ContextThe bullying phenomenon is a main challenge that all European educational systems have to deal with. Despite many initiatives: - The main information and experiences related to the understanding of bullying have been developed through a mainly Top-Bottom approach. - The standard of the researches and initiatives is not homogeneous at European level - National approaches are still prevalent and a European shared perspective is still lackingObjective:The project intends to identify the best European strategies to prevent and combat the bullying phenomenon and involve Secondary school and Vocational Education teachers, Directors Pupils, Parents and key policy makers in the field of education in a common reflection based on a Bottom-Up approach for a transnational sharing of the dynamics that can cause the emerging and consolidating of the bullying phenomenon and of the most effective strategies and behaviours to tackle it which are available at European Level.Activities: - Review of publications addressing the bullying phenomenon which are available in the 9 countries involved - Review of initiatives addressing the theme of Bullying phenomenon prevention - Case studies aiming at analysing bullying episodes from all the possible point of views of the different actors (Students, Teachers, schools' directors, parents of the students, and key policy makers)- Participation of the teachers involved (those objects of the case studies) in a peer to peer based knowledge sharing experience, with which they will comment on the case studies of the other countries - National Reports presenting the results of the activities described above and defining each country's state of the art and of a Transnational Report presenting in a comparative logic, similarities and main differences. - Development of a European strategy to be implemented in order to combat the bullying phenomenon based on the best practices in the field emerging in the different countries.