INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF NORDIC COUNTRIES AND LITHUANIA
Panorama Hotel Conference center, Seinų str. 4, Vilnius and Online
AGENDA
9:00 – 17:15 Local time
8:00 – 16:15 CET
9:00 – 9:30
Opening of the conference
9:30 – 10:00
Children's Perspectives on the Issue of Bullying
Children’s Advisory Team, Childline, Lithuania
10:00 – 10:30
Bullying and Victimisation as Factors of Children’s and Adolescents’ Emotional Health
Prof. Kastytis Šmigelskas, PhD
Principal Investigator of HBSC study in Lithuania, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
10:30 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 11:30
Experiences with preventing bullying based on a social turn in how bullying is viewed
Anne Sofie Juel Hansen
Project manager in the Mary Foundation, Denmark
Signe-Marie Paludan Bøgeskov
Senior Advisor at Save the Children, Denmark
11:30 – 12:00
Norm critical approach a foundation for bullying prevention
Sara Sundell
Expert in Gender Equality and Equal Treatment, Folkhälsan, Finland
12:00 – 12:30
The role of parents
Ída Björg Unnarsdóttir
Project Manager of National Projects at Save the children, Iceland
12:30 – 13:30
Break
13:30 – 14:00
The power of peers - Youth participation in bullying prevention
Anna-Kaisa Hiedanniemi (MA)
Lead Specialist in Finland’s largest child welfare organization, the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (MLL), Finland
14:00 – 14:30
Safe online – what works to prevent cyberbullying and what do youth recommend that we do?
Frida Warg
Head of Development at the Swedish bullying prevention organization Friends and the Managing Director of the global conference World Anti-Bullying Forum, Sweden
Lisen Bergquist
Head of Communications and Advocacy as well as Advisor on Child and Youth Participation at the Swedish bullying prevention organization Friends, Sweden
14:30 – 15:00
The Sámi Parliament`s work with the prevention of bullying and incitement for sámi children and young people from an Indigenous perspective
Wenche Andersen
Turid Vesterheim
Special Advisers in the Sámi Parliament´s administration, Norway
15:00 – 15:30
20 years of Childline's antibullying work: challenges and discoveries
Eglė Tamulionytė
Lecturer and Educator, she coordinates Lithuanian Childline‘s Campaign WITHOUT BULLYING, and also the implementation of the bullying prevention programme FRIENDS in Lithuania
Jurgita Smiltė Jasiulionė, PhD
Psychologist, Childline, Lithuania
15:30 – 16:00
Break
16:00 – 17:00
Panel discussion: Shifting focus of bullying prevention?
Hannah Baarøy
Student, Partnership Against Bullying, Norway
Signe-Marie Paludan Bøgeskov
Senior Adviser at Save the Children, Denmark
Robertas Povilaitis, PhD
Head of Childline, Lithuania
Virpi Pöyhönen, PhD
Senior specialist at the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (MLL), Finland
Frida Warg
Head of Development at the Swedish bullying prevention organization Friends, Sweden
Moderated by Richardas Jonaitis
Radio ant television presenter
17:00 – 17:15
Closing of the conference
Opening of the conference
Moderators
Robertas Povilaitis, PhD
Head of Childline
Frida Warg
Head of Development at Friends, Sweden
Participants of the conference opening
Ingrida Šimonytė
Prime Minister of Lithuania
Edita Žiobienė, PhD
The Ombudsperson for Children‘s Rights
Helén Nilsson
Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania
H. E. Ole Terje Horpestad
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway
Robertas Povilaitis, PhD
Head of Childline
Speakers
Children's line advisor team, Lithuania
Presentation: Children’s Perspectives on the Issue of Bullying
Prof. Kastytis Šmigelskas, PhD
Rethinking bullying prevention
Moderators
Trygve Beyer-Olsen
Political adviser at Skolelederforbundet, Norway
Viktorija Andreikėnaitė
Public Health Prevention Specialist, Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention Lecturer, Lithuania
Speakers
Anne Sofie Juel Hansen
Senior Project Manager at the Mary Foundation, Denmark
Signe-Marie Paludan Bøgeskov
Senior Advisor at Save the Children, Denmark
Sara Sundell
Expert in Gender Equality and Equal Treatment, Folkhälsan, Finland
Ída Björg Unnarsdóttir
Project Manager of National Projects at Save the children, Iceland
Presentation: The role of parents
Description: The role of parents in the lives of young children is significant. Parents serve as role models for their children, and their opinions and behaviors often shape those of their offspring. During this presentation, we will discuss on several key questions:
- What do parents need to consider to be good role models for their children?
