Let's FACE the emergency: keeping the fight against cyberbullying alive

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Since its kick-off meeting in Strasbourg on May 9-10th, 2019, the FACE project made great progress!

In particular, on November 27-28th, 2019, the FACE Consortium met for its Second Transnational Project Meeting in Melenovice, Czech Republic; where, in the same period, it also organized a six-day-training  for 18 recruited youth workers, with the aim to help them familiarize with FACE’s innovative methodology and teach them how to implement it with teens, during the workshops that will be carried out in schools in this year 2020. The training was a success, and the youth workers were really satisfied.

Moreover, in the past few months the FACE Consortium has produced three e-handbooks that can be consulted on the FACE website in all partner languages: the Art Strategies Handbook (aimed at Youth Workers), Guidelines for Parents, and Recommendations for Local Authorities and other Stakeholders. Last but not least, activities with pupils have already started in two schools in France and Italy. 

FACE warmly supported the 17th edition of the Safer Internet Day #SID2020 as well, both on the FACE Facebook page and on partner social media accounts. Celebrated by the European Commission on February 11th, the #SID2020 aimed at encouraging all international stakeholders to deeply engage to make the internet a safer and better place for all. Cyberbullying is a real challenge and we must act together!

Due to the outbreak of Covid-19 in Europe and the consequent closure of schools and restrictions of mobility, the local workshops are currently at stake. Yet, the Consortium is not halting its work! On the contrary, all partners are mobilizing to find possible alternatives to continue their activities with teens in the near future; and, in the meantime, you can subscribe to the FACE newsletter to receive all project updates! 

Funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Program, FACE - Fighting against Cyberbullying & Exclusion aims to raise awareness amongst students, parents, local authorities and other stakeholders concerning cyberbullying and to provide them with substantive knowledge and supportive tools on how to handle it. To this end, the FACE project has developed guidelines, materials, networks and innovative methodologies featuring multidisciplinary artistic approaches, such as drama strategies, filmmaking and visual as well as street arts writing. This is a 2-year project which started in March 2019.