Stand Up Against Bullying
Empowering Schools & Communities to Face Bullying Together
About the project
This project aims to develop a bullying prevention program, integrating expert insights, educational experience, and community involvement to create a safer environment and empower schools and communities to address bullying and peer violence effectively.
Project Focus
This project focuses on preventing bullying and peer violence in schools, aiming to create a safer and more supportive environment for students, teachers, and the whole community.
Why It Matters
Bullying has harmful effects that go beyond the individual. It affects mental health, academic performance, can lead to social isolation, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Bullying and peer violence has long lasting negative effects, for those who bully, those who are bullied, bystanders, parents and families, schools and communities.
Evidence-Based Approach
The program is grounded in scientific research and best practices from other countries. It involves all key stakeholders—students, parents, teachers, school counsellors, the local community and responsible national institutions —working together to foster a collaborative approach to bullying prevention.
International conference under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Nataša Pirc Musar
Be part of an international conference dedicated to bullying and peer violence prevention, hosted in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This event is held under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Nataša Pirc Musar.
Gathering of International Experts
We will bring together esteemed experts from around the world to share their insights and strategies for fostering safer school environments and tackling bullying and peer violence through a whole-community approach.
Join us at the conference
The conference will be open to teachers, school counsellors, and school leaderships from Slovenia and Croatia. The event will also be live-streamed. Schools will be informed about the registration procedure in March 2025.
Partners and experts from all over the globe
Project is run by partners and supported by experts from around the world. We aim to unite experts, educators, practicioners and community leaders committed to preventing bullying and peer violence. This global collaboration emphasizes the shared mission of fostering safer, more inclusive school environments through scientifically developed and tested community-based prevention strategies.
Project Objectives & Timeline
The main project objective is to develop and implement an efficient bullying and peer violence prevention program. This will be run at 5 schools in Slovenia and 3 schools in Croatia. Based on the international experiences and data from pilot program, we will develop policy recommendations for bullying and peer violence prevention in Slovenia and Croatia.
Together, we can build stronger, more empathetic communities — empowered to stand against bullying and peer violence.
