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How Young People are Engaged by Radicals

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2018-3-DE04-KA205-017197
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for youth Funder Contribution: 158,264 EUR

How Young People are Engaged by Radicals

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"Europe faces a real and ongoing threat from violent extremism - the forms in which extremism manifests itself have changed. On-and offline support for terrorist organisations shows an increase in radicalisation among young people on EU territory. In the words of Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs “no country is spared from the scourge of violent extremism but still far too few EU Member States are facing up to this rising threat. We need strong, preventive measures to counter extremism in all its forms”. So the HYPER project focuses on the prevention of radicalization themed ""Empower youths - against radicalization and violent extremism"". From a national and transnational perspective, the HYPER-Consortium of 6 European countries developed, tested and implemented a full innovative suite of educational resources that show the process of radicalisation in action. These resources focus on demonstrating how radicalisation can happen on the most popular digital and social media platforms where today’s young people hang out and where many are at their most vulnerable. The suite of simulation resources acts as a gateway to an online learning environment where a wide range of suitable and appropriate training resources are provided. In addition, to support educators and youth professionals to deliver this peer education programme to young people and to use the simulation resources in their sessions with young people, the team developed bespoke in-service and induction training programmes to enable to extract the maximum benefit from the full range of the simulation and training tools. Specifically, HYPER has achieved the following results and impacts: 1) a full innovative suite of interactive simulation resources that shows how the radicalisation process can unfold in a variety of different digital and social media environments. This includes a range of short simulation videos for use on smartphones and other mobile devices. Each simulation video supported by a full range of self-help learning resources presented in formats appropriate to the target group. 2) a peer training programme for young people act as credible voices against the extremist narratives. This training programme includes a suite of resources that can be used to help young people to think critically about extremists’ views and discourses and expose the flaws of their propaganda. 3) an in-service training programme for front-line youth workers to support their continuous professional development and an induction training programme for youth volunteers, parents and guardians. These resources facilitate the role of these key stakeholders as key multipliers within the framework of the HYPER project. It supports youth workers to deliver the proposed peer training programme and to extract the maximum benefit from the self-help resources and simulation resources planned. All resources developed are available online in 5 partner languages on website https://hyper-project.eu/. They are available to all interested parties without restriction maintaining the open access requirements of the ERASMUS+ programme. The main target groups addressed for developed resources are young people interested in becoming peer educators, as well as youth educators, youth workers and front-line trainers, parents and guardians who would like to learn more and new and emerging online threats. Especially the young people more learn about new and emerging threats and risks they face in online environments. They be able to support their peers to be protected against the online dangers. During the project period the consortium reached direct (attending the online or personally discussions, workshops, presentations, conferences) between 250 to 300 participants per country. These were e.g. youth workers; youth at risk; students; parents; youth volunteers and guardians but also police officer; service provider; educators; academic and policy makers. Indirect there were over 19 300 people (according to statistics) following the news and results thorough social media or by publishing articles and Newsletters."

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