KiVa antibullying program
Prevention is at the core of KiVa. By doing preventive work, we decrease bullying happening at schools and ensure safer learning environment for students. KiVa provides clear guidelines and methodology on what to do when there is an actual case of bullying at the school. Finally, we offer a monitoring tool allowing schools to follow their students overall wellbeing and the level of implementation of the program.
What it sets out to do
KiVa is a school antibullying program working on prevention, intervention and monitoring.
Who it reaches
28 countries
Who runs it
University of Turku, Finland
What seems to make it work
Training, local support to schools, promoting antibullying attitudes, raising empathy, raising awareness on bullying and its consequences
What gets in the way
Getting the schools personnel motivated and so for several years. Changing cultural normes
Moving it somewhere else
KiVa antibullying program is implemented in 28 countries around the world and is scientifically proven to work in different countries.
The record
- Lead organisation
- University of Turku, Finland
- Target populations
- Children and young people
- Countries
- Finland
- Evaluation status
- Peer-reviewed evaluation
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Publication
- https://www.kivaprogram.net
- Contributed by
- KiVa antibullying program
These details are reported by the member who registered the intervention.
Where this entry comes from
This description was submitted to the LONELY-EU mapping of what is being done about loneliness across Europe. It is published in the language it was written in, and reproduced as it was given to us. The contributor gave permission to be named. Recorded aim: prevention.
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KiVa antibullying program (2026). KiVa antibullying program. LONELY-EU Intervention Registry, entry LEU-018. https://buddyboss.silc-exchange.com/interventions/kiva-antibullying-program/
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