The project “Violence in School: Zero Cool” is seeking a rights-based approach to engage with a problem which was first signaled at the grassroots level by high school students themselves, who approached CBM with a request for action.
 
Students are actively engaged throughout the project in a participatory manner. The project aims to use and strengthen existing democratic frameworks within educational and municipal institutions by directly engaging youths and other relevant stakeholders with the problems they face in schools.
This particularly concerns safety and security, in terms of violence and discrimination, within a reference cadre of human rights.
By strengthening and actively using and engaging with these frameworks, the problem of violence in schools as reported by various high school students is addressed in a sustainable way.  The project concentrates its efforts in urban Mitrovica (both in the North and South), but possibilities for extending the project to the wider Mitrovica region (urban/rural) and beyond will be considered by CBM and optional implementing partners.