About YPRT


Panellists at the Final Conference of the Youth Protection Roundtable

The Youth Protection Roundtable is a project funded in the framework of the Safer Internet Action Plan of the European Commission from November 2006 till April 2009.

From 15th - 18th the YPRT reports from the fourth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, where youth protection online plays an important role on the agenda.

Internet Governance - Creating Opportunities for all is the title of the IGF 2009 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. From November, 15th to 18th 2009 stakeholders from all UN-countries will gather to lead an open dialogue with regard to the Internet, its diffusion and regulation and will exchange their practical experiences. Much more than 1.000 participants from more than 100 countries are awaited thereunder government representatives, internationale organisations, members of the Internet community and representatives from the business sector and NGOs. The host country Egypt, represented by the minister for communication and ICT, Mr. Tarek Kamel was involved in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) took part actively in the Internet Governance dialogue.

Please follow our daily reporting from the IGF here.

On April 3rd, the first international youth media protection conference took place in Berlin, Germany. It was the fifth meeting of the Youth Protection Roundtable - this time open to the public.

The YPRT outcomes - Principles and Toolkit for the improvement of youth protection online developed by the network - were presented to 230 participants in the conference. High-level representatives from the European Parliament, the European Commission, the UNESCO, from welfare organisations and companies around Europe discussed the European approach of shared responsibility for the improvement of youth protection online promoted by the Youth Protection Roundtable. Members of the YPRT presented their examples for implementation of the YPRT Toolkit.

The conference was accompanied by an exhibition of good practise examples of technical and educational approaches to youth protection. Fifteen exhibitors presented their activities for a safer Internet and the empowerment of users by training for digital literacy to the public.

The YPRT Principles:
eight principles for the improvement of youth protection online to which the YPRT members commit themselves and declare their intent to co-operate on their implementation and dissemination.

The YPRT Toolkit:
a detailed catalogue of references for the improvement of youth protection online, comprising
  • a description of risks
  • a description of supportive technologies and their effectiveness
  • eight chapters of references
    • for technical developments in respect of educational issues and
    • for the use of filter technologies (product-neutral) and educational measures in private and public areas
  • an inventory of instruments and organisations of self regulation in Europe
  • an inventory of legal regulations as regards youth protection in Europe
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