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Stand up AGAINST extremism

2019-2-SK02-KA105-0021602019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: SK|BG|RS|MD|PL|EL|AZ|EG|PS|UA · Grant: €40,639.63
Civic engagement / responsible citizenshipIntegration of refugeesYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

"Stand up AGAINST extremism" first main goal is to prevent violent extremism and radicalization through certain measures taken within the local communities. During this project we want to strengthen the role of youth organizations in preventing violent extremism, promote the role of intercultural dialogue between young people and gender mainstreaming in countering violent extremism and radicalization. It is made to work on speech free from hate and extremist views. The project main objective is to bring updated tools to youth workers so they could better address youths during their work on topics of preventing violent extremism, hate speech and the sources of hatred. We seek to enhance initiatives that challenge extremist narratives, propaganda, cultural, social, religious, political, ideological differences that lead to extremist violence. By reaching out to youths with fewer opportunities, who are victims and actors, we aim to contribute to this objective in the most efficient way. We aim to promote intercultural dialogue, media literacy, critical thinking and a sense of initiative among them through counter-narratives campaigns. We aim to develop participants (youth workers skills) so by the end of the project they have developed and enhanced their knowledge, skills and attitudes in preventing extremist violence, are familiar with the conflict resolution and extremist violence prevention, have developed their capacities to apply and use intercultural dialogue in countering the roots of extremist violence in speech and thoughts. Participant shall be familiar with a gender perspective and gender mainstreaming concepts in countering violent extremism and radicalization. We are also going to enhance work on preventing violent extremism within youth organisations and promote effective civic activism and campaigning against extremist narratives and hate speech.

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