European Commission launches new EU Knowledge Centre on Preventing Radicalisation

The Commission yesterday launched the new EU Knowledge Centre on the prevention of radicalisation. The Centre builds on the success of the Radicalisation Awareness Network, which has contributed to awareness raising and information exchange among practitioners (since 2011) and with policy makers (since 2021).

The Knowledge Centre will now have a broader scope of action beyond awareness raising. It will help Member States and partner countries to develop and implement policies and strategies based on shared knowledge and experience. For example, the Centre will support the organisation of thematic groups to enable prevention experts to work together on priority issues, foster collaborations based on projects carried out by Member States, organise workshops, study visits, tailor-made support services, training courses, mentoring and job shadowing, research and prospective analysis. In this way, it will enable policy makers, practitioners and researchers to better work together at EU level to address the challenges posed by radicalisation.

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Preventing radicalisation is the first step in preventing terrorist attacks.

Throughout its mandate, the Commission has worked to support Member States in their efforts to avoid exposure to terrorist and harmful content and to prevent radicalisation, both online and offline. The establishment of an EU Centre of Expertise on the prevention of radicalisation was mentioned in the EU Counter-Terrorism Agenda 2020. The Centre will also support the implementation of the Regulation on countering the dissemination of terrorist content online, applicable from June 2022, as well as the work of the EU Internet Forum.