How can child protection be improved online or on social media? Minister for the Family Susanne Raab and State Secretary for Youth Claudia Plakolm (both ÖVP) will invite people to a summit in the Chancellery on Wednesday, where NGOs from the voluntary sector will participate in the discussion.
“Following last year’s child protection package, with significantly tougher sentences for perpetrators, we are also intensifying our efforts to provide more child protection this year: the Federal Chancellery is doubling funding for child protection again this year – more than one million euros are now available for financing,” said Raab.
Organizations involved
Since the measures would only be effective if there was close cooperation between all actors, the child protection summit was organized in the Federal Chancellery to listen to those directly affected by those affected and to implement new concepts – i.e. with representatives of the youth and sports organizations. as well as child protection centers.
Online area in focus
Work is already underway on a separate child protection center to combat sexual violence in the digital world. “In my opinion, we must continue to expand preventive measures to protect our children at the same pace as before, especially in the online area,” Plakolm emphasizes. Child abuse not only takes place in the analog world, but increasingly also on social media and via messenger services.
“The new Saferinternet.at project against sexual violence in the digital world will become a central part of the fight against child abuse.”
quality mark for parents
The Austrian Child Protection Centers and the ECPAT Association, among others, will present progress in establishing the “Quality Assurance Center for Child Protection”. The independent “Child Protection Quality Assurance Body” will be responsible for advising, awarding and recertifying child protection concepts. In the future, clubs and organizations can have their child protection concepts checked and certified at this office.
“This should be a quality mark, especially for parents, and a visible sign for clubs and organizations that they have dealt particularly well with the protection and prevention of children,” Plakolm said.
Source: Krone
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