Blog Youth, COVID-19 and Violent Extremism: Let’s Be Proactive The COVID-19 crisis provides governments with an opportunity to simultaneously transform youth-state relations and minimize the appeal of violent extremist organizations. Here’s how.
Evènement INEE Round Table: Role of Education & Youth in Preventing Urban Violence & Violent Extremism On 21 October 2015, the INEE Working Group on Education & Fragility hosted a one-day round table event on "The Role of Education and Youth in Preventing Urban Violence and Countering Violent Extremism"
Evènement Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction In November 2019, the 164 States Parties to the Convention will come together in Oslo, Norway, for its Fourth Review conference. It will be the first Review Conference since States Parties met in Mozambique in 2014, where they agreed the Maputo +15 declaration and its aspiration to complete the clearance of anti-personnel landmines by 2025.
Actualités Aid workers question USAID counter-terror clause in Nigeria Reaching all those in need in conflict-hit northeastern Nigeria has long been a struggle for aid workers. But now – in addition to the hostility of the jihadist insurgents and a Nigerian military suspicious of humanitarian efforts – the US development agency has imposed controversial new restrictions on those who can be helped with the money it provides.
Ressource Countering Violent Extremism: An Introductory Guide to Concepts, Programming, and Best Practices This module clarifies the evolution of countering violent extremism over the past decade, and engages participants with key documents and resolutions. It lays the foundation for understanding the countering violent extremism field of practice and offers insights into the opportunities as well as the common pitfalls in this space and suggestions on how to avoid them.
Ressource Countering Violent Extremism: An Introductory Guide to Concepts, Programming, and Best Practices This module clarifies the evolution of countering violent extremism over the past decade, and engages participants with key documents and resolutions. It lays the foundation for understanding the countering violent extremism field of practice and offers insights into the opportunities as well as the common pitfalls in this space and suggestions on how to avoid them.
Ressource Youth and the Field of Countering Violent Extremism The purpose of this discussion paper is to investigate the youth challenge in the CVE field. It probes the role youth play in CVE and suggests recommendations for enhancing CVE’s effectiveness. The paper also examines youth with reference to violence, conflict, the state, and struggles to achieve adulthood.
Ressource Preventing Violent Extremism Through Education: Effective Activities and Impact This policy brief highlights that preventing violent extremism activities can be shown to generate at least forty-five positive impacts at individual, structural & organizational, as well as the community and social levels.
Ressource Preventing Violent Extremism Whiteboard Video A whiteboard video to illustrate education’s role in preventing violent extremism (PVE) and looks at some definitions of PVE and education’s role in fostering inclusive and equitable environments, encouraging critical thinking, promoting tolerance and respect for diversity, and thereby contributing to wider social cohesion and the reduction of violence in all forms
Ressource Prévention de l'extrémisme violent Cette vidéo de 5 minutes présente des définitions de PVE et du rôle de l’éducation afin de promouvoir des environnements inclusifs et équitables, qui encouragent la pensée critique, la promotion de la tolérance et du respect pour la diversité et contribuent ainsi à une plus grande cohésion sociale et à la réduction de la violence sous toutes ses formes. .
