Counter Narratives for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE)

Conventional and social media are lifeblood of the extremist groups. Capitalizing on such outlets, such groups actively seek those prone to their message, localize and tailor their message and radicalise / recruit through a mixture of online-offline methods. What is more, they do show skill in the use of cyberspace especially in preparation and delivery of quality textual, audio and visual material and in bypassing strict regulations and account bannings of mainstream social media platforms.

In order to contribute to the efforts to counter “radicalisation” and “recruitment” of the youth, as Beyond the Horizon ISSG, we are proud to announce our second event this year tackling “radicalisation”. Our first event was a conference by Speckhard on “Challenges of Radicalisation to Violent Extremism for Europe and Beyond” in June. This time, we will conduct “Counter Narratives for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Workshop” on 4 December 2018 in the Brussels Press Club.

The event will consist of two sessions. The first session will be dedicated to presentations where experts / willing participants will explain their stance on the subject. If sufficient number of papers are received, they will be united under one dedicated publication within organizer’s ;

In the second part, the participants will be asked to form groups to discuss the topic, propose their respective solutions and develop a group concept to the same end. At the end of the session, participants will present the outcomes of the group work to the whole audience.

For presentation / paper submission you can send your preparation to organizer.