| George Roman, Save the Children Romania |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE  George Roman has education in law science and a master degree in European Union Law. He worked 18 years in Romanian child protection system.Since 2003, he is Program Director at Save the Children Romania, coordinating programs for children in difficulty situation (child labour, children victims of abuse, trafficking, drug abuse, separated children, children with HIV/AIDS/Tuberculosis, children in emergencies, child rights). He is also responsible to ensure effective relationships with program coordinators and other personnel from the departments and to coordinate direct activities with children and to lead writing and editing various publications (annual reports, social and juridical guides for social workers, rapid assessments). Experience in conducting and coordinating researches in the social field: "Knowledge and risk behaviours regarding HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted deseases", 2006, Save the Children Romania; "Child trafficking for sexual exploitation and commercial purposes", 2004, ILO-IPEC, Save the Children Romania, Quality Life Research Institute (coordinator şi co-author); "Knowledge, attitudes and practices of children and parents on child labour", 2004, ILO-IPEC (co-author); "Street children and the illegal drugs", 2003, Save the Children (author); "Rapid Assessment on the Situation of Working Street Children", 2002, ILO-IPEC şi Salvaţi Copiii (coordinator şi co-author); "Juridical Guide on family and child protection", UNICEF and Save the Children, four editions 1997 (co-author), 1999 (co-author), 2002 (author) and 2006 (coordinator); "National Study on street children situation", 1999, UNICEF and Salvaţi Copiii (coordinator and co-author); "Research on sexual exploitation in Romania", 1996, Save the Children; "Short analysis on homeless children", 1995, Save the Children. In 2008, he became national coordinator of Romanian Awareness Node Sigur.info - Saferinternet.ro AN-HT-HELP.
28 September, Tuesday, 14.30 – 16.30 Parallel session: Educating for online safety Presentation title: Child participation and online safety Child participation is a right and a key concept that describes the extent of children's involvement, as active participants, within the society. As referring to ICT, most children and youths could be seen as experts in the use of Internet and the devices related to this magical world. They are always up to date and curious about it and some of them understand how to identify the potential risks children may be exposed to. Thus, their knowledge represents a resource scarcely utilized in educational activities aiming to increase online safety among children, but also in regard to teachers' and parents' abilities to understand and positively check their pupils'/children's online presence. The presentation includes methods and best practices to encourage meaningful child participation. It will also describe the International Safer Internet Summer School, which took place between 11th and 17th of July in Romania, this year. |
|
