The Safer Internet Day this year in Bulgaria comes in the middle of a months-long campaign that is to continue for several months more.
Public events: In November and Februdary, two round-table discussions dedicated to the safety of children in the Net were organised by the State Agency for Child Protection, and by Microsoft-Bulgaria and the Public Council for Safer Internet - the advisory body to the national Hotline against illegal and harmful content in Internet. At the first round-table various Safer Internet projects by different organisations and institutions were presented and a discussion on future actions was held with participation of representatives of state bodies, NGOs, the Hotline and academic circles.
On February 6, a round-table for children, parents, teachers and the media presented the agenda of a 6-month awareness campaign 'Children Safe in the Net' initiated by Microsoft-Bulgaria, the children's portal site Az-deteto.com and the Hotline. The campaign started from 1 December, 2007 and is to continue until end of May. An online awareness game for children - 'The Eighth Rule' - attracts every month hundreds of children who are proposing their own ideas for an additional rule to the 7 golden rules for chidlren's safety in Internet. The best 3 proposals are awarded prizes every month and in May an overall winner will receive the grand prize - a laptop computer. Till the end of December, the game attracted 1130 participants from all over the country.
In the evening of the Safer Internet Day, at the House of Cinema a short movie on children's safety online will be presented to the public. Afterwards the movie will be shown at schools in the presence of the campaign 'Face' - the children's music idol Viktoria Erin.