement in the field of Online Safety” on 6 February 2019.
These two activities were organised by the National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) of Albania in collaboration with other entities including UNICEF and ITU.
The “Young Advisers for Online Safety” workshop aimed to further develop awareness of children and the public on the importance of safe navigation on the Internet and to sharing the experiences of "Young Advisers" during training part of the workshop.
The “Sectoral engagement in the field of Online Safety” round table consisted of 2 sessions.
The first session addresed the assessment of the current situation in the field of security in the country and the problems of the private sector for the identification of critical and important information infrastructures. The second session addresed the issues of online child safety related to the policies and measures followed by ISPs as well as the possibility of extension cross the country of the online child safety campaign.