- How can they support their children’s social development and communication skills?
- Furthermore, we will explore how parents can teach their children to care for others, be brave, respect others, and foster tolerance.
Exploring bullying prevention in various contexts
Moderators
Tomas Baranovas
Chief Executive Officer at LEPTA, Lithuania
Marija Jakubauskienė, PhD
Associate Professor, VU Faculty of Medicine.
Speakers
Anna-Kaisa Hiedanniemi
Lead Specialist, Peer support student program, Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Finland
Anna-Kaisa Hiedanniemi (MA) is a Specialist in Finland’s largest child welfare organization, the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (MLL). She is responsible for the development and overall management of MLL’s Peer-Support-Student Program. This bullying prevention program has been extensively evaluated, well-acknowledged and is currently implemented in 93 % of Finnish high schools.
Frida Warg
Head of Development at the Swedish bullying prevention organization Friends and the Managing Director of the global conference World Anti-Bullying Forum
Lisen Bergquist
Head of Communications and Advocacy as well as Advisor on Child and Youth Participation at the Swedish bullying prevention organisation Friends
Wenche Andersen
Special Adviser in the Sámi Parliament´s administration, Norway
Presentation: The Sámi Parliament`s s work with the prevention of bullying and sámi unity for sámi children and young people from an Indigenous perspective.
The presentation will be divided into two parts. The first part will be a short presentation on the Sami Parliament and Sami basic education in Norway. The second part will be about the work on bullying prevention and Sámi unity from an indigenous perspective.
Turid Vesterheim
Special Adviser in the Sámi Parliament´s administration, Norway
Presentation: The Sámi Parliament`s s work with the prevention of bullying and sámi unity for sámi children and young people from an Indigenous perspective.
The presentation will be divided into two parts. The first part will be a short presentation on the Sami Parliament and Sami basic education in Norway. The second part will be about the work on bullying prevention and Sámi unity from an indigenous perspective.
Eglė Tamulionytė
Coordinator of Childline’s Campaign Without Bullying, Lithuania
Presentation: 20 years of Childline’s antibullying work: challenges and discoveries
When Childline launched the Without Bullying campaign in 2004, the term „bullying” seemed new and unfamiliar in Lithuania. In this presentation, we will explore the transformations that have occurred over the past 20 years of the campaign.
- Is bullying currently acknowledged as a significant public health issue requiring systematic intervention?
- To what degree has public awareness of bullying been heightened?
- How effectively have schools in Lithuania implemented programs for preventing bullying?
Jurgita Smiltė Jasiulionė, PhD
Psychologist, Childline, Lithuania
Presentation: 20 years of Childline’s antibullying work: challenges and discoveries
When Childline launched the Without Bullying campaign in 2004, the term „bullying” seemed new and unfamiliar in Lithuania. In this presentation, we will explore the transformations that have occurred over the past 20 years of the campaign.
- Is bullying currently acknowledged as a significant public health issue requiring systematic intervention?
- To what degree has public awareness of bullying been heightened?
- How effectively have schools in Lithuania implemented programs for preventing bullying?
PANEL DISCUSSION
Shifting focus of bullying prevention?
What is happening in our societies that bullying is not decreasing?
Why is it important to review the definition of bullying?
Where do we need to focus our efforts to achieve the ambition of all organizations working in the field of prevention - to live in a society where every child is protected from bullying?
Moderator
Richardas Jonaitis
Radio and television presenter
Panelists
Hannah Baarøy
Student, Partnership Against Bullying, Norway
Signe-Marie Paludan Bøgeskov
Senior Adviser at Save the Children, Denmark
Robertas Povilaitis, PhD
Head of Childline, Lithuania
Virpi Pöyhönen, PhD
Senior specialist at the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (MLL), Finland
Frida Warg
Head of Development at the Swedish bullying prevention organization Friends, Sweden
Hannah Baarøy
Student, Partnership Against Bullying, Norway
Robertas Povilaitis, PhD
The head of Childline, one of the initiators of the campaign WITHOUT BULLYING, Lithuania
Panel discussion: Shifting focus of bullying prevention?
Virpi Pöyhönen , PhD
Serves as a senior specialist at the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (MLL) in Finland.
Panel discussion: Shifting focus of bullying prevention?
PARTNERS
