The key functions of the Association are:

- Exchange expertise

- Support new hotlines

- Exchange reports

- Interface with [relevant] initiatives outside the EU

- Educate and inform policy makers, particularly at the international level .

Values

- Freedom of the Internet.

- A commitment to positive uses of the Internet

- Shared responsibility for protection of young people by government, educators, parents and the Internet industry

Goals

- To establish and resource effective national hotlines.

- To train and support new hotlines

- To foster ongoing Internet safety awareness and education throughout Europe

- The establishment of effective common procedures for receiving and processing reports

For more information about INHOPE and about legislation and activities in different European countries,

go to:http://www.inhope.org