EU Kids Online

EU Kids Online Contract Title Enhancing Knowledge Regarding European Children's Use, Risk and Safety Online Contract Number SIP-2005-MD-038229 SIP-2008-KEP-321803 SI-2010-TN-4201001 Funding Period 26/06/2006 to 25/06/2009 01/07/2009 to 30/06/2011 Funding Agency European Union (Safer Internet Plus Programme) Total Cost €0,5 (CNTI Budget only for travel) €1,6 (CNTI Budget only for travel) Website http://www.eukidsonline.net

The EU Kids Online project aims to enhance knowledge of European children’s and parents’ experiences and practices regarding risky and safer use of the internet and new online technologies, and thereby to inform the promotion of a safer online environment for children. The project is funded by the EC Safer Internet Programme. The first EU Kids Online network started as a knowledge enhancement project in 2006. It finished in 2008, where a continuation of it EU Kids Online II commenced. In 2010, EU Kids Online III started, but this time as a Thematic Network. The Network is comprised of 33 countries from all over Europe.

Mission and Objectives

This multi-national thematic network aims to stimulate and coordinate investigation into the use of new media by children. It employs qualitative and quantitative methods to map European children's and parents' changing experiences of the internet, focusing on uses, activities, risks and safety. It also sustains an active dialogue with national and European policy stakeholders.

People working in this project

Yiannis Laouris
Elena Aristodemou
Tao Papaioannou

Digital Skills Short Report

External Links

• EU Kids Online page at LSE
• About EU Kids Online at EC's page