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I NTER G ENERATIONAL L EARNING

ENIL  To provide the infrastructure for on-going exchange of expertise, good practice, news and developments in the field  To facilitate discussion and shared understanding of concepts around Intergenerational Learning Policy and Practice  To raise the profile of Intergenerational Learning across Europe by consolidating informal networks  To promote IGL within school systems;  To ensure a wide dissemination of the network products at an European level  To raise awareness on the importance of IGL and Volunteering in education and participation in society Project goals:

P RODUCTS & R ESULTS  ENIL website:  a report on Intergenerational Learning (IGL) and Volunteering aimed at decision makers at a European level for promoting IGL in schools;  a thematic conference on IGL and volunteering  a European glossary for IGL (over 300 terms defined in English and translated in 17 EU languages)  a European dictionary for IGL containing terms in the 17 languages of the partnership  an online intergenerational library (a virtual database, a repository of materials relevant for IGL practitioners)  a virtual reading room associated with the network website and the online IGL library  an IGL reading list ( s sent to the partnerships' contacts database, containing updates on the IGL library associated with the network website)  an IGL magazine (the ENIL magazine will be published twice a year and will include contributers from researchers, practitioners, policy-makers etc.)

G ET I NVOLVED  Find out more about IGL by visiting our website  Write us an for receiving a free copy of the report on IGL and volunteering in November 2011:  You will also receive news of future thematic conferences in which you can take part by receiving a grand from the EACEA  You will have the opportunity to meet practitioners in various fields of IGL throughout Europe and get in contact with them through the ENIL website

I AM NOT SCARED  Promote and adopt a Bottom-Up approach to the understading of the bullying phenomenon. The project will place pupils, both Victims and Bullies, their parents and Teachers at the center of the research so that they themselves will be the protagonists of acquiring and understanding the information, through their commitment to a common research-action activity in order to analyse exemplary case studies from their different point of view.  Promote a knowledge sharing and transfer of knowledge and experiences among institutions and schools representing 9 European countries with different level of awareness and effectiveness on the theme of bullying prevention and tackling, in order to transfer the best solutions and experiences from the most advanced countries (i.e. UK, Germany and Spain) to countries that still lack organic strategies to tackle the problem (i.e. Italy, Belgium and Greece) and that are still developing a complete understanding of the issue (i.e. Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania).  Promote a transnational based, highly practical oriented approach to the understanding and tackling of the Bullying phenomenon in order to define a shared European strategy to be implemented in order to combat the bullying phenomenon, based on the best practices available in the field, and therefore prevent early drop outs from lifelong learning initiatives. Objectives:

I MPACT  450 Students of Secondary and Vocational education schools Students Victims of bullyism, bully students and other students will benefit from a more aware approach to the causes, the negative effects and what behaviours they can adopt to prevent the bullying episodes.  180 Teachers of Secondary and Vocational education schools Teachers will benefit from the reflection on how they could improve their capacity to understand the dynamics that backup and cause bullying episodes and what they can do effectively address the situation. Teachers will also benefit from the knowledge sharing experience, with which they will from their colleagues according to a peer to peer approach.  450 Parents of students who played a role in bullying episodes The Parents will benefit from the opportunity to reflect on the behaviours that can signal problems related to bullying episodes, to gain information on who to refer to be informed and to get advices and to learn what to do to prevent and address the problem.  90 Supporting Experts (e.g. Psychologists), 90 School Directors and 90 Key Policy Makers They will benefit from a more in depth and practical oriented approach to the understanding of the group and personal dynamics that are behind the bullying episodes, of what role they can play to address the issue.

C ONCLUSIONS

T HANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Bogdan Costel IRIMIA “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi EuroEd Foundation