A/HRC/19/64 part of their everyday livesgg. Cyber-bullying has been identified as a modern manifestation of bullying that calls for urgent responses and the involvement of all relevant actors, such as social networking sites, internet providers and the police. The Commission aims at achieving a high level of protection of children in the digital space, including of their personal datahh, while fully upholding their right to access internet for the benefit of their social and cultural development. Through the Safer Internet programme ii, the Commission coordinates and supports efforts to empower and protect children online. Various sectors of the Information and Communication Technologies industry have been engaged in selfregulatory initiatives in particular to increase the protection of children using mobile phonejj and social networking serviceskk and through the Pan European Game Information rating system of video and online gamesll. The Commission will now expand its call for action to manufacturers of mobile devices and game consoles, internet service providers, mobile applications and content providers, consumer organisations, researchers and child welfare organisations. The Commission is closely monitoring the transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directivemm by the Member States into their national law, for which the deadline was 19 December 2009. The Directive extends the standards for protection of children from traditional TV programmes to the fast growing on-demand audiovisual media services, particularly on the Internet. Actions: The Commission will contribute to empowering and protecting children when they are vulnerable, notably by: 6. Supporting the exchange of best practices and the improvement of training for guardians, public authorities and other actors who are in close contact with unaccompanied children (2011-2014); 7. Paying particular attention to children in the context of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, which will be adopted in spring 2011 and will notably promote the more efficient use of structural funds for the integration of Roma; 8. Strongly encouraging and providing support to all Member States to ensure the swift introduction and full functioning of the 116 000 hotline for missing children and the child alert mechanisms (2011-2012). 9. Supporting Member States and other stakeholders in strengthening prevention, empowerment and participation of children to make the most of online technologies and counter cyber-bullying behaviour, exposure to harmful content, and other online risks gg hh ii jj kk ll mm 100 Eurobarometer Qualitative study on the Rights of the Child, October 2010, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/quali/ql_right_child_sum_en.pdf See the Commission Communication on a comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union, COM(2010)609 final, point 2.1.2., available at: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/news/consulting_public/0006/com_2010_609_en.pdf Decision No 1351/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a multiannual Community programme on protecting children using the Internet and other communication technologies, OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 118–127. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/docs/mobile_2005/europeanframework.pdf. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/social_networking/docs/sn_principles.pdf. http://www.pegi.info/ Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive), OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1–24.

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