"Ungdomars radikalisering och våldsanvändning i samband med detta har blivit ett allt större problem i Europa och dess grannregioner. Det har skett en anmärkningsvärd ökning av hatretorik, förekomsten av hatbrott och attacker mot migranter och flyktingar, propaganda och våldsam främlingsfientlighet samt en ökning av religiös och politisk extremism och av terroristattacker i Europa och dess grannregioner. Alla dessa framväxande farhågor har lyft fram behovet av att arbeta med ungdomar för att identifiera och ta itu med de grundläggande orsakerna till extremism och förhindra deras radikalisering, samt stärka ungdomars motståndskraft, förebygga marginalisering, främja jämlikhet, betona alternativ och stärka sammanhållningen i de samhällen där de lever." (Ungdomsarbete mot våldsam radikalisering, 2017 - Partnerskap mellan Europeiska kommissionen och Europarådet på ungdomsområdet). I publikationen betonades ungdomsarbetets begränsade inverkan i det bredare sociala, politiska och ekonomiska sammanhanget, bristen på djupgående förståelse för fenomenet våldsam radikalisering och behovet av ytterligare utbildning och nätverksbyggande samt nödvändigheten av att utforma nya metoder för att arbeta med ämnet.

ENGINE’s aim was to explorepotentialen hos icke-formell utbildning i kombination med forumteater och metoder för kritiskt tänkande som ett nytt pedagogiskt instrument för att förebygga radikalisering bland ungdomar.

Resultat:

– 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.