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ITU Forum for Europe on 
Child Online Protection

26-27 November 2020 | Online Meeting

​Thursday, 26 November 2020  

​13:00 - 13:15
Opening Session​
  • Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of the International Telecommunication Union Office for Europe
  • Ms. Gulsanna Mamediieva, Director-General of the Directorate for Strategic Planning and European Integration, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine 
  • Prof. Petro Vorobiyenko, Rector, A.S. Popov Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications (Ukraine)

​13:15 - 13:30​
Special Address: ​
  • ​H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, Former President of Malta, President of Eurochild, Chair of The Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing ​

​13:30 - 14:30
Session 1: Global and regional approaches towards keeping children and young persons safe online

 
Moderation and setting of the context:

  • Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of ITU Office for Europe 
  • Ms. Mama Fatima Singateh, UN Special Rapporteur on sale and sexual exploitation of children
  • Ms. Maria Bolshakova, ITU-D Study Group 2 Question 3/2 - Vice-Rapporteur, COP Chapter editor, Presentation
  • Ms. June Lowery-Kingston, Head of Unit "Accessibility, Multilingualism & Safer Internet", European Commission, Presentation
  • Ms. Stéphanie Burel, Project Manager of the project to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation in Europe, Children's Rights Division and the Cybercrime Office in Bucharest, Council of Europe, Presentation
  • Mr. Phenny Kakama, Senior Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Office for Europe and Central Asia, Presentation
​14:30 - 15:00
Session 2: COP and Policymakers

   Overview of the Child Online Protection Guidelines for Policymakers
  • Mr. Martin Schmalzried, Policy and Advocacy Manager, COFACE-Families Europe and co-author of the guidelines, Presentation

    National case study: examples of national actions at the policymakers level
  • Ms. Gulsanna Mamediieva, Director-General of the Directorate for Strategic Planning and European Integration, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Presentation

  • Questions and answers  
​15:00 - 15:30
Session 3: COP and Parents and Educators

Overview of the Child Online Protection Guidelines for Parents and Educators and related materials

  • Mr. David Wright, Director UK Safer Internet Centre and co-author of the guidelines, Presentation

National case study: Examples of activities to be delivered for parents and educators

  • Ms. Klorenta Janushi, Head of the Communication and Information dissemination Unit, Directorate of Electronic Certification and Cyber Security, Council of Ministers, Presentation

  • Questions and answers 
​15:30 - 16:00
Session 4: COP and Industry

Overview of the Child Online Protection Guidelines for Industry

  • Ms. Tess Leyland, Policy and Public Affairs Assistant, Internet Watch Foundation and co-author of the guidelines, Presentation

​National case study: Examples of actions to undertake with industries at the national level

  • Ms. Inga Rimkevičienė, Head of International and Public Relations Division, Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania, Presentation

  • Questions and answers
​16:00 - 16:15​
Summary of the day and closing of the sessions


 

Friday, 27 November 2020 

​9:00 - 11:00​
Session 5: National approaches towards COP: Case studies and first experiences in roll-out of the COP guidelines and related materials


Moderation and setting of the context:

  • Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of ITU Office for Europe
  • Ms. Sarah Delporte, Project Officer, ITU Office for Europe


    Stakeholders rolling out the COP guidelines in alphabetic order

  • Albania: Ms. Klorenta Janushi, Head of the Communication and Information dissemination Unit, Directorate of Electronic Certification and Cyber Security, Council of Ministers, Presentation
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ms. Lea Cengic, Head of content and media literacy, Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presentation
  • Hungary: Ms. Katalin Baracsi dr., LL.M Lawyer Specialized in Family Law and Internet Safety Issues, Social Media Trainer, Presentation
  • Latvia: The State Inspectorate for Protection of Children's rights Department of Family support
  • Poland: Ms. Ewa Domańska, Senior Specialist in the Unit of Education and Information Campaigns in the Department of Consumer Policy of UKE, Presentation
  • Romania: Mr. Alexandru Cozma, Head of the International Organizations Unit at the International Relations, National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM), Presentation​​
  • Turkey: Mr. Mesut Kılıç, Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey, Presentation
  • Ukraine: Dr. Vadim Kaptur Vice-Rector on Scientific Work, A.S. Popov Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications (Ukraine), ​Vice-Chairman of ITU-D Study Group (SG) 1, Presentation
​11:00 - 11:45
Session 6: Roundtable: Working together towards strengthening regional and national COP ecosystems 

Moderation:
  • Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of ITU Office for Europe
  • Dr. Vadim Kaptur Vice-Rector on Scientific Work, A.S. Popov Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications (Ukraine),
    Vice-Chairman of ITU-D Study Group (SG) 1

    Introduction: 

  • Ms. Anastasiya Dzyakava, Adviser to the Vice-Minister - Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukrain 
    • All Stakeholders ​​