"Die Radikalisierung von Jugendlichen und die damit verbundene Gewaltanwendung sind in Europa und seinen Nachbarregionen zu einem immer besorgniserregenderen Thema geworden. Hassreden, Hassverbrechen und Angriffe auf Migranten und Flüchtlinge, Propaganda und gewalttätige Fremdenfeindlichkeit sowie die Zunahme von religiösem und politischem Extremismus und terroristischen Anschlägen in Europa und seinen Nachbarregionen haben deutlich zugenommen. All diese neu auftretenden Probleme haben deutlich gemacht, dass es notwendig ist, mit jungen Menschen zusammenzuarbeiten, um die Ursachen des Extremismus zu ermitteln und zu bekämpfen und ihre Radikalisierung zu verhindern sowie die Widerstandsfähigkeit junger Menschen zu stärken, Ausgrenzung zu verhindern, Gleichberechtigung zu fördern, Alternativen aufzuzeigen und den Zusammenhalt der Gemeinschaften, in denen sie leben, zu stärken." (Youth Work Against Violent Radicalisation, 2017 - Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth). Die Veröffentlichung unterstreicht die begrenzte Wirkung der Jugendarbeit im breiteren sozialen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Kontext, den Mangel an tiefgreifendem Verständnis der Phänomene der gewalttätigen Radikalisierung und den Bedarf an Weiterbildung und Vernetzung sowie die Notwendigkeit, neue Ansätze für die Arbeit an diesem Thema zu entwickeln.

ENGINE’s aim was to exploredas Potenzial der nicht formalen Bildung in Kombination mit Forumtheater und der Methodik des kritischen Denkens als neues pädagogisches Instrument zur Verhinderung von Radikalisierung unter Jugendlichen.

Ergebnisse:

– Research Report “Educational challenges and best practices to prevent radicalisation among youth” which is constituted by a) national and international existent best practices regarding Forum Theatre and Media Literacy and Digital Storytelling methodologies b) datas gathered from national focus group sessions with target group and stakeholders. The Report was made widely visible on project Web Platform and partners’ Websites as well as promoted on multiple levels through offline and online means.

– “Youth Work preventing radicalisation among young people” Educational format based on a brand new joint educational approach of Forum Theatre, Media Literacy and Digital Storytelling methodologies conceived as a term of reference for stakeholder institutions and NGOs to put in place a specific educational offer aimed at training youth workers and operators working with the youth target. The partners created a draft methodology of training using the results of the Report “Educational challenges and best practices to prevent radicalisation among youth” and their previous experience and expertise with the abovementioned methodologies.

– One International Piloting Joint Staff successfully implemented with the involvement of youth workers/Trainers from partner organizations.The Joint Staff served as a testing of the Training Format. Participants to the training were invited to submit their feedback for further improvement and finalisation of the Format. Outcome of the Joint staff was the draft of the Toolkit ““Educational Pathway to Prevent Youth Radicalisation”.

– One International Piloting Blended Mobility of Young People successfully implemented with the involvement of young people from partner countries. The BMYP serves as a testing of the Toolkit “Educational Pathway to Prevent Youth Radicalisation” which was finalised by the consortium after receiving participants feedback.

– Local Activities implemented in each partner country with the involvement of local and migrant youths. During the local activities young people who participated in the BMYP was replicate the learnt workshops acting as New GenerAction Ambassadors.

– Local Seminars implemented in each partner country (1 per partner country) with  the involvement of 10 youth workers/trainer from other youth associations, NGOs and institutions that were trained on how to sucessfully exploit project outputs in their activities targeted at young people.