Prevention of Violent Extremism Through Education
Nov 19, 2018 / Library
Through this Policy Brief, UNESCO seeks to show, through evidence-based research, that PVE-E works and can contribute to ensuring inclusive and quality education for all. The document also highlights educational activities that are most likely to produce positive results. The aim is to help education stakeholders undertake programmes with stronger...
Violent Extremism and Development
Mar 27, 2018 / Blog entry
Why development?
Violent extremism and development are inextricably linked. Violent extremism is a major obstacle in the path of development, so understanding and preventing it becomes a high priority for development actors. What’s more, since the right development policies can help address the root causes of violent extremism, we are faced with...
Cycle Economique: The Power of Dialogue in the Face of Mediterranean Pressing Issues
Feb 05, 2018 / Highlight
Rationale
The cycle économique discussion series is the result of a consensus between intellectuals from the two shores of the Mediterranean on the need for dialogue regarding the pressing issues faced by the whole region. It consists in a working group that engages in a series of meetings, over an extended period of time. The group discusses...
Building Resilience to Radicalisation in MENA
Jeunesses et radicalisation sur les deux rives de la Méditerranée
60 Euro-Mediterranean Cities Stand United against Terrorism
Oct 10, 2017 / Highlight
In the presence of the European commissioner Julian King, the Center for Mediterranean Integration joined more than 60 Euro-Mediterranean cities convening in Nice to take stand against terrorism. During the conference a common declaration consisting of 17 points of action was drafted and cosigned by the attending mayors.
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Violent Extremism and Development Report
Jun 29, 2017 / Library
Introduction
A multidisciplinary group of individuals from various countries, who have long been both protagonists and analysts of the culture of Muslim societies, have engaged in the study of a movement that for the past few years has led a growing number of young people from all around the Mediterranean to embrace violent extremism. This...
Allow Youth to be Radical in the Fight against Radicalization
Jun 07, 2017 / Library
Governments and NGOs need to find a better offer to make to young people in the Middle East and North Africa by supporting youth activism and enterprise if violent extremism is to be tackled, experts believe.
Families Succeed Where Weapons and Security Fail
May 03, 2017 / Blog entry
Exactly a year ago, families from across Europe and the Middle East gathered in the heart of Paris to make a stand against violent extremism. Fathers of terrorism victims sat next to mothers of jihadists at the conference organised by Families Against Terrorism and Extremism (FATE). When Karolina Dam, a Denmark-based mother, started speaking about...
Mesurer le climat disciplinaire à l’école
Socioemotional Skills and Life Outcomes
Evidence from MENA on the Negative Impacts of Disciplinary Climates on Academic Achievement (FR)
Conditions socio économiques, Education et Extrémisme violent
Addressing Negative School Disciplinary Climates to Counter Violence and Radicalization and the Case of Tunisia
Addressing Negative School Disciplinary Climates to Counter Violence and Radicalization and the Case of Tunisia
CMI, Five Themes, Clear Vision
Development and Violent Extremism Prevention
Education for Competitiveness (E4C): Technical Workshop on School Disciplinary Climates in MENA
Apr 10, 2017 / Highlight
Background
The Education for Competitiveness (E4C) initiative was launched to support MENA countries improve their education systems to achieve higher productivity, inclusive growth, and global competitiveness. The E4C 21st Century Skills team and their partners aim to shed light on the critical importance of promoting not only cognitive but...
How do Education and Unemployment Affect Support for Violent Extremism? Evidence from Eight Arab Countries
Apr 03, 2017 / Blog entry
The year 2016 saw a spate of global terrorist attacks in United States, Ivory Coast, Belgium, France, Pakistan, Turkey and Nigeria, which has led to an increased focus on ways to combat terrorism and specifically, the threat of Daesh (Arabic acronym for ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
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How do Education and Unemployment Affect Support for Violent Extremism? Evidence from Eight Arab Countries
[Workshop] Measuring Radicalization
Mar 07, 2017 / Highlight
Motivation and Context
Since 2000, the number of terrorist attacks worldwide has increased dramatically, with a sharp acceleration starting in 2011. The attacks have also become increasingly concentrated. In 2014, 57 per cent of all attacks occurred in just five countries: Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Syria (Global Terrorism Index 2015...
PVE through Inclusive Development and the Promotion of Tolerance and Respect for Diversity
Mar 07, 2017 / Library
Based on the Secretary-General’s Plan of Action to prevent violent extremism and Sustainable Development Goal 16, UNDP has developed a global framework called 'Preventing Violent Extremism through Inclusive Development and the Promotion of Tolerance and Respect for Diversity'. This framework highlights that prevention of violent extremism needs to...
MENA: The Economic Effects of War and Peace
Building Resilience to Radicalisation in MENA
Jan 12, 2017 / Blog entry
Written evidence submission for the British Council All Party Parliamentary Group – Building Resilience to Radicalisation Inquiry by Giulia Marchesini, Senior Partnership Specialist, Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), The World Bank.
Violent extremism as a regional public bad
1. Recent...
How Social Media is Being Weaponized Across the World
Dec 13, 2016 / Library
Social media has empowered isis recruiting, helping the group draw at least 30,000 foreign fighters, from some 100 countries, to the battlefields of Syria and Iraq. It has aided the seeding of new franchises in places ranging from Libya and Afghanistan to Nigeria and Bangladesh. It was the vehicle isis used to declare war on...
Women in Extremist Movements: Not Just Passive Victims
Dec 13, 2016 / Library
In October 2016, two female suicide bombers killed 24 people in northeast Nigeria. In September, Paris police arrested three women for plotting a terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS). The same month, in Kenya, police killed three women who attacked the main police station in Mombasa. In a headline fairly typical of the news and...
Civic Approaches to Confronting Violent Extremism
Dec 13, 2016 / Library
Given the continued rise of transnational and domestic terrorism, countering the appeal of extremist ideologies and organizations is increasingly becoming a top policy priority for governments around the world. Crucial to challenging extremist ideology and violence is the role of civil society organizations that are operating in this highly...
La pensée scientiste du terroriste djihadiste
Dec 13, 2016 / Library
Se pourrait-il que la mentalité des terroristes islamistes ne soit pas liée uniquement à une socialisation professionnelle spécifique, mais également à une tradition occidentale qui se référerait à la raison scientifique?