Alla Kulikova, Safer Internet Forum 2010, Luxembourg

2005 : French NGO e-enfance, children and young people safety on the Internet

2008 : Helpline Net Ecoute, under EC Safer Internet Programme •  1/3 calls (outside parental control software installation) refer to the video games •  90% concern older adolescents (15-17 y.o.)

e-enfance has developed a tool informing parents about videogames

2009 : Website

www.jeuxvideoinfoparents.fr

COMPLETE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION :

•  Understanding video games •  Universes •  Devices •  Categories •  Glossary (300+ words)

•  Parental control tools for games consoles •  PEGI and PEGI online •  Money issues •  Time management (safeguard modes) •  Potential risks and how to minimize them

Alla Kulikova, Safer Internet Forum 2010, Luxembourg

2010 : Mobile Phone Application: Jeux VIP Scanner

Searching the game description in the index of the games or by scanning the bar code on the game box.

•  Description of the game: Scenario, aim of the game… •  Game characteristics: PEGI, safeguard mode, money issue… •  e-Enfance advice from a child psychologist •  Images of the game •  Videos of the game

Alla Kulikova, Safer Internet Forum 2010, Luxembourg

•  Over 700 games listed on the website, around 30 new games added each month •  Totally independent from the video games industry yet ensuring full transparency •  Decision help for parents who decide if the game is adapted to their child depending on the age, personality, development •  Promote dialogue between parents and adolescents •  Interactive website connected to facebook, twitter, netwibes…

The website and the application are supported by: •  Ministry for the Digital Economy •  DUI (Delegation to the Internet uses, attached to the Ministry of Higher Education and Research) •  Ministry of Health (INPES: National Institute for Prevention and Health education).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! a.kulikova@e-enfance.org