Education to prevent radicalization

About the project

Building upon the two national CVE Strategies (2019-2023) and (2023-2027) CRPM implemented number of projects in this area  

  1. “Educate2Prevent (E2P): Strengthening Front-line School Workers and Parents to Build Youth Resilience to Violent Extremism” (2018-2019), funded by the European Union, within the Global STRIVE I Program managed by the Hedayah Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism;
  2. “Passage4Prevent (P4P): use of education to prevent youth online radicalization” (2020-2021), funded by the European Union, always within the STRIVE Global Program managed by Hedayah;
  3. “Guardian Shield”: Operationalization of the referral mechanism strengthening resilience against radicalization and extremism in North Macedonia 

These pioneering projects laid the groundwork in country for capacity building1of teachers and front-line workers in schools on detecting signs of radicalization. They also raised awareness about online radicalization risks among students, teachers and parents, and developed relevant training materials. Furthermore, with EU funding, CRPM developed a referral mechanism called theP4P policy model”, otherwise known as the Passage4Prevent: Referral mechanism for prevention of radicalization. The model is community-based, envisaging a structure composed of several services that allowed for risk assessment and support the at-risk individual from different perspectives (psychological, educational, social, health-related, cultural, religious), as well as providing support in regard to the labor market integration and employment.

Donor: EU.

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