The project will help both existing and potential influencers to model opinions by integrating skills on how to:
create a message that deals with common concerns and interests of the middle ground society;
develop critical thinking to delineate propaganda from solution-oriented discourse;
capitalise assertiveness and emotional intelligence into mediating speech that engages and connects with the diverse categories of the silent majority; and
use anger management and conflict resolution to contain and push back the discourse of the radical pushers and joiners.
ARMOUR targets a diverse range of potential influencers: middle ground people and first line practitioners in state institutions and CSO’s working with young individuals in the EU that are susceptible and vulnerable to radicalizing. It does so by providing individuals in the community and practitioners the know-how, as well as a toolkit consisting of an experimental creative lab architecture in which to create, test, and promote psychological and community behavioural and communication strategies aimed at correcting reactions to perceived or real grievances and thus promote resilience to push and pull factors involved in advancing radicalization and violent extremism.
ARMOUR involves 9 partners from 8 different Member States: Euro-Arab
Foundation for Higher Studies (Spain) - project coordinator; Center for Security Studies -
KEMEA (Greece); the Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
(Romania); SYNYO GmbH (Austria), the Italian Ministry of Justice;
Agenfor International (Italy); LIBRe Foundation (Bulgaria); the University of Malta
(Malta); and the University of Groningen (Netherlands).
The project is funded by the European Commission under the Internal Security Fund - Police, Grant Agreement 823683.
