SIC-SPAIN 5.0

Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE)

It is a public entity and under the authority of the Ministry for the transformation and the Civil Service, operating through the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure. It is the national reference entity for the development of cybersecurity and digital trust among citizens, the academic and research community, professionals, businesses, and, in particular, strategic sectors.

Through its activities in research, service delivery and coordination with the relevant public and private stakeholders, INCIBE contributes to the advancement of cybersecurity at both the national and international levels.

Management by INCIBE, Internet Segura for Kids (IS4K) is Spain's Safer Internet Centre, dedicated to promoting the safe and responsible use of the Internet among children and young people.

IS4K operates in line with the European Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy and is a member of theINSAFE and INHOPE networks.  It delivers the three core services of a Safer Internet Centre—Awareness Centre, Helpline, and Hotline—while also contributing to the coordination of the awareness-raising and youth empowerment activities carried out by the SIC-SPAIN 5.0 consortium.

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Spanish Association of Paediatrics (AEP)

The Spanish Association of Paediatrics (AEP) is a non-profit scientific-medical society whose main purpose is to guarantee the health and well-being of children and adolescents in their physical, psychological, social and environmental dimensions.

As a body representing paediatric professionals, one of the AEP's main objectives is to promote the development of the speciality in the areas of care —preventive, curative and rehabilitative— as well as in teaching and research, with special attention to social and professional issues. The AEP currently represents nearly 13,000 paediatricians.

Under the management of INCIBE, the AEP has launched the Digital Family Plan, an initiative that provides families with tools and resources to promote the appropriate and healthy use of screens in the family environment. The key to the rational use of these devices begins with the example that adults set for their children. The actions and messages disseminated on this platform are aligned with the guidelines of the consortium.

Association of Communication Users (AUC)

AUC is an organisation whose main function is to defend the interests of citizens as users of media and social media, as receptors of their messages and as potential targets of their content or in the use of their data. Its activities focus, among others, on the protection of young people and children from inappropriate or harmful commercial content and communications. It has extensive experience in the project, in which it is involved in developing a system for labelling and rating content, due to its participation in forums such as the Self-regulation Code on television content and children, the ICAA Film Rating Commission, the Internet Governance Forum and advice to different providers and distributors of online content.

AUC's contribution to this project focuses on:

• Maintenance of the selflabelling.info website and development of its functionalities.

• Updating of the benchmarking previously carried out.

• Development of training and informative materials for broadcasters, generators, encoders and end users.

• Expansion of contacts with the actors involved.

• Initial development of an automated self-labelling system (using algorithms and AI).

• System implementation pilots.

Cibervoluntarios Foundation 

Fundación Cibervoluntarios is a Spanish NGO with national and international recognition, focused on driving an inclusive digital transition and eliminating the digital divide. A global pioneer in creating and managing a network of cybervolunteers, since 2001 it has provided free, close, simple and practical training in digital skills with special focus on a responsible and safe use of technology to thousands of people every year, promoting social innovation and citizen empowerment through the use of ICTs To achieve this, it has built a  network of more than 4,000 cybervolunteers and another of 8,000 collaborating organisations, both allowing to train 150,000 people every year, with an average of 300 activities per week, 25% of them in rural areas.

Cibervoluntarios will continue developing the program 'Stop, Think and Connect, against digital gender-based violence' to prevent digital gender-based violence in minors. This programme includes training to raise awareness towards detecting and preventing digital gender violence in educational centres, advertising campaigns, creation of videos, generation of a report and events.

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(Beneficiario)

EU Kids Online Spain (UPV/EHU)

The UPV/EHU research group is the Spanish team of EU Kids Online, an international research network set up by the Safer Internet Programme in 2006 that aims to improve knowledge about the online opportunities, risks and safety of European children. These researchers use a variety of methods to map the online experiences of children and their parents, in collaboration with various national and European policy actors. 

Its contribution mainly focuses on activities related to diagnose. This time the Spanish team will research families (father or mother) of children aged between 10 and 16. The findings of this research will contribute to improve Spanish children’s digital and general wellbeing in the following domains: 

•    Digital safety: in order to minimize the impact of risks and maximize digital opportunities
•    Digital literacy policies: for supporting and improving education policies
•    Wellbeing and development of children’s rights 

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Empantallados

Empantallados.com is a free online project aimed at Spanish-speaking parents, with the objective of helping them to educate their children in the healthy use of technology. Created in 2017, Empantallados is an initiative of Fundación Fomento de Centros de Enseñanza, in collaboration with numerous experts in education, health and technology.

