REVIS: Responding to peer violence among children (in schools and adjacent settings)

Goal and objectives

The overall goal of the project was to prevent, combat and respond to peer violence among children through transforming social and gender norms and behaviours; create space for children to challenge social and gender norms that lead to peer violence; and become social influencers to develop solutions to the problem.

The objectives of the project were to develop a program of engagement in four countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia) - with the help of 80 trained facilitators and 8 trainers, based on the findings of a qualitative research conducted into the social and gender norms contributing to violence against children,

The project team has worked with 1600 children, youth and teachers on activities, campaigns and programs that prevent and reduce peer-to-peer violence in and around schools and other educational settings (like afterschool).

The project was implemented in 4 countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia, and it was coordinated by Terre des hommes Hungary (general project coordinator). In the four countries, the project was implemented by national partner organisations: Social Activities and Practice Institute (SAPI Bulgaria), Brave Phone (Croatia), Terre des hommes Romania and Centre for Youth Integration (Serbia).

The REVIS project brought together five experienced child protection organizations from South-Eastern Europe which have a rich experience in advancing progressive principles in reducing violence against children, building capacity and knowledge amongst childcare professionals and empowering children to be an integral part of the debate and participate in tackling harmful practices.

Project implementation period: January 2021 - January 2023

The project was funded by the Justice Programme (JUST) and Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC) of the European Union .