On 28th and 29th October, APAV participated the INSAFE / INHOPE Training Meeting, an event that aimed bring together the elements of the two networks to exchange experiences and best practices in the support area for a cybercrime and the safe use of the internet.

APAV was present at the event as member of the both networks - INHOPE (International Association of Internet Hotlines) and INSAFE (European cooperation network for projects that promote awareness and awareness of the safe use of the internet by citizens), represented by Ricardo Estrela, Operational Manager of the Internet Safe Line, who was also invited as a speaker to participate in the session dedicated to the theme “Deep Dive: CSAM on Adult Sities”.

The Conference ROAR: Challenges in providing support to victims of cybercrime will take place on the 3rd of November 2020 in the headquarters of Altice Portugal (Lisbon) as the final event of Project ROAR: Empowering victims of cybercrime.

By hosting this event, the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV) and its partnership aim at presenting the results and outputs of Project ROAR but also at creating a knowledge-based space for the exchange of good practices and for pushing forward recommendations on how to enhance prevention on cybercrime and the support provided to its victims.

The Conference will gather civil society organisations, academia, industry, media, law enforcement agencies, judicial authorities and policy makers from across Europe, thus providing a unique opportunity to strengthen synergies and discuss multidisciplinary strategies to prevent and combat cybercrime, discussing current and future threats, challenges in investigating these crimes and in supporting victims.

The Conference programme is diverse not only in terms of speakers’ nationalities and background, but also in the types of sessions it foresees. In the Conference, besides the plenary sessions where key-note speakers will share their expertise on several matters related to cybercrime, participants will have the opportunity to register for different workshops in which relevant topics concerning the digital world will be discussed, such as online frauds and cyberstalking in the context of intimate relationships, among others, as well as prevention and mitigation measures through a multidisciplinary approach.

The range of topics within the Conference’s main theme and the diversity of session format is intended to encourage the active participation of those attending the Conference as the knowledge shared and produced will be in itself a positive result of the Project.

To organise this Conference, APAV is using its experience as an organisation which hosts similar events for almost 30 years but also on the inputs, ideas and suggestions of its partners in Project ROAR.

Programme, information and registration:
apav.pt/roar

This conference was funded by the European Union's Internal Security Fund — Police.
The content of this conference represents the views of the author only and is his/her sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.

This is my story is the motto of this new awareness campaign, promoted by APAV, which brings positive examples of integration of migrants and refugees, of different nationalities and socio-cultural contexts, in Portugal. Come and see these stories! We hope that these paths, narrated in the first person, support the deconstruction of prejudices and are catalysts for multicultural communities, prevailed by tolerance and respect.

This campaign was developed within the scope of the Project Counter@ct - preventing and combating online radicalization, a project promoted by APAV, with partners: Judicial Police, Security Information Service, Renovar a Mouraria Association, JRS Portugal, Logframe, Digital Xperience, Fundación Fernando Buesa Blanco and Victim Support Europe.

Learn more about these stories: apav.pt/thisismystory

#thisismystory #learnmoreaboutmystory

The Final Seminar of the Counter@ct Project: preventing and combating radicalization online will take place on September 24, 2020 at the Auditorium of the Judicial Police, in Lisbon and in which the Portuguese Association for Victim Support - APAV, and its partners aim present the results and products of the Counter@act Project.

The Seminar will bring together civil society organizations, national and European authorities in the area of ​​security and support for victims of terrorism, providing an excellent opportunity to learn about transnational practices in the area of ​​preventing and combating the phenomena of radicalization, violent extremism and of terrorism.

To organize this Seminar, APAV uses its experience as an organization that has held similar events for almost 30 years, but also on the ideas and suggestions of its Counter@ct Project partners. If you want to participate in the Seminar, please register here.

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This seminar was funded by the European Union's Internal Security Fund — Police.
The content of this conference represents the views of the author only and is his/her sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.