Empantallados will support the mission of the Consortium, with:

• Conducting a study on the impact of technology in family life and education, through a study conducted by a prestigious polling firm.

• The creation and dissemination of online resources aimed at parents, with the aim of promoting an education that encourages critical thinking and the proper use of screens.

• Providing training for parents and families.

(Beneficiary)

(Affiliated Entity)

Aprender a Mirar Foundation (FAAM)

The Aprender a Mirar Foundation is a non-profit organisation that works for the defence of audiovisual media users, especially children and adolescents, through training, information, social action for prevention, denunciation and defence, and the promotion of values. It acts as a consultant to promote the quality of content, with a positive approach that guarantees the protection of minors.

Asociación de Consumidores de Medios Audiovisuales (ACMAC)

The Audiovisual Media Consumers Association of Catalonia is a non-profit association, affiliated to FAAM, which works for quality in the audiovisual media and in the defence of the rights of users, especially minors, who are the most defenceless in front of the screens.

FAAM and ACMAC participate with the following activities:

• Develop and organize events, such as the Children's Festival or Offline Day, featuring participatory, educational, cultural, and leisure activities to encourage responsible audiovisual and digital consumption, personal relationships, play, creativity, and emotional well-being, as well as nationwide awareness campaigns like #LiveYourRealLife to foster balanced digital habits and promote healthy leisure alternatives away from screens.

• Audiovisual Education Program (PEA, by its Spanish acronym), offering workshops and seminars tailored to all educational stages—from early childhood education to high school—aimed at students, families, and teachers to strengthen media and digital literacy among citizens, the responsible use of screens, digital well-being, cyber-coexistence, and privacy, as well as to prevent techno-addictions, cyberbullying, and online hypersexualization.

• Organize webinars led by leading experts in health, psychology, education, and digital safety. These sessions address issues such as the impact of screens on child development, online pornography, sharenting, the prevention of suicide and self-harm, risks associated with social media, and children's digital rights.

• Develop and distribute newsletters, pedagogical materials, audiovisual resources, practical guides, and informative content for families, professionals, and the educational community, providing up-to-date information on the opportunities and risks of the digital environment.

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Social Media Profiles ACMAC

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Social Media Profiles Contraste Co-branding 

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FAD Juventud 

Fad Juventud is a private, independent foundation that has been working for over 40 years to improve the wellbeing and quality of life of young people. Over the course of these four decades, it has supported generations of young people as they have adapted to social, cultural and technological changes, with the aim of fostering their personal and social development. Currently, Fad Juventud focuses its work on seven major causes that directly affect young people, developing initiatives involving analysis, intervention and social advocacy in areas that are key to their present and future.

Fad Juventud will carry out the following activities:

• A course on applying ’Experience AI’ program in the classroom. Aimed at teachers and educational professionals working with children and teenagers aged between 10 and 18, it offers information and resources to guide them in the positive, ethical and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence, using the ‘learning by doing’ methodology. 40 teaching hours. Official recognition by the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport (INTEF) will be sought for participants who meet the requirements. The course will run from September 2026.

• A session of the course ‘Young People and Screens: Uses and Risks’. A training course for teachers and educational professionals working with adolescents aged between 12 and 18, which sets out the framework for the use of new media by this age group, as well as the methodological foundations for carrying out educational work that promotes appropriate use and prevents inappropriate, risky or even addictive behaviour related to such use. The course, comprising 30 teaching hours, includes a variety of content, such as audiovisual materials, webinars and other specific resources. Official accreditation from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport (INTEF) will be sought for participants who meet the requirements. It will take place in 2027.

• Two editions of the online course ‘Family and Screens: Addressing the Appropriate Use of Technology’. This is a training programme for parents, with guidance and support from professionals, providing a variety of content, including audiovisual materials and various resources such as webinars and other specific materials (such as podcasts, video podcasts or similar). To be held in 2027 and 2028.

(Beneficiary)

Gaptain - Educación y Salud digital

Gaptain is an EdTech company whose mission is to help schools and families to educate in the prevention of digital risks/addictions and in the safe and healthy use of technology. To this end, it has developed Kids Centric Universe, the educational platform for schools to develop students' digital skills by promoting healthy use habits and digital well-being.

Kids Centric Universe, recommended by UNESCO in 2024, implements a digital literacy programme that is integral to the educational environment and personalised based on an initial diagnosis in the classroom.

