The Forum wos addressed to representatives of ministries, regulators, telecommunications operators, telecommunication equipment manufacturers, software developers, universities and general education institutions, research and development institutes, organizations of UN System, and other stakeholders from ITU Member States, Sector Members, and Associates.
The Forum aimed at a wide presentation to the CIS Region and discussion with ITU Members of new Guidelines on Child Online Protection for policy makers, industry, parents and educators, as well as for children, which were launched by the International Telecommunication Union on 23 June 2020. The online dialogue within the framework of the Forum focused on the actual usage and implementation of
the COP Guidelines at the national and regional contexts and provided opportunity for deep dive analysis and discussion on approaches and policies on child online protection.
During the 3 session, witch focused on ITU COP Guidelines for Parents and Educators, an updated version of
Online Safety Course developed by the ITU Regional Office for CIS jointly with the A.S.Popov Odessa National Academy of Telecommunicationsas part of the Regional Initiative 2 for the CIS was presented.
