On 25 June, MEPs Phil Prendergast and Sean Kelly will co-host an event in the European Parliament - 'BEAT BULLYING: FROM THE SCHOOLYARD TO CYBER SPACE'EU decision-makers will be joined by NGOs and businesses to share examples of best practice in tackling bullying and cyber bullying, a growing problem that affects thousands of children and young people in Europe every day. The debate will bring this phenomenon, which often has devastating consequences, to the attention of the EU.BeatBullying will also take the opportunity to present its European online peer mentoring and counselling progamme, which is a support system for children and young people. So far, 7,000 mentors have been trained in the UK and BeatBullying will shortly roll out the initiative to seven other Member States - Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania and Poland. Members of the European Parliament have already called for the establishment of a ‘European Day against Bullying and School Violence’. Participants will be invited to join this call and express their support to make bullying unacceptable in Europe by signing a public statement.Speakers:MEP Phil Prendergast (S&D, IE)MEP Sean Kelly (EPP, IE)Thibaut Kleiner, Adviser, Cabinet of European Commissioner Vice-President Neelie KroesMargaret Tuite, Coordinator for the rights of the child, European Commission, DG JusticeNiall Cowley, International Director, BeatBullyingSimon Milner, Director of Policy, Facebook UK & IrelandPresentation by a BeatBullying Mentor