It is at the local level that prevention and early detection of radicalisation is most effective.
The RAN LOCAL Working Group is tasked with bringing together local authorities in charge of coordinating practitioners at the local level and organising their multi-agency work and structures. They are crucial to linking NGOs, civil society, schools and police on the one side, and the national government on the other.
The Working Group will collect, compare and share different existing models for organising local preventive approaches.
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A community is a group of people bound by identity (moral, interest, ethnicity), location or organisation. Whatever the makeup, one factor is constant: community engagement can be a valuable tool in preventing and countering violent extremism.
The Policy and Practice event that took place in Berlin on 28 September 2018 looked into how to engage with communities in the prevention and countering of violent extremism.
Webinar
Podcasts
Ilham Atrass is Advisor for Institutional Relations and European Affairs in the local government of Castilla-La Mancha, in Spain and RAN LOCAL co-chair.
Ilham took part in the RAN Local Working Group’s meeting on far-right extremism on a local level.
Jacek Purski is Chairman of the Institute of Social Safety in Poland.
Jacek took part in the RAN Local Working Group’s meeting on far-right extremism on a local level.
Zan Jankovski is a Coordinator in countering violent extremism at the Municipality of Gothenburg in Sweden.
Zan took part in the RAN Local Working Group’s meeting on far-right extremism on a local level.
Sean Arbuthnot is a Local Prevent Coordinator at St. Philip’s Centre, Leicester (UK)
Learn more about his work in tackling radicalisation.
Anissa Akhandaf is a Deradicalisation Programme Manager in Antwerp, Belgium.
Learn more about her work in tackling radicalisation.
Eric Poinsot is a prevention of radicalisation project coordinator in Strasbourg, France.
Learn how he tackles radicalisation in his work.
Papers
Following RAN activities and Working Group meetings, an ex-post paper highlights lessons learned, insights and follow-up initiatives.
- RAN LOCAL How to deal with the local impact of online (extremist) activities, Barcelona 16-17 June 2022
- RAN LOCAL Preventing possible violence based on anti-government extremism on the local level, online meeting 24-25 March 2022 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL The changing landscape of polarisation, radicalisation and extremism, online meeting 25-26 November 2021
- RAN activities on local coordination and the local approach to P/CVE, June 2021 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL An online P/CVE approach for local authorities: challenges, tips & tricks, online meeting 27-28 May 2021 (also available in French and German)
- RAN YOUNG Platform Youth Participation in P/CVE for Local Authorities, online meeting 02-03 March 2021
- RAN LOCAL Local P/CVE strategy in times of COVID-19, online meeting, 30 November - 01 December 2020 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Y&E and RAN LOCAL Dealing with the Co-existence of Formal and Non-formal Education, online meeting 04-05 November 2020 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL Violent Right-wing Extremism in the Local Strategy, online event 28-29 September 2020 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL Conclusions Local communications when FTFs and/or their family members are returning, 25-26 May 2020 online meeting (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL Individual case management: When and how to intervene? Milan 13-14 November 2019 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL and RAN H&SC Taking mental health insights into account in local P/CVE, Paris 29 May 2019 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL 7 Step Evaluation Guide for local authorities, Vienna 13-14 March 2019
- RAN LOCAL Local-level management of far-right extremism, Rotterdam 23-24 January 2019 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL Tabletop exercises: Practicing multi-agency cooperation, Dublin 07-08 November 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN Policy and Practice Engaging with communities in P/CVE, Berlin 28 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL How to get sustainable political support for your local P/CVE strategy, Berlin 27 September 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL What can we learn from adjacent phenomena? Lisbon 15-16 May 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL and YF&C Collaboration between local authorities and communities in Preventing Violent Extremism, Prague 22-23 February 2018 (also available in French and German)
- RAN LOCAL The right training programme – preventing & countering radicalisation & violent extremism, Berlin 07-08 December 2017
- RAN LOCAL Local Action Plan Academy, Barcelona 04-05 October 2017
- RAN LOCAL Cooperation between local authorities and schools in multi-agency interventions and the prevention of radicalisation, The Hague 22-23 February 2017
- RAN LOCAL How to cooperate with religious organisations and communities, Brussels 08 December 2016
- RAN LOCAL What projects and initiatives should be supported by local authorities? Athens, 23-24 May 2016
- RAN LOCAL 'How to create local networks?' kick-off meeting, Rotterdam 22-23 February 2016
Contact
Working Group leaders:
- Pushpa Islam, Germany
- Anneli Portman, Finland
For the Working Groups contact points, please see the contacts page