
Preventing radicalisation leading to violence: two decades of work with cities
July 2023 – The European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) has been working on the issue of radicalisation leading to violent extremism since the early 2000s, in the…
Europe has for many years been confronted by various extremist movements whose magnitude, media presence and level of priority in the political agenda vary across time. Such movements have both international and local dimensions and impacts. Underlying them and amplified by social media, polarisation is a threat that concerns local and regional authorities.
In order to efficiently prevent such phenomena from drifting into violence, local governments seek to understand how ‘us and them’ thinking, social divisions and hostility are gaining ground in local communities, and how they can efficiently act to curb such extremist dynamics, build bridges and strengthen social cohesion.
In a resolution published in 2016, Efus called for local prevention of radicalisation leading to violent extremism.
Discover the actions implemented in communities across Europe through our summary documents, which present the key elements of each of these initiatives, including their context, objectives, activities, budget, evaluation. All of our practice and summary sheets can be found on Efus Network.
July 2023 – The European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) has been working on the issue of radicalisation leading to violent extremism since the early 2000s, in the…
Augsburg, Germany, October 2022 – A year after the conclusion of the LOUD project, through which nine European municipalities mobilised local youngsters who produced online campaigns promoting alternative discourses…
September 2022 – Efus is a partner in two European projects on the prevention of violent radicalisation: icommit (Improved Commitment of Multi-stakeholder Collaboration Through Model and Interactive Training…
Athens, Greece, 27-29 April – In the framework of the EU co-funded INDEED project on the prevention and countering of violent extremism (PVE/CVE), which is led by the Polish…
Warsaw, Poland, 22 February 2022 – How can local authorities prevent hate speech and polarisation, and what kind of support from the EU do they need to do…
Abstract The European Forum for Restorative Justice defines restorative justice as an inclusive approach of addressing harm or the risk of harm through engaging all those affected in…
Efus web conference – Thursday 24 February 2022 15:00 – 16:30 CET Many European cities have seen an increase of polarisation amongst their population during the last two…
The publication Pervading extremist opinions, sharpening forms of intergroup conflict and proliferating forms of ‘us-and-them’ thinking seem to increasingly mark the reality of many European societies today. While…
This article was produced in the framework of the BRIDGE project (Building resilience to reduce polarisation and growing extremism) that emphasises the importance of multistakeholder and multisectoral cooperation.…
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