Context
Various forms of extremist violence are a challenge across the region of the Western Balkans. Extremist violence is here understood to include racially/ethnically motivated violence and violence inspired by political beliefs including right-wing and nationalistic ideas or religious beliefs. Some of these forms also manifest themselves in violence against authorities, gender-based violence, and violence against the LGBTQi community. Extremist violence cannot be tackled effectively by individual actors or parallel actions alone. Therefore, ATRC and its partners in Albania and North Macedonia work to strengthen the multi-stakeholder approach at the local and regional level to more effectively build resilience against the drivers of violent extremism.
Overview
The Advocacy Training and Resource Center (ATRC) and its partners Counselling Line for Women and Girls (CLWG) in Albania and Pleiades Organization in North Macedonia encourage a multistakeholder approach to prevent youth violence and build resilience, in particular in the context of the Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE). This project is supported by the Regional grant of the “SMART Balkans – Civil Society for Shared Society in the Western Balkans” regional project implemented by Centar za promociju civilnog društva (CPCD), Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) and Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) and financially supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA). It will be implemented by June 2025.
Increased sharing of information, good practices, and challenges among key PVE actors across Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia.
Strengthened network of state and non-state PVE actors to share information, challenges, and good practices.
Strengthened network of state and non-state PVE actors to coordinate and work together on PVE activities.
Increased capacity of youth mechanisms to tackle the drivers of PVE among youth in their community.
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