RAN LOCAL Papers

This brief RAN paper seeks to stimulate this debate and systematise some of the key facets of quality management in the context of secondary and tertiary prevention measures.

Right-wing violence is rising across the EU, illustrating the need for adequate measures to prevent and counter the threat.

Local actors play a key role in effective efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism. When it comes to addressing challenges of radicalisation and violent extremism, local municipalities and authorities together with and supported by national governments, often bear the primary responsibility.

This small-scale meeting set out to increase understanding and further discuss the controversial topic of Involuntary Celibates, or Incels.

With people spending a great deal of time online, the ideal integral approach in the prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE), on the local level, is no longer based solely on face-to-face contact and interventions.

The RAN LOCAL Working Group was not part of RAN from the start. The creation of an EU platform for local governments to exchange information on multi-agency cooperation was recommended during a 2014 EU Cities conference on foreign terrorist fighters.

The digital EU-USA study visit that took place on 24-25 March 2021 brought together 57 practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and academics with the goal to discuss current challenges and share promising practices addressing racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism...

This paper summarises the key points and recommendations that were brought forward by the topical experts who participated in the small-scale expert meeting.

This webinar addressed the emergence of a new transnational (cross-border) violent right-wing extremism (VRWE) movement and its implications for P/CVE practitioners on a local level.