- Country
- Belgium
- Target Audience
- First responders or practitioners
- General public
- Local community organisations/NGOs
- key themes association
- Alternative and counter narratives
- Training
- Year
- 2024
Organisation
Federal Agency for reception of asylum seekers (Fedasil). Governmental agency responsible for the reception of asylum seekers
Type of Organisation: Governmental institution
Project description
Belgium’s Federal agency for the reception of asylum seekers (Fedasil) provides training for reception centres and support services staff.
The training aims to:
- address staff questions on radicalisation, e.g. What is radicalisation? What does the process of radicalisation entail?
- train staff to prevent, identify and deal with radicalisation in reception centres;
- ensure the reporting of radicalisation to competent authorities.
After the training, staff members are able to:
- identify signs of radicalisation and prevent radicalisation;
- react appropriately to radicalisation in reception centres;
- know when and how to report radicalisation in reception centres.
In order to improve the prevention of radicalization, information sessions are regularly organized on the historical and cultural aspects of certain countries of origin of asylum seekers (Afghanistan since 2021, Palestine since 2022, and Syria since 2024).
Face-to-face training until the beginning of 2020 and since then (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) e-training via webinars.
Deliverables
Modules (PowerPoint presentations) sent to each participant after the training (each presentation contains a short bibliography – books, articles and websites).
