PREVISIO

In classrooms across Romania, teachers increasingly find themselves on the front line of a challenge they were never formally trained to handle: the subtle, early signs of radicalisation and polarisation among young people. PREVISIO, a new nationwide programme running until 2026, aims to change that.

Funded by the EU’s Internal Security Fund, PREVISIO brings together educators, counsellors, police officers, and security specialists to build something rare in Europe: a coordinated, accredited system for detecting and preventing radicalisation in primary and secondary education. Behind the project stands the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), working with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to bridge the long-standing gap between security expertise and everyday school life.

Training an Entire Country of First Responders

The project’s goal is unapologetically ambitious: to train at least 1,500 people who interact daily with adolescents, including teachers, school counsellors, class coordinators, police officers, and trainees from police academies. These are the adults who see the micro-changes long before a case reaches any intelligence service.

To make the training effective, PREVISIO began with an obvious but often neglected step: asking teachers what they actually need. Focus groups across Romania fed directly into the design of a new national curriculum that mixes 16 hours of face-to-face sessions with 24 hours of structured online learning.

The online component lives on MINDCLASS, a new e-learning platform built for the project. It offers a mix of videos, scenarios, case-studies, and group tasks—all drawn from real cases of radicalisation in Europe and Romania, with a strong emphasis on youth contexts.

What Makes PREVISIO Stand Out

Where many P/CVE initiatives remain abstract or theoretical, PREVISIO goes for practical realism. The training materials are grounded in documented cases: social media spirals, peer-group shifts, offline grievances, and early behavioural indicators that teachers can recognise in their own classrooms.

Two innovations set the project apart:

Case-based learning tailored to adolescence, making radicalisation understandable without sensationalism.
A blended learning ecosystem that gives teachers and police officers long-term tools rather than one-off workshops.

The programme is also accredited by the Ministry of Education—meaning the skills taught are not just optional extras but formally recognised professional competences.

A Public Conversation About Security Culture

Beyond the training itself, PREVISIO pushes to make radicalisation prevention part of a broader public conversation. A dedicated website promotes what the project calls security culture—a simple idea: young people shouldn’t only be protected from harmful influences; they should understand them.

This public-facing layer makes PREVISIO more than a capacity-building project. It tries to shift the ecosystem: teachers become more confident, families more aware, and institutions more aligned.

Why PREVISIO Matters for Europe

Although still ongoing, PREVISIO already stands out as a model worth watching. Few EU Member States have attempted a national approach this structured, this digital, and this anchored in real cases.

With polarisation rising, online platforms reshaping youth identity, and schools carrying increasing responsibility, PREVISIO shows what can happen when education and security institutions work together rather than in parallel.

Implementing Organisation

Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI)

Get in touch!

Bianca Voin-Cosca — Project Team Member

mailtocosca-voin [dot] biancaanimv [dot] eu (cosca-voin[dot]bianca[at]animv[dot]eu)

General publications
17 March 2026

PREVISIO