"La radicalisation des jeunes et le recours à la violence qui y est associé sont devenus un sujet de préoccupation croissant en Europe et dans les régions voisines. On constate une augmentation notable des discours haineux, de l'incidence des crimes haineux et des attaques contre les migrants et les réfugiés, de la propagande et de la xénophobie violente, ainsi qu'une montée de l'extrémisme religieux et politique et des attaques terroristes en Europe et dans les régions voisines. Toutes ces préoccupations émergentes ont mis en évidence la nécessité de travailler avec les jeunes afin d'identifier et de traiter les causes profondes de l'extrémisme et de prévenir leur radicalisation, ainsi que de renforcer la résilience des jeunes, de prévenir la marginalisation, de promouvoir l'égalité, de mettre l'accent sur les alternatives et de renforcer la cohésion des communautés dans lesquelles ils vivent." (Youth Work Against Violent Radicalisation, 2017 - Partenariat entre la Commission européenne et le Conseil de l'Europe dans le domaine de la jeunesse). La publication a souligné l'impact limité du travail de jeunesse dans le contexte social, politique et économique plus large, le manque de compréhension approfondie des phénomènes de radicalisation violente, et le besoin de formation complémentaire et de mise en réseau, ainsi que la nécessité de concevoir de nouvelles approches pour travailler sur le sujet.

ENGINE’s aim was to explorele potentiel de l'éducation non formelle combinée au théâtre forum et à la méthodologie de la pensée critique en tant que nouvel instrument pédagogique visant à prévenir la radicalisation chez les jeunes.

Résultats :

– 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.