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Third CEP seminar on Radicalization and Rehabilitation: presentations available
The event covered the topics related to radicalization from the point of view of practice, training, emerging trends and developments. It also introduced a set of recommendations in the form of the conclusion paper of the RAN cross-cutting event.
On 30 March 2022 CEP organized its third seminar in the framework of the HELP project, this time in Cologne, Germany. This last seminar was focused on radicalization and rehabilitation after the release from prison.
Apart from delivering 4 outstanding presentations on the above-mentioned topics, Ms. Eva Massa, project coordinator for the HELP Course (CoE) provided participants with information on final stages of the project and implementation in EU MS and outside EU. A new project called EUTEX was presented as well and the first two of a series of 8 vodcasts on the topic were officially launched.
The report of the meeting can be found here.
The presentations can be downloaded below:
The (near) future release of violent extremist offenders from prison – Luisa Ravagnani
How to create a working alliance with radicalized offenders – Ioan Durnescu
EUTEx – a new project – Ioan Durnescu and Robert Örell
Understanding and responding to right wing extremism – Robert Örell
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