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The Ice Barcelona ’25 Sustainable Gambling Zone<\/strong> donors comprising Cirsa<\/strong>, Acordjoc<\/strong>, Grupo Orenes<\/strong>, Novomatic Spain<\/strong>, Novomatic Group<\/strong>, Betsson Group<\/strong> and Alea<\/strong> have supported the launch in Catalonia<\/strong> of an industry-led educational initiative to help prevent behavioural addiction and digital dependency in adolescents.<\/p>\n The Proyecto Fes<\/strong>, which has been developed by the not-for-profit Plataforma del Juego Sostenible<\/strong>, an industry body which aims to drive sustainability, is raising awareness of the risks associated with digital media<\/strong> through the provision of educational materials and tools<\/strong> for use by schools and families alike.<\/p>\n In collaboration with Fecacen<\/strong>, the Catalan Federation of Educational Centers, and following a successful roll-out in other autonomous regions in Spain, Proyecto Fes went live in Barcelona on 13 November<\/strong> with the downloadable Catalan translations<\/strong> funded by the donations from the Ice Barcelona 2025 Sustainable Gambling Zone<\/strong> sponsors.<\/p>\n Spanish TV personality Pedro Garcia<\/strong>, who is serving as Proyecto Fes Ambassador<\/strong>, addressed a group of 70 educators, school owners and principals<\/strong>, explaining the approach promoted by the Proyecto Fes which aims to engage with young people in order to educate them on the healthy use of the internet and social media<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Drawing on a blend of personal experience<\/strong> and case studies<\/strong>, he referenced the importance of youth engagement<\/strong> and highlighted the need to involve the entire educational community<\/strong> in that process.<\/p>\n The Proyecto Fes materials have been developed by a team of psychologists<\/strong> who are specialist in the clinical care of behavioural addictions<\/strong> including the internet and social media<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ewa Bakun<\/strong>, Clarion Gaming’s Director of Industry Insight and Engagement<\/strong>, who was present at the launch said: “The Proyecto Fes is another example of the outstanding work that Ice Sgz supporters are helping to fund. Since 2019<\/strong> sponsors have raised a total of £325,000<\/strong> in the process furthering the progressive work of organisations that share the core vision of creating a sustainable industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Sgz at Ice Barcelona ’26<\/strong> will once again be one of the highest profile features<\/strong> on the show floor and our objective is to continue to promote and through our donation programme<\/strong> help to fund hugely important initiatives such as the Proyecto Fes.”<\/p>\n Brands which have committed their support for the 2026 Sustainable Gambling Zone<\/strong> include Orenes<\/strong>, Cirsa<\/strong>, Novomatic<\/strong> and Novomatic Spain<\/strong>, Merkur<\/strong> and Betsson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ice Barcelona ’25 Sustainable Gambling Zone donors comprising Cirsa, Acordjoc, Grupo Orenes, Novomatic Spain, Novomatic Group, Betsson Group and Alea have supported the launch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[157,382,265],"canale":[],"locator":[],"categorie":[618],"attributi":[],"regioni":[],"layout-nl":[],"location-features":[],"content_type":[24],"class_list":["post-4971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-clarion-gaming","tag-ewa-bakun","tag-ice","categorie-events","content_type-articolo-eng"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n