Gaptain collaborates with the consortium by implementing the tool in 25 educational environments (school + families).

Other Gaptain resources: online magazine 'Educación y Bienestar digital', video channel Educación digital, online courses for families 'Educando en digital'.

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(Beneficiary)

Federation of Associations for the Quality of the Media (iCmedia)

iCmedia represents audiovisual media users, with a particular focus on protecting minors. In today’s multi-screen society, it considers the development of effective age verification systems essential to ensuring children’s safety in the digital environment.

The association promotes dialogue and collaboration among users, media organizations, institutions, and regulatory bodies. To this end, it participates in initiatives such as the State Pact for the Protection of Minors in the Digital Environment, Alfamedia, Televisión Abierta, OCTA, and the Atresmedia Advisory Council.

iCmedia also supports self-regulation and co-regulation within the audiovisual sector to safeguard users’ rights and enable informed decision-making. Recognizing media literacy as a key factor in fostering responsible media consumption, it develops educational resources for children, families, teachers, and content creators:

• DocenteMENTE Digital – for teachers, including educational guides for Primary and Secondary Education.
• DigitalMENTE Familias – to support families in digital education.
• Thinkfluencer – aimed at content creators.

(Beneficiary)

Plataforma de Infancia

Plataforma de Infancia is an alliance of non-profit, plural, supportive, democratic and politically and religiously independent entities that work to achieve full compliance with the rights of children and adolescents. Its main objective is the welfare of children, and to this end, among other measures, it publicises and defends their rights and promotes collaboration and participation in all related public and private bodies and the participation and association of children.

The contribution that Plataforma de Infancia makes to the Project is in the management of the Youth Panel:

• Maintaining the online participation space www.cibercorresponsales.org in which children and adolescents themselves can make their contributions on how to contribute to a safe space, where their rights are respected and taken into account.

• On an annual basis, a face-to-face meeting of the Cybercorrespondents' network will be held to discuss safety issues, in addition to other small training and debate spaces in which educational teams will also be taken into account.

• International collaboration with the Portuguese SIC, participation in the Panel of representatives of the INSAFE network.

(Beneficiary)

Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) 

The Complutense University of Madrid is the largest Spanish university and one of the most prestigious in Europe. Its centres are spread over two campuses: Ciudad Universitaria in Moncloa and Somosaguas. It also has some centres in the city of Madrid.

UCM is made up of 26 faculties, 10 affiliated centres, 37 university institutes, 7 professional specialisation schools, 9 research support centres and ICTS, 14 university clinics and hospitals, 5 UCM halls of residence and 2 centres abroad. Its 32 libraries hold 3,000,000 volumes.

Its contributions to this project are:

• The implementation of a Barometer on digital consumption in childhood and adolescence . A representative survey will be designed and applied, analysing the data using statistical tools. The results will be disseminated through scientific reports and publications.

• A research project to assess the impact of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Spain on children and adolescents. This project will be carried out in partnership with the Youth Panel led by Plataforma de Infancia. It comprises four phases, involving the use of qualitative research methods (creative workshops, focus groups, etc.) with the active participation of children and adolescents, as well as a nationally representative survey. 

• The coordination and publication of especial issue in scientific journal. These publication will contribute to disseminate scientific knowledge about DSA.

(Beneficiary)

Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC)

The Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) is a young public university with several campuses in the metropolitan area of Madrid, whose mission is to foster innovative research and high quality education in one of the fastest growing regions of Spain. The URJC has had a great growth reaching almost 40,000 enrolled students and nearly 1,900 professors, being currently the second public university in Madrid in number of students. The URJC has a strong international projection, with an academic community made up of 5,200 foreigners from 60 countries. As a multidisciplinary academic and research institution, the Rey Juan Carlos University promotes research aimed at economic and social development, fostering and promoting research activity, dissemination and transfer of knowledge and research results to society.

The contribution of this team in the project will focus on:

• Invisible Risks in Digital Environments: Addictions, Mental Health, and Other Risks from the Perspective of Children and Young People.

• This initiative focuses on understanding the perceptions of children and young people so they can identify risks such as digital addictions and self-harm. It analyzes how the internet, social media, and artificial intelligence can influence their mental health, self-esteem, and emotional well-being, and promotes the critical, responsible, and safe use of technology. Children and young people will work together to create specific materials based on Easy Read/Easy Video formats and awareness campaigns, all in their own voices.

