Prevention and combating cyber bullying and internet violence among youth

Internet bullying and on-line peer-pressure among youth is a European problem, but is very present in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro with very little or non-activities regarding this problem on local level. However, some countries have tackled issue of of Internet bullying and on-line peer-pressure among youth and have promoted and protected youth safety and minority rights on general level, there is still a lot of work on local level. Although mechanism for protection of individuals against discrimination exist (on different levels in our countries and in Europe in general) there should be more activities aiming on supporting the individuals in threat of discrimination and violence ON-LINE, but also aiming at the mainstream youth in order to raise their understanding and level of tolerance. As our organisations are already tackling this issue on local and national level with limited results, we believe that we can raise the quality of our work and have more impact with the joined project on European level.Not only LGBT youth suffers homophobia, violence and lack of solidarity from their peers nor their teachers during their schooling period, but other marginalized groups of youth with any characteristics that their peers recognize as “different” also suffer from prejudices and stereotypes and this transfers to on-line space as well. Attempts of LGBT and Human rights organization in Serbia to tackle this problem wasn’t fruitful, because for any activities in schools you need special permission form the Ministry of Education, that wasn’t willing to cooperate on these issues. Having all that in mind and the need of LGBT and other marginalised youth for violence-free education and safe space, online as well, and EU Youth Strategy that states importance of ensuring that all young people have equal access to high quality education and training, we need to find alternative ways for solving these problems. Also, pursuant to Articles 8 and 10 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the Erasmus Plus promotes inter alia equality between men and women and measures to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.Creating workshops manual tackling non-violence, respecting and accepting differences, communication skills, Human rights, LGBT rights and homophobia, we are giving innovative tools in solving the problem of internet bullying and on-line peer-pressure and violence among youth.The manual-guide contains workshops on the subject of nonviolent communication, perception, conflicts, violence, prejudice and stereotypes, identities, non-violence, dealing with fear and mediation.The main aim of the project - prevention and combating the problem of Internet bullying and on-line peer-pressure and violence among youth is directly addressing priorities of attainment of young people by prevention and creating safer and more comfortable environment, while promoting social inclusion and well-being.