COMMUNITIES FIRST
COMMUNITIES FIRST: Creation of a civil society hub to address violent extremism – from prevention to reintegration
This three-year long project is aimed at launching a CSO Hub in the Western Balkans, for the purpose of strengthening civil society organizations (including those dealing with youth, women’s rights and religious organizations) and enabling them to become effective and responsible social actors. Organizations will improve their capacities for project implementation and dialogue with the authorities, influencing policy and decision-making processes related to the prevention and countering violent extremism.
Implementation Period: 06/03/2018 – 05/09/2021
Donor: European Union (Civil Society Facility and Media Programme 2016-2017, Consolidating Regional Thematic Networks of Civil Society Organizations, EuropeAid/154870/DH/ACT/Multi); Balkan Trust for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Ministry of Public Administration of Montenegro
Project Partners: Centre for Legal Civic Initiatives (Albania), Hope and Homes for Children (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Partners Center for Conflict Management (Kosovo), Centre for Common Ground (North Macedonia) and Cultural Center DamaD (Serbia)
Project Associates: Ministry of Interior (Montenegro), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Montenegro), School of Magistrates (Albania), Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Counterterrorism Directorate (Kosovo), Human Security Research Center (Faculty of Security Studies, University in Belgrade, Serbia), City of Novi Pazar (Serbia) and Islamic Community (Serbia)
activities:
REGIONAL WORKSHOP: WELL-BEING FOR THE WESTERN BALKANS -MAIN CONCLUSIONS-
The regional workshop Well-Being for the Western Balkans which was held in Podgorica on June 24-25, 2021 gathered more than 60 practitioners, civil society actors, policymakers, researchers and media engaged in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE)...
GROWING RISK OF RADICALISATION LEADING TO VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Forum MNE organized a press conference in the EU Info Center "Building Communities’ Resilience to Violent Extremism in Montenegro." On that occasion, initiatives of four Montenegrin civil society organizations, which will be supported in their P/CVE activities, were...
WELL BEING FOR THE WESTERN BALKANS: GRASSROOTS BOOST
Civil society actors working on prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE) should be further empowered, especially those working with schools, teachers and students, as well as families – is the main message of the online event "Well Being for The Western...
OPEN CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS
Forum MNE (Montenegro) in partnership with the Center for Legal Civic Initiatives (Albania), Hope and Homes for Children BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Partners Kosova - Center for Conflict Management (Kosovo ), Center for Common Ground (North Macedonia), and Cultural...
Societies with unresolved internal issues are fertile ground for extremism
Podgorica, (MINA) - Societies with unresolved domestic political and ethnic issues are fertile ground for activating extremism, said Olivera Injac, a professor at the Faculty of Humanity Studies of the University Donja Gorica.In a workshop titled "Civil Society in...
Young people to bring about positive messages
Podgorica, (MINA) - Young people have the capacity to bring about positive change in their communities, it was stated at a training titled "Identifying and Deconstructing Extremist Narratives".The training was organized by Forum MNE, as a part of a three-year project...
The media should carefully report on cases of violent extremism
Podgorica, (MINA) - The media should be especially careful when reporting on cases of violent extremism and ethno-nationalism, as these are problems that directly threaten democratic values and the civic concept of society.This was reported at a workshop “Media in the...
Create resilience of Montenegrin society to violent extremism
Podgorica, (MINA) - The young population is particularly vulnerable to violent extremism, and all segments of Montenegrin society need to be involved in creating resilience to the phenomenon, it was assessed at the training for civil society representatives organized...
Community resilience is endangered by hate speech, discrimination, and various forms of violence
Forum MNE organized in Berane, from 22nd to 24th July, 2019, training Community Resilience to Violent Extremism. The aim of the training was to build capacities of civil society organisations to successfully design and implement programmes for prevention and...
Training of Trainers: P/CVE Programming and Capacity Building Program for CSOs
Lack of capacities, financial instability, programs inconsistent with communities’ needs, lack of cooperation and coordination with other relevant stakeholders are only some of the problems which CSOs engaged in P/CVE in the WB have been facing with.Therefore, twelve...
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