• Digital Addiction Prevention: Children and young people will develop participatory tools to identify what constitutes addiction and to create and define awareness and prevention messages about digital risks. Based on citizen science, the initiative puts children at the center of the action, aiming to highlight positive content on social media, identify appropriate digital role models (influencers, creators, or news outlets), and promote more effective prevention of invisible online risks—such as addictions, mental health problems, and self-harm—through the active participation of young people themselves, alongside educators and professionals.

• Digital inclusion and safety: Creation of accessible audiovisual resources for children with intellectual disabilities and their families, facilitating an understanding of the risks of the internet and AI, and offering simple strategies for safe online navigation.

The National Institute of Educational Technology and Teacher Training (INTEF)

The National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF) is the unit of the Ministry of Education and Professional Training responsible for integrating ICT and Teacher Training into the non-university levels of education.

It has the rank of a Sub-directorate General, and is part of the Directorate-General of Evaluation and Territorial Cooperation, which in turn is part of the Secretariat of State of Education.

INTEF carries out the functions attributed to the Directorate General for the development and dissemination of curricular materials and other support documents for teachers, the design of teacher training models and the design and implementation of specific programmes, in collaboration with the Autonomous Communities, aimed at the scientific and didactic updating of teachers at the different educational levels.

Its contribution in the team is to participate as a strategic partner of INCIBE in the development of awareness campaigns aimed at the educational community for the development of digital skills in online security and collaboration in the development of an online course aimed at police officers in the framework of the 'Master Plan for Coexistence and Improvement of Security in Educational Centres and their Environment'. 

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(Associated Partner)

Ministry of Home Affairs (Spain)

The Spanish Ministry of Home Affairs is the Department of the General State Administration responsible for the proposal and execution of the National Government's policy on citizen security (State Security Forces, penitentiary institutions, civil protection, road safety, etc.), guaranteeing the exercise of the fundamental rights set out in the Constitution, foreigners and international protection, as well as ensuring the proper functioning of the electoral processes.

Its collaboration in the project will be carried out through its LEAs and will focus on the operation and coordination of the activities of the hotline and awareness-raising activities.

Internet Segura for Kids (IS4K)

Internet Security Centre for children in Spain promotes the safe and responsible use of the Internet and new technologies among children and adolescents. In line with the European BIK (Better Internet for Kids) strategy, is part of the pan-European network INSAFE of Internet Safety Centers.

Website IS4K

Safer Internet Centre Spain (SIC-SPAIN)

The SIC-SPAIN project continues and extends the service provided by Internet Segura for Kids (IS4K).  It promotes the safe and responsible use of the Internet and new technologies among children and adolescents. In line with the European BIK (Better Internet for Kids) strategy, is part of the pan-European network INSAFE of Internet Safety Centres.

Safer Internet Centre Spain 2.0 (SIC-SPAIN 2.0)

The Safer Internet Centre Spain 2.0 (SIC-SPAIN 2.0) project is a continuation of the SIC-SPAIN project with the same three objectives: awareness-raising, helpline and reporting channel for dangerous content. With regard to the first of these, the public-private collaboration platform to promote the safe use of the Internet has been extended. The operations of helpline, as well as the hotline, will guide the design of specific awareness campaigns that will contribute to the development of the European Strategy's capacities: Better Internet for Kids (BIK).

03/2022 - 02/2024 (Coordinator)

Safer Internet Centre Spain 3.0 (SIC-SPAIN 3.0)

The SIC-SPAIN 3.0 project continues the SIC-SPAIN 2.0 project for 2 years, strengthening the lines of activity linked to the Spanish SIC, to promote online opportunities and tackle risks in order to make the Internet safer for minors. Respecting the same three objectives of awareness-raising, helpline and hotline, this project aims to help minors to deal with online risks and to become citizens capable of analysing media information and applying critical judgement.

06/2024 - 11/2025 (Coordinator)

Safer Internet Centre Spain 4.0 (SIC-SPAIN 4.0)

The SIC-SPAIN 4.0 project builds upon the SIC-SPAIN 3.0 project by promoting a safe digital environment for minors, strengthening awareness campaigns, the 017 helpline, the hotline, and the youth panel. This initiative aims to improve public-private coordination, aligning with the BIK+ strategy, and strengthen Spain's presence in international forums such as INSAFE and INHOPE to encourage the responsible use of the internet and, more broadly, to promote initiatives across Spain to enhance child protection in the digital environment.