Fanny Rotino – Speaker at the 18th EFDN Conference
Fanny Rotino, Child Online Protection Programme Officer at ITU, is a confirmed speaker at our 18th EFDN #Morethanfootball Conference in Budapest from the 14th until the 16th of November 2022.
Fanny-Carlotta Rotino is a Child Protection Specialist for the Child Online Protection (COP) initiative at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Acting as ITU’s focal point and global project manager on child online protection, she manages global partnerships and programmes at ITU Headquarters and provides support to ITU regional offices around the world to introduce and improve prevention and response to online risks and harms for children.
Prior to joining ITU, Fanny has worked in both non-governmental and international organisations on child rights with a specific focus on child protection and child participation, on intersectoral partnerships, and on the sustainable development goals.
Fanny holds a Master’s Degree in international relations and peace and conflict studies from the Goethe University in Frankfurt a.M. with a specific focus on human rights and humanitarian aid.
Fanny will be a part of both a panel and a breakout session discussing online safeguarding. More information about these sessions can be found below
Panel
Child Online Protection – a must have in a club’s child protection framework?
Football clubs protect children from harm by having sound safety measures and a protection framework in place. Nonetheless, many clubs are struggling to include online safety policies, even though they use digital tools in their communication with the children or publish their personal data on websites or social media channels.
Why is it important to fill the gap and treat online safety as an equal to offline safety? How can clubs ensure that they don’t expose children to online risks?
The panel gives voice to a young person engaged in online safety work, EFDN members and Child Online Protection experts to jointly discuss the role of football clubs in ensuring that children and youth are protected and empowered online.
The panel is linked to a breakout session in the afternoon that presents recommendations on the drafting of online safety policies and implementation of related measures.
Breakout Session
Child Online Protection – a practical approach to include online safety in sport organisations
Following the panel discussion in the morning, this breakout session presents recommendations on how to fill gaps in a club’s child protection framework and ensure that online safety measures are implemented.
