Jutta Croll is Managing Director of Stiftung Digitale Chancen/Digital Opportunities Foundation since 2003.

The Digital Opportunities Foundation is a German NGO working on overcoming the Digital Divide, promoting E-Inclusion and providing programs and tools to promote Digital Literacy for underserved groups.

Jutta Croll has worked as a researcher in several projects concerning the use of media and digital literacy. She holds a university degree in political science, media science and German literature and is member of several steering groups of European projects in the field of e‑Inclusion and Digital Literacy.

In 2000 together with Herbert Kubicek she organised the first international conference on Digital Divide in Germany, "Stepping Stones into the Digital World". In 2001 they set-up the German Digital Divide Network "Netzwerk Digitale Chancen" at the University of Bremen.

- March 200–March 2003 Chief editor and Deputy Manageress/Project manageress Digital Opportunities Network at University of Bremen, Germany
- 1993–2001 Scientific Researcher, Telecommunications Research Group University of Bremen: Editor of the German Yearbook Jahrbuch Telekommunikation und Gesellschaft (print and online), Project development, Conference organization
- 1990–1992 Scientific Assistant in the Department of Manuscripts at the University Library in Göttingen, exhibition management
- 1990 University diploma Magistra Artium
- 1985–1990 Studies of German Literature, Politics and Media Science at the University of Göttingen, Germany. Main focus on interdisciplinary topics such as Political Literature after the Second World War and Media Politics.
- 1975–1984 Librarian at the Murhardsche and Landesbibliothek and University Library, Kassel

Additional jobs       

- Scientific research studies for UNESCO
- Author of several articles on telecommunications and new media for Brockhaus Encyclopedia

Memberships

- Steeringboard klicksafe.de
- Steeringboard project eMigra
- Steeringboard project "Jugend ans Netz" of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs
- Steeringboard project "Barrierefrei informieren und kommunizieren" of the Federal Ministry of Labour
- Steering board project "Onlinekompetenz für Migrantinnen und Migranten in Deutschland"
- Working group on Media and Integration with the Federal Minister on Migration, Refugees and Integration

Biographical dates
* 22. 11. 1956, in Kassel, Germany
widowed, one daughter (* 1982)


ABSTRACT

29 September, Tuesday, 14.45 - 17.00

Parallel session: Responding to online risks
Presentation topic: Youth Protection Roundtable

The Internet should be a tool for gathering knowledge and information as well as for entertainment for users of all age groups. But nowadays more and more people are afraid of encountering unwanted and harmful content instead of useful information while being online. 

A combination of technical tools with increased effectiveness and approved educational measures seems to be the solution. To develop the ideal mix of both there is a need for collaboration between specialists from the technical side and experts from the pedagogical side. Therefore at the Youth Protection Roundtable relevant players worked together at five bi-annual international meetings within the project's duration of 30 months, from November 2006 till April 2009. 

Considering the various cultural backgrounds of European countries, the activities emphasised the following elements:

- Facilitate and coordinate the exchange of views between technical experts and children's welfare specialists
- Find a common language
- Conducting a survey on matters of youth protection online and safer Internet
- Enable technicians to take account of the potential effects of newly developed technologies on their safe use by children
- Improve the usability of filtering technologies
- Provide European parents and educators with the information necessary to decide on appropriate content in accordance with their cultural values
- Motivate children's welfare experts to include consultation on supportive technologies into their portfolio
- Identify good practise approaches 

At the Youth Protection Roundtable youth protection online was defined different viewpoints of technicians and welfare experts were identified, a common view on risks and measures was developed, technical tools for youth protection were identified and reviewed with regard to their effectiveness, a new approach to digital literacy was elaborated with input from young people themselves, and an European approach on shared responsibility for youth protection online was developed and eventually adopted. 

While many fruitful and distinct ideas have blossomed at the Youth Protection Roundtable, one overarching goal was to develop a common strategy embedded in the cultural situation to prevent children and youths from encountering unwanted and harmful content while using the Internet.

This goal was achieved by delivering the:

- YPRT Principles for the improvement of youth protection online: eight principles to which the YPRT members commit themselves and declare their intent to co-operate on their implementation and dissemination
- YPRT Toolkit, a detailed catalogue of references for the improvement of youth protection online.