MYTILINEOS is Grand PanHellenic Sponsor of the educational seminars of the Initiative “Protect your Child from Cyber Crime”

MYTILINEOS supports, as Grand PanHellenic Sponsor, the implementation of the educational seminars of the Initiative “Protect your Child from Cyber Crime”, scheduled to take place in 10 Greek cities between February and March 2018. The Initiative aims to function as a means of prevention, as well as a means of educating and informing parents, children and young people about the risks of cyber-crime and the ways to protect themselves from potential threats.

Across the planet, millions of cases involving children who have fallen victim to cyber-crime, illustrate this new reality and demonstrate the urgent need to provide all the parties involved with information about the risks posed by the ever-increasing use of the Internet. Thus, for MYTILINEOS the impact of this particular initiative goes well beyond the boundaries of a typical sponsorship, making it part of the actions of a high social value which the Company has been implementing since 2016, seeking to contribute to the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (2030 Agenda) and, more specifically, of Goal 16, which promotes the termination of all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation involving children.

Schoolchildren, parents and educators will have the opportunity to learn about the myths and the realities surrounding the issue of safe Internet use, as well as about related modern-day phenomena, addiction, high-risk behaviours, ways in which to deal with the challenges posed by the digital world, and other very interesting and useful topics. (For the list of topics to be covered by the seminars, please see here). In parallel, the topics to be discussed in the seminars will also cover the ethically correct and safe use of the Internet and, more generally, of the interactive technologies that are becoming part of our daily lives.

The keynote speaker in all the seminars is Hellenic Police Lieutenant-General (retired) Mr. Manolis Sfakianakis, special cyber-crime researcher and analyst, and President of the Cyber Security International Institute (CSIi). The other speakers in the seminars are also Mrs. Vera Athanassiou, Psychologist (MSc) – Psychotherapist and doctoral candidate at the Athens University, Mrs. Marianna Global Sustainable Development Goal supported by the initiative. Tassi, Sociologist – Criminologist, and Mrs. Marissa Voulgaraki, Psychologist – Criminologist.

The Initiative is implemented with the support of the Information Office of the European Parliament in Greece.

Dates and cities where the Initiative’s seminars are scheduled to take place:

21/02 Maroussi, 26/02 Athens City Centre, 07/03 Patras, 12/03 Tripolis, 19/03 Volos, 28/03 Heraklion (Crete), 30/04 Thessaloniki, 7/05 Ioannina, 23/05 Mytilini.

For details about the seminars and registrations for participation, please see https://prostatepse.gr/en/

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