Final Report 00-132-C-EN
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Daphne project: 2000-132 Daphne Programme – Year 2000 Final Report Project Nr. : 2000/DAP/132/C Title: “Prevention of violence in school: the school mediator as a resource” (MEDES) Start date: 1 January 2001 End date: 31 December 2001 Coordinating Organisation name: RED CROSS - CATALONIA (SPAIN) Contact person : Name : Carolina Martínez Collado Address : Avinguda Vallvidrera, 73 Postal code : 08017 City : BARCELONA Country : España Tel. N°.:+34 93.205.14.14 Fax Nr. : 93.205.62.15 93.803.07.89 93.805.53.71 e-mail : [email protected] Website: http://www.cruzroja.es/ Partner Organisations’ names and countries : PROVINCIA DI NOVARA (Italy) FORUM FOKUS e.V. (Germany) RED CROSS BRUSSELS (Belgium) 1. Aims of the project The main problem addressed by this project is the worrying rise in violence in schools in all the countries of the European Union and in particular among teenagers. The violent behaviour observed between teachers and pupils and among pupils is seriously undermining the pupils' level of training and their future integration into society. Furthermore, the problem is aggravated by the lack of means and resources in schools to tackle this problem and the lack of coordination among the institutions and NGOs working in the field of the prevention of violence. The direct beneficiaries of the project were all the children and teenagers in the schools in each of the partner locations in which the project was implemented. The beneficiaries acquired new techniques and social skills to enable them to manage conflicts in a non-violent manner. The second group of beneficiaries were the primary and secondary school teachers, who benefited from a series of resources and techniques to help them channel and handle conflicts which take place in schools and thus prevent potentially violent behaviour and improve communication with pupils. Initially, the anticipated results of the project were as follows: to draft an initial report on the problem of school violence in Europe, to organise days of reflection and debate on mediation aimed at preventing violence in schools, to train mediators in schools, to produce teaching materials geared Daphne-project_2000-132_1 towards teenagers and teachers to prevent violent behaviour, to carry out an awareness-building campaign on positive conflict management and mediation, to organise a final seminar and to disseminate the results. The present project was initially intended to last two years, but the Commission only approved the project for one year, which meant that all the activities had to be accordingly condensed. During the working meeting that was organised, the Commission evaluator recommended the direct involvement of the project beneficiaries in the project actions. For this reason, we invited the project beneficiaries to attend the final seminar to ask them their opinion on the project and to talk about their experience of violent situations in schools. 2. Implementation of the project All the activities which were on the initial calendar were completed: - First transnational meeting in Igualada (Spain). The project management committee was set up and included representatives of the project partners. The guidelines to be followed and the different project actions were agreed upon. - Drafting of the initial report on violence perpetrated against and among teenagers in schools within the European context. - Second transnational meeting in Igualada (Spain) attended by representatives of all the project partners: o Presentation of the initial report and initial conclusions. o Presentation of the different models of mediation and debate on these models. - Third transnational meeting in Igualada (Spain). Implementation of a training course for trainers in school mediation. - Implementation of an awareness-building campaign in secondary schools on the prevention of violence, positive conflict management and mediation. - We had initially planned to organise the International Seminar and subsequently to disseminate the results obtained as the project developed. However, in view of the very tight schedule resulting from the sheer number of planned project activities and the organisation of the International Seminar in December, the Seminar was highly publicised and disseminated to ensure a high turnout to be able to present the results obtained to as many people as possible. This yielded good results as the Seminar was attended by a considerable number of people who were interested in the issue of school mediation. The results were further disseminated later on by e-mail. With respect to the activities which were implemented but were not included in the initial project, we must mention the presentation of the project which lasted several days on violence organised by the Youth Red Cross in Catalonia. The calendar of work was constantly reviewed and consulted to fit in all the activities scheduled in the initial project, taking into account the considerable number of activities to be arranged in one year and the importance of implementing the scheduled activities to achieve the objectives of the project. PROVINCE OF NOVARA Daphne-project_2000-132_2 - Research and supply of information needed to draw up the initial report on the problem of school violence in the European context. - Interchange of information on the different models of school mediation. - Participation in the training of trainers in school mediation. - Participation in the International Seminar on school mediation. - Dissemination of the project at local level. - Workshops on social skills in a secondary school. FORUM FOKUS OSNABRÜCK - Dissemination of the project at local level. - Participation in the local project “Exit – ways out of the violence” - Interchange of information with other bodies and organisations working in the field of prevention of school violence. - Research and supply of information needed to draw up the initial report on the problem of school violence in the European context. - Interchange of information on the different models of school mediation. - Participation in the training of trainers in school mediation. - Participation in the creation of the concept of conflict management and the prevention of violence in connection with school mediation. - Promotion of cooperation with the teachers and management team of the schools. - Intervention in a school to encourage peer mediation at school level. - Participation in the International Seminar on school mediation. BELGIAN RED CROSS - Research and supply of information needed to draw up the initial report on the problem of school violence in the European context. - Workshops on social skills in a school (St. Antoine) and in a community centre (Maison de Quartier) with primary school children. - Interchange of information on the different models of school mediation. - Participation in the training of trainers in school mediation. - Participation in the International Seminar on school mediation. - Dissemination of the project at local level. SPANISH RED CROSS - Gathering of information and participation in the drafting of the initial report on the problem of school violence in the European context (Red Cross Anoia, Red Cross Sabadell, Red Cross Granada). - Interchange of information on the different models of school mediation (Red Cross Anoia, Red Cross Sabadell, Red Cross Granada). - Participation in the training of trainers in school mediation and in the organisation of the same (Red Cross Anoia, Red Cross Sabadell, Red Cross Granada). - Participation in the International Seminar on school mediation and in the organisation of the same (Red Cross Anoia, Red Cross Sabadell, Red Cross Granada). - Dissemination of the project at local level (Red Cross Anoia, Red Cross Sabadell, Red Cross Granada). - Implementation of an awareness-building campaign on the prevention of violence and positive conflict management in Igualada, Sabadell, Granada and Barcelona. - The training of volunteers on essential social skills for positive conflict management followed by an awareness-building campaign (Red Cross Anoia, Red Cross Sabadell, Red Cross Granada). - Contacts with schools at local level and local education authorities (Red Cross Anoia, Red Cross Sabadell, Red Cross Granada). - Coordination with the education authorities of the government of Catalonia (Red Cross Catalonia). - Interchange of information with mediation experts (Red Cross Catalonia). Daphne-project_2000-132_3 - Dissemination of the project at autonomous community level (Red Cross Catalonia). 3. Results and impacts of the project Results - Initial report on the problem of school violence in the European context. - Teaching materials geared towards teenagers and teachers to prevent violent behaviour and practical exercises in different schools. - Interchange of information on the different models of school mediation. - Gathering of materials for the training of trainers in the field of school mediation. - Training of volunteers on the use of the teaching materials created through the funding of this programme. Evaluation of the results The results of the project were evaluated in different ways: - Evaluation by the University of Barcelona (external project evaluator). - Evaluation through the transnational meetings with partners. At each meeting the results obtained up to that point were presented and a debate took place on the changes to be made. - An evaluation was also carried out of the work in the schools. This was done through meetings with teachers and the management team of the schools in