Combating Cyber Bullying, through Alternative Safe Space & Deleting Hate Speech Erasmus Project

Project Title

Combating Cyber Bullying, through Alternative Safe Space & Deleting Hate Speech

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 : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

As new technologies and ways of communicating become increasingly central to daily life, new forms of social aggression using digital tools are emerging globally. Social networking technologies have brought about opportunities to engage in cyberbullying and place considerable pressures on families, schools and communities to remain informed and vigilant to this developing phenomenon. This is a growing menace in which schools are unable to cope with the growing tide of cyberbullying as schools and teachers lack the resources to do so. In recent years, with the explosive growth of social media and online communities, experts have blamed cyberbullying for “creating an epidemic of teenage depression and anxiety”.Cyberbullying is when someone seeks to repeatedly inflict harm on someone using technology such as computers, mobile phones, or tablets. With the continued advancement of technology and the pervasive nature of social media channels, cyberbullying continues to be all too common among teens. Over one-third (37%) of teenagers (12-17 years old) report being bullied online according to an April 2019 study conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Centre. Of these teenagers, almost a third (30%) share it has happened to them more than once. Most cyberbullying incidents are reported to occur through social media platforms such as Instagram (42%) and Facebook (37%).This project grounds its conceptual framework to address the increase and expanse of cyberbullying on four elements that are in no way ordinal:1. Remedy: Acknowledging that there is a growing problem in cyberbullying, we are setting up cyber support mechanisms which include Online Bullying aid kit and Anti-Cyberbullying Online Help desk. The Desk will give chance to the individualities seek for help where it’s easiest and most accessible. 2. Response: Multi-level anti-bullying awareness building for risk group, victims and people who are responsible for child and youth development. Works in both ways. It does not only warn the bullies but it also identifies the bullied on time, and like the bullies will receive psycho-social intervention. 3. Promotion: Another element in the framework is better promotion of positive messages, human rights, dignity, online etiquette and responsibilities. An online website for this will be made that will not only have the simple and accessible instructions and guides, an online library for resources, and a curation of positive messages and images that resist cyberbullying. 4. Protection: In order to sustain all the works, all the elements, initiatives should be protected by policies from local to international. The local policies should be integrated in schools, in local government units. Parents, most of all, should help craft these policies as their children are the most affected ones.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 145524 Eur

Project Coordinator

RIZIKA INTERNETU A KOMUNIKACNICH TECHNOLOGII Z. S. & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION EXCHANGE AND INTERSHIP (IGEEI) INC.
• SYAJ – ASSOCIACAO JUVENIL SYNERGIA
• FIELD SERVICES & INTER-CULTURAL LEARNING – INDIA
• ASSOCIAZIONE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN SCIENCES