Art against bullying Erasmus Project

Project Title

Art against bullying

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

The project relates to the “reduction in ESL rates” priority, seeking to address barriers to achievement faced by targets and perpetrators of bullying; as both, these groups can subsequently become early school leavers. Pupils have the right to enjoy their school life and acquire knowledge and skills that will set them on the path to success. High levels of bullying in school have a devastating effect on academic achievement and emotional wellbeing both for the perpetrators and targets. A child who is bullied at school is not likely to look forward to going to school because of not wanting to be humiliated in front of other children, while perpetrators are at risk of exclusion from school and subsequent contact with the criminal justice system. Early School Leaving (ESL) has been recognized as a key factor in social exclusion.

This project seeks to provide a needed practical resource for teachers, education providers, and targets to address the issue of ESL by tackling the barriers presented by bullying; tying in with the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; which was adopted in June 2010 by European heads of state and governments. This project’s aim is to make a contribution to the efforts already made to combat bullying by applying the methodologies of school education with creative arts, fun, and enjoyment as key characteristics, in order to provide an effective solution to bullying.

We will achieve this objective through:
1. Developing educational and support materials for teachers and other groups involved in preventing and combating school bullying using arts and creative learning methodologies (Handbook).
2. Developing and pilot a comprehensive learning platform for the teachers (E-learning Course).
3. Creating a space for sharing bullying experiences for children and youth, which will become a source of knowledge about the phenomenon for a whole group of recipients like teachers, parents, NGOs. (Learning material).
Outlined needs are not country limited but common to all the EU countries, thus transnational approach is the best way to achieve quality outputs gathering multiple views and experiences to respond to an EU level issue.

The project will be carried out by the consortium composed of seven partners from six countries: Poland – Coordinator, Greece, Romania, United Kingdom, Bulgaria.

The consortium is built of:
– teachers training center: Krakowskie Centrum Zarządzania i Administracji
– university: UNIVERSITATEA LUCIAN BLAGA DIN SIBIU
– school: Scoala Primara EuroEd
– NGOs: Every Child an Achiever Network, LabSTEM
– companies: Zinev Art Technologies, MediaCreativa 2020

The project also forsees a number of dissemination events, some of them will be connected with the testing phase of the next outputs. Besides, the project will be disseminated in various other ways, including a website with the learning platform, social media, promotional materials, networks of contacts, and others, on all levels, from local to international.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 151263 Eur

Project Coordinator

Krakowskie Centrum Zarzadzania i Administracji Sp. z o.o. & Country: PL

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITATEA LUCIAN BLAGA DIN SIBIU
• EPISTIMONIKI ENOSI – EKPEDEFTIKIS, TECHNOLOGIKIS, POLITISTIKIS – KENOTOMIAS & SYNERGASIAS
• Scoala Primara EuroEd
• Zinev Art Technologies
• Every Child an Achiever Network
• MEDIA CREATIVA 2020, S.L.