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31.12.2019

Happy 2020!

ARMOUR just ended its first year! What can we account for in our first 12 months?

27.12.2019

Doing digital youth work in a P/CVE context

Youth workers are best placed to reach young people online and to do effective digital work with them and one-on-one interventions. However, most Euro...

23.12.2019

What do you know of the MEDEA Network?

The Mediterranean and Black Sea region is an international centre of economic and commercial development and transactions. At the same time, it is cha...

19.12.2019

Preventing radicalisation to terrorism and violent extremism: Exit strategies

Exit strategies are targeted at individuals who are (or are thought to be) affiliated with or associated with violent extremist ideologies or groups....

16.12.2019

PREPARE project’s ‘Perspectives and Practices at the Local Level’ study

The moment a convicted offender leaves prison is particularly important because this is when they can either successfully reintegrate back into societ...

12.12.2019

Euro-Mediterranean Seminar for the Engagement of Youth and Women Against Extreme Violence and Radicalization

FUNDEA represents the ARMOUR project in “Euro-Mediterranean Seminar for the Engagement of Youth and Women Against Extreme Violence and Radicalization”...

09.12.2019

ARMOUR Experimental Labs’ second pre-testing in Malta

On December 2nd, 2019, the University of Malta carried out a successful training session with ethics teachers to test the ARMOUR experimental laborato...

03.12.2019

ARMOUR presented at a seminar on “Youth and Prevention of Radicalization in Morocco”

On December 3rd, 2019, the FUNDEA's Executive Secretary presented the different actions carried out by the ARMOUR project at a seminar on “Youth and P...

28.11.2019

ARMOUR Steering Committee Meeting, Granada, Spain

The first interim Consortium meeting of the ARMOUR Project is held in Granada, Spain on 27-29 November 2019 and is kindly hosted by the Euro-Arab Foun...

25.11.2019

ARMOUR research stage is officially finalized!

The ARMOUR Team has developed empirical research activities to get insights from practitioners and experts working with youth in different fields. In...

21.11.2019

ARMOUR Experimental Labs pre-testing in Romania

Earlier this month, ARMOUR delivered the Experimental Labs’ curricula and content. The second stage towards successfully delivering the Experimental L...

18.11.2019

ARMOUR finished designing the Experimental Labs’ curricula and content

In July 2019, ARMOUR finalized the methodology for the Experimental Labs – a key project tool towards achieving its goals to provide individuals in th...

14.11.2019

TRIVALENT: Preventing Radicalisation and Terrorism in Europe – A comparative analysis of policies

The EC-funded TRIVALENT (Terrorism pReventIon Via rAdicaLisation countEr-NarraTive) Project announced the publication of a new book – “Preventing Radi...

11.11.2019

ARMOUR presented in Al-Ghurabá Magazine

How to prevent radicalization? The ARMOUR Project and our preliminary study results were presented in Al-Ghurabá Magazine's newest issue!

07.11.2019

MINDb4ACT: Improving structures to prevent and counter radicalisation in schools

Freie Universität Berlin will develop as part of the MINDb4ACT project a pilot of a programme for schools to prevent or counter radicalisation process...

01.11.2019

The fifth ARMOUR Newsletter is out! Have you subscribed?

Every two months the ARMOUR Project publishes a summary of its most important activities and events during the last months of its implementation.

31.10.2019

ARMOUR met Maltese teachers to debate on extremism among youth

The ARMOUR Team continues to learn and collect the most relevant ideas and recommendations towards the development of the ARMOUR Experimental Labs and...

30.10.2019

RAN expert interview on the role of education in preventing radicalisation

In case you missed the latest updates from the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), here is an interesting interview with Jesper Holme, a Danish ed...

24.10.2019

BRaVE Interactive Map on relevant projects, studies, policies and institutions to tackle violent extremism and polarization

The BRaVE project comes at a time of great global uncertainty when European societies are at risk of becoming increasingly polarised. Vulnerable socia...

21.10.2019

ARMOUR @ the Cranfield University’s symposium on Countering Violent Extremism, 22-23 October 2019, UK

Cranfield University’s symposium on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) brings together academia, CVE practitioners, military, government and those fro...

17.10.2019

MINDb4ACT Digital database of court cases on radicalization, security and human rights

The MINDb4ACT Project has launched a digital database of court cases on radicalization, security and human rights to support experts with some legal s...

10.10.2019

Going Back to Basics: Research on Violent Extremism

A study by Kris Inman reviews research fundamentals, from formulating a research question to research ethics, which are easy to overlook in applied re...

03.10.2019

VOX-Pol Lunch Briefing Series on Violent Political Extremism

The 2019 Lunch Briefing Series are aimed at an audience of policymakers, security practitioners, academics and graduate students, journalists, and civ...

24.09.2019

ARMOUR: Addressing societal polarization caused by the adoption and spread of extremist ideologies by creating an interdisciplinary education oriented model of learning

The ISPF-project ARMOUR explores a new learning model to provide individuals in the community and practitioners the know-how, as well as a toolkit con...

19.09.2019

ARMOUR @ XXVIII Conference of the Spanish Association of Professors of International Law and International Relations, 18-20 Sept 2019, Spain

On 25 November 2018, the European Council ratified the Agreement on the Exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union. However, in January 2019...

12.09.2019

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