1. Joint industry actions – follow-up of CEO Coalition
Pat Manson G4 - Inclusion, Skills and Youth DG Communications Networks Content and Technology (CONNECT)
The "Strategy for a Better Internet for Children" (BIK) from May 2012 proposes a series of actions to be undertaken by the Commission, Member States and by the whole industry value chain in order to provide a better internet for children and young people.
Building a better internet for kids is about more than just stopping terrible things from happening. We want to go beyond protection: our aim is to encourage creativity and positive use of the internet that will not only help children and young people to develop their digital skills but will also empower them to grow and shape their world in a safe, creative way, to build communities, and to be active in a participatory society.
Empowerment and creativity are important since a very early age. There is a protection/empowerment balance for all, but it is the ratios that will be different.
Therefore more emphasis of protection for very young children, and on empowerment on older children
Indeed, the Internet is a fantastic place for kids to play and learn, explore and interact. And by the time those kids grow up, digital skills will be as important as being able to read and write were before; we must give them those skills. We should actively teach our kids how to go online and be creative online – safely.

2. Collaborate not compete
The Better Internet for Kids strategy from 2012 promotes self- and co regulation.
The CEO Coalition making the Internet a Better place for Children was initiated 2011 and has worked on 5 concrete actions such as content classification and parental tools in 2012
Implementation of BIK policies: on-going a Benchmarking study where intermediate results show differences in approaches and impact among MSs so far
31 companies across the value chain to work concretely on 5 actions to improve kid's digital life.
They have worked together on improving their reporting for children, on making privacy settings more understandable, on the availability and take up of parental control tools, as well as on working to improve the speed for removing child abuse material from the Web.
Civil society consulted throughout the process
Going forward they are committed to continue to collaborate on awareness raising, on sharing best practices and on developing partnerships.
As far as

3. Upcoming activities:

4. Webinars (May –June 2014)
A series of online BIK conversations and online exchanges will take place on the Futurium platform:
14 May: Internet Business Models vs. Child Online Welfare
19 May: Rights and Responsibilities
21 May:  Educating in/for the Online World
Join the debate!

5. Youth Manifesto
Consultancy with youngsters across Europe to exchange ideas on what their digital futures should look like
What are the ups and downs of living online?
A first draft will be presented to the MPs during November and at SIF

6. Community of Practice: COP - Agora
What is it? Online space where you can share opinions
Who's talking? Experts, EU citizens and the industry
BIK-corner to facilitate knowledge-sharing & discussions