Project at a Glance

📅 Implementation: Dec 2024 – Dec 2025 (12 months)
💶 Total Budget: €232,690 | ERDF Contribution: €186,152
🤝 Partners: 3 organisations
🎯 Type: People-to-People Project

Summary

Improving the prevention of peer violence in the cross-border region responds to a shared challenge in education: how to better protect young people from bullying. By creating support centres in Szeged and Timisoara, training mentors, and raising awareness in schools, the project addresses the causes of violence and promotes a safer educational environment.

This initiative demonstrates how the Cohesion Policy contributes to youth safety across borders by enabling cooperation, awareness campaigns, and peer-led engagement.

Project Aim

To reduce the risks to which children are exposed at school and in everyday life, and to reduce peer violence among young people.

Objectives

✅ Prevent peer violence in schools
✅ Train youth mentors to engage their peers
✅ Create support centres in both countries
✅ Reinforce cooperation between professionals and institutions

Key Activities & Results

🔹 20 trainers trained and 100 young people participating in cross-border camps
🔹 Establishment of counselling centres in Szeged and Timișoara
🔹 Awareness-raising activities for young people and parents
🔹 Use of social media, podcasts, and blog posts to support prevention
🔹 Renewed cross-border cooperation in anti-bullying education

For more details, consult the project fact sheet: EN, RO and  check out the project's Facebook page.

Partnership

Lead Partner: Szent Gellért Association (HU)
Project Partners: Bastion-Varbástya Association (RO), Society for Children and Parents (RO)

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