RAN PREVENT

RAN PREVENT is the working group on early interventions to prevent violent extremism.

Objective

RAN PREVENT brings together front line practitioners working ‘on the ground’ with vulnerable people (under the age of 26) who can get involved in extremist behaviour and political violence.

Tasks

The tasks of the RAN PREVENT working group are:

• A document with good practice and interventions;
• An e-learning facility where relevant actors can gather information, ask questions and start discussions;
• One conference to disseminate learning;
• 5 Workshops with practitioners, between September 2012 and December 2013;
• A compilation of the most serious extremist violent actions in the participating countries and collecting the best available data possible on violent extremism among the youth.

Strategy

Aim to discover any successful standard processes in working with vulnerable groups and see if these can be used in other European countries as well.

Working Group updates

• RAN PREVENT wants to organise 5 workshops until the end of 2013.
• RAN PREVENT had its first meeting on 13-14 September 2012 in Budapest. Some 20 attendees exchanged promising practices. The significant contribution of former radicals to prevent others from radicalising was explored. There was discussion on the need of cooperation between practitioners with expertise on prevention on the one hand, and key persons/practitioners in communities at risk on the other hand.
• RAN PREVENT policy recommendations [289 KB] for the High Level Conference on January 29th 2013

Contact

Working Group leaders:

• Kelly Simcock (United Kingdom)
• Péter Krekó (Hungary)

Secretariat:

• Please see the contacts page