Gaps in trainings – how PREPARE addresses the needs of practitioners working with children from violent extremist families
Frontline practitioners such as social workers, psychologists and educators are increasingly engaging with children from violent extremist families. The PREPARE project identified a lack of comprehensive and open-access knowledge to support practitioners who work with and support children from families with links to violent extremism and seek to raise awareness about the various unique characteristics […]
Introducing the Child Vulnerability and Intervention tool – Guiding practitioners’ work with children of violent extremism
Bringing innovation to the practice can take many shapes and forms. In the context of PREPARE, the team were tasked with gathering state-of-the-art insights from current literature and, based on these findings, deliver two products: a Train-the-Trainer training module, led by Trilateral Research, and a proof-of-concept tool to support practitioners, led by TNO. What is […]
PREPARE in-person consortium meeting and Workshop 3
Over the next few days, the PREPARE consortium will be finalising the preparations for our next in-person consortium meeting and third PREPARE workshop taking place in The Hague on the 9th and 10th March 2023. Since our last in-person meeting in Dublin in November 2022, the PREPARE team have been hard at work developing the […]
The threat of far-right extremism in Germany: A matter of child protection
This blogpost was originally posted as a publication on the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism’s website. On 7 December 2022 German authorities arrested two dozen members of a right-wing terrorist organisation associated with the Reichsbürger (citizens of the Reich) for plotting an armed coup to overthrow the state. The events made headlines across the world, leading many to ask how […]
Second PREPARE workshop and in-person meeting held – Dublin, 16 & 17 November 2022
On 16-17 November 2022, the PREPARE partners met in Dublin to hold their second workshop and in-person consortium meeting since the start of the project at the beginning of 2022. During the consortium meeting on 16 November, partners discussed their progress on PREPAREso far, shared insights and planned future research activities. In the afternoon session, the consortium mapped out […]
PREPARE attends the CERIS – Community of European Research and Innovation for Security workshop on Radicalisation
On November 29 2022, PREPARE took part in the CERIS FCT workshop: EU-funded projects on Preventing Radicalisation – Synergies and Insights. DG HOME, together with DG RTD and REA, is organising this workshop to bring together practitioners, policy makers and researchers to discuss the lessons drawn from a number of projects related to radicalisation and that are […]
PREPARE attends DG HOME Joint Union Actions Event
On 26 September 2022, PREPARE members participated at the Joint Union Actions Event organised by the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs in Brussels. PREPARE joined numerous other ISF-DG HOME projects awarded in 2019 and 2020 to present findings from their ongoing projects. Grant holders and external partners exchanged knowledge and experiences on violent extremism, migration and human trafficking. The event […]
Growing up in a violent extremist environment: an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) as ‘any other’?
Children of violent radicalised families (returnees, Islamic or right-wing violent extremists) live or have lived under circumstances that may be harmful to their development. Much attention goes to the early recognition of radicalisation processes in teens and young adults, in order to prevent violent extremism for the sake of national security. However, there may be […]
Multi-disciplinary approaches to support children growing up in violent extremist environments
Growing up in a family environment marked by violent extremism can impact children in numerous ways. It is therefore necessary to put into effect individually-tailored multi-disciplinary approaches to support these children’s reintegration. Children exposed to Islamist and far-right extremist narratives and violence, whether at home or in conflict zones, may experience varying levels of emotional […]
Trainings for first-line practitioners working in the field of violent extremism: An overview of good practices
First-line practitioners refers to professionals working in educational institutions, juvenile systems, youth and social care, and individuals working with children on a long-term basis. These professionals work with children and young people from a range of backgrounds including those exposed to and affected by violent extremism. First-line practitioners can play a key role in identifying […]
