Capacity building --- The issues of awareness-raising and education can be included in capacity-building programs. National authorities responsible for developing child protection policies should effectively explain to children and their parents the risks and dangers of certain online activities. Some organizations like EduCARE (https://www.educare.co.uk/courses/child-protection-education-v2) have developed education programs that can be used as a basis for capacity-building programs implemented through bilateral or multilateral cooperation mechanisms. These courses need to be complemented with strategies to address online risks, like the ones we reviewed in this course’s materials. For example, the course by EduCARE that I reviewed has comprehensive content on the issue of child abuse but is not specific on the online aspect.<br /> This is a field of opportunity to involve universities, research institutions, and private consultants. The effort can result in comprehensive programs that combine the ITU Child Online Protection guidelines with state-of-the-art risk and abuse prevention research. The main goal of these capacity-building endeavors is that national authorities can effectively and easily communicate with children and parents.

Source author: Juan Feliciano Ascencio Moctezuma jascencio@sre.gob.mx