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Struggle Against Violent Extemism

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2017-1-TR01-KA201-046311
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for school education Funder Contribution: 152,460 EUR

Struggle Against Violent Extemism

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Cases of violence, suicide bombers, blasts in capital cities and planned terror attacks, combined with the worrying number of young people joining extremist groups and enlisting to fight for them abroad, had already proved that radicalisation and extremism remained a challenge for our societies. All types of extremists had turned out to be more globalized and they make use of opportunities provided by internet. As a result, it was getting difficult to detect the actions of these groups earlier and protect lives of innocent people.. By taking into account these realities we initiated SAVE Project as a prevention based approach.Our first target group was teachers. We created educational materials to equip them with the knowledge and the skills to detect the warning signs of extremism and how to respond to them. We prepared a guide “Empowering Teachers Against Extremism” and we organized a training activity for teachers in Poland. Then participant teachers organized training activities for the teachers in their schools. Our second direct target group was students. We focused on strengthening their resistance to extremism. These young people were defined as Peace Envoys and they were selected by other students by elections. With the help of these elections they experienced democracy from the first hand We organized two different LTT activities for young people. The first one was in Hungary. During this training activity the topics were selected to empower them on respect for human dignity, freedom (including freedom of expression), the rule of law and respect for human rights, citizenship, preventing stereotypes, discrimination, extremism, enriching democratic values, cultural diversity. Materials used in this training activity was brought together as a guide to be used by other young people both in and outside the partner organizations. These guide has been translated to Turkish, Polish, Slovenian, Hungarian and English. After the training young people organized training activities for their friends in their school who didn’t take part in this activity in Hungary. The second LTT activity towards young people focused on improving students critical thinking and media literacy skills. This training activity was released in Slovenia. Participants learnt how extremist and radical groups use online channels to deceive young people and recruit them in their nets. Youngsters learnt online propaganda techniques and how radical groups use them for their purposes. During the training activity participants learnt how to create their own propaganda as counter-extremist movement. They developed their own videos and disseminated it through their own and institutional social media channels. Training materials have been brought together as a guide and tranlated into English, Polish, Turkish, Hungarian and Slovenian so that participants of the training activity could use them to organize similar training activities for their schoolmates. Number and profile of participants There were seven partner organizations from 6 different countries. There was one local educational authority, one university, one NGO, one ICT company and three schools within partnership. In addition to these partners there were associated partner organizations from Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Italy, Macedonia and Romania. Methodology: Plan,do,check,act (PDCA) was the methodology of the project for the control and continuous improvement. We created a project management office for monitoring of the project and each step has been planned, checked and implemented successfully. The results of the projects were: 1- Project web page where all the carried out activities and produced intellectual out puts have been shared with wider2- Europe wide baseline assessment, 3- Teacher training module, 4- Lesson plans and worksheets for teachers, 5- Guide for young people6- Guide for young people for media literacy and onlien propaganda videos7- Peace campaign videos7- Research conducted for young people and teachers8- E-Twinning project9- Teacher training course content for the teachers from other countriesTeachers from partner organizations have been equipped with the skills to discuss the extremism issues with their students. Young people had the chance to come together with other youngsters from different countriesFor majority of them it was for the first time in their lives to come together people from other countries. They got rid of their prejudices. They learnt extremism concept and how to protect them from online propaganda. Partner organizations improved their international cooperation skills. During the project new partnerships have been established. Partners from Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Turkey have worked in 3 different youth project. Konya Il Mem prepared a training content to “Empower Teachers Against Extremism” It's been advertised via social media and School education gateway https://bit.ly/2lQzTAm

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