editorial

the training phase of the project SocialWeb - SocialWork was successfully completed in all five partner countries at the end of summer 2013. Over 500 professionals working with children and youths at risk took part in the one-day training sessions. They deepened their knowledge and satisfied their curiosity on the topic of online safety for their young clients by use of the online learning units provided on the projects website. Please enjoy reading the detailed report on the diversity of our online offer and successful cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen, Germany.

To sustain the projects objectives - that are multiplying the lessons learned and raising the awareness of colleagues for the issue of Internet safety - some of the social workers will in addition be enabled to act as trainers themselves. For that purpose two more face-to-face sessions in every partner country will be carried out in late autumn this year. Interested social workers will learn how to prepare a training, which methods to apply, how to choose the right content and where to find appropriate materials. They will also reflect their own learning process concerning Internet safety for children and youths at risk and apply their findings within small practical exercises in the group. We are looking forward to their feedback and will report in detail in our next newsletter issue to come out in January 2014.

And finally, we would like to highlight an important upcoming event: the 2013 edition of the Safer Internet Forum will take place on 17-18th of October in Brussels. Here, we are happy to announce that our project was invited to run a session on Oct. 17th (16.15-17.45 o'clock) called "A better Internet: the role of intermediaries in managing risks for vulnerable users". If your time and your commitments allow, we would be delighted to welcome you at our session.

Yours
Carolin Bretl,
project manager