The European Association for Digital Transition (AETD in its Spanish abbreviation) has recently participated in the Colombian Forum of the Commission for Communications Regulation (CRC) on the protection of the rights of children and adolescents in digital environments. At this meeting, which took place in Bogotá, the CRC officially presented the National Consensus on Digital Care, a multisector agreement that used the proposal for a State Pact for the protection of minors online, promoted in Spain with enormous success by the AETD, as a reference
Like in Spain, the Colombian Consensus is looking to align the State, families, civil society, academia and the private sector to prevent risks, promote media and information literacy, and strengthen the security and privacy of children and adolescents. To date, 20 entities have signed on to the agreement between third sector entities and public institutions.
The initiative was created under the leadership of Andrea Muñoz, the commissioner responsible for audiovisual content at the CRC, along with the third sector entity Red PaPaz, with whom the AETD has held working meetings to transfer the Spanish experience and adapt it to the country’s particular context.
“Colombia is taking a serious and pragmatic step toward safer and more educational digital environments for children. The National Consensus on Digital Care demonstrates, just like in the Pact we have promoted in Spain, that public-private cooperation and comparative evidence work. They can count on the AETD to continue refining standards and metrics to make it possible to go from commitment to results”, stated AETD vice president Ana Caballero during the opening session. Caballero was very grateful for the warm welcome she received and the impulse provided for an initiative of this nature in Colombia.
Within the framework of the Forum, the AETD vice president participated in various sessions of the CRC and held working meetings with, among others, Óscar Alexander Ballén Cifuentes, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, exploring common roadmaps for children’s safety online, responsible design standards, and media and information literacy programs with territorial scope.
