
BRIDGE’s final conference – How to locally prevent polarisation?
May 2021 – Concluding two and a half years of work, the BRIDGE project on “building resilience to reduce polarisation and growing extremism” held (online) its final conference…
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.
May 2021 – Concluding two and a half years of work, the BRIDGE project on “building resilience to reduce polarisation and growing extremism” held (online) its final conference…
April 2021 – Efus took part in a European conference on preventing polarisation and violent radicalisation organised jointly by six projects funded by the European Commission’s Internal Security…
The BRIDGE project (Building resilience to reduce polarisation and growing extremism) will conclude on 31 May with an online event (10:45 to 13:00 CET) to exchange on European perspectives on…
Leuven, Belgium, October 2020 – A group of Leuven’s (Belgium) urban security stakeholders – staff of various municipal departments, local police officers, local mediators, representatives of youth associations…
Florence, Italy, October 2020 – Three European projects on polarisation – the Efus-led BRIDGE (“Building resilience to reduce polarisation and growing extremism”), BRaVE (“Building resilience against violent extremism…
Paris, France, December 2020 – The Efus-led BRIDGE project (Building resilience to reduce polarisation and growing extremism) held online its third European seminar, which focused on “Responding to…
Like the COVID-19 virus, polarisation is a product of our global interconnectedness. It also illuminates the disconnections in society – unequal access to power and wealth and the…
Paris, France, December 2020 – The partners of the Efus-led BRIDGE project (Building resilience to reduce polarisation and growing extremism) discussed their local pilot actions during their 4th coordination…
Paris, France, November 2020 – Efus presented the indicators and tools on local phenomena of polarisation that was designed by the BRIDGE (Building resilience to reduce polarisation and…
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