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RAN in the Western Balkans National Small-Scale Meeting - Supporting families left behind, Sarajevo 17-18 October 2022
In order to exchange knowledge and experiences, strengthen competences and develop an understanding of what is required to address the needs and risks associated with future repatriations, a two-day expert workshop brought together social workers, psychologists, and local administrators...

RAN FC&S meeting on How can P/CVE practitioners address the effects of perceived (institutional, social, interpersonal) discrimination?, Zagreb 22-23 November 2022
This paper outlines the highlights of this meeting and will delve into the challenges practitioners face when they work with individuals and communities that experience discrimination such as building trust, how to effectively support them, but also the effect it has on themselves as practitioners.

RAN small-scale expert session: Conspiracy narratives: developing a tool to support families, Madrid 14 June 2022
This meeting sought to collect the information required for the groundwork for a support tool specifically catering to the needs of families in this situation, i.e. with a relative who believes conspiracy narratives.

RAN FC&S Preventing Polarisation on a Local Level: Bringing Communities Together, Stockholm 04-05 October 2022
This paper outlines the highlights of this meeting, the current developments related to polarisation that practitioners identify within their context at the moment, the challenges practitioners face when it comes to setting up, coordinating and facilitating community dialogue, and recommendations

Manual for Responses to returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families 2nd Edition, 2022
This manual outlines responses to FTFs and their families, returning or planning to return to their home countries within the EU, from terrorist conflict zones such as Syria and Iraq. When the term “returnees” is used in this manual, it refers to FTFs and their families (women and children).

RAN FC&S Hybrid social work and digital awareness for family support, online meeting 16-17 March 2022
The Families, Communities and Social Care (FC&S) Working Group convened a meeting on 16 and 17 March to address the topic of hybrid social work and digital awareness in support for families of radicalised individuals.

RAN FC&S multi-meeting Violent right-wing extremism in communities, online meeting 23-24 November 2021
This paper outlines the highlights of this meeting and presents some inspiring practices in the EU, followed by recommendations for first-line practitioners and (local) authorities.

RAN FC&S Supporting families in fostering resilience against (Covid-19-related) conspiracy narratives
This paper presents the meeting highlights and inspiring practices in the EU. It also outlines the recommendations for first-line practitioners and (local) authorities.

Substance use and violent extremism
Alcohol and drugs have historically been linked to human violent behaviour. And despite the fact that many politically and religiously motivated extremist ideologies and groups promote purity of body and mind as an ideal, drug use and mind-altering substances have been widely reported in violent...

Repatriated foreign terrorist fighters and their families: European experiences & lessons for P/CVE, June 2021
Approaches to working with returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families differ across Europe. On the whole, these approaches build on existing programmes, initiatives and legal frameworks that deal with terrorism and radicalisation more broadly and according to local context.