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Partnerships & addressing grievances key to CVE, say leaders at D.C. Symposium

Por Jillian Slutzker

[/vc_column_text][/vc_coluna][/vc_row][vc_row][largura da coluna_vc=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Responding to violent extremists requires a long-term strategy that prioritizes partnerships and addresses underlying grievances that help to fuel recruitment, said experts and elected officials at the Simpósio CVE em Washington, DC.

“Without question, local communities are the most powerful asset we have in the struggle against violence,” said Leland Kruvant, President of Creative Associates International, during the opening of the CVE Symposium, abril 6.

The two-day event—which was attended by more than 250 top thinkers from government, the tech sector, international development, os militares, academic institutions and elsewhere—addressed pressing challenges, including the role of data, reintegration of former extremists, women’s inclusion in CVE and degrading extremists’ narratives through traditional and social media.

Creative and the Instituto Internacional de Paz e Segurança organized the CVE Symposium.

Successfully preventing and countering violent extremism requires a deep and nuanced understanding of local contexts, including the roles and opportunities for youth, meios de subsistência, educational curriculum and governance, said Kruvant.

“It means understanding and respecting the dignity and circumstances of the people we seek to help and effectively addressing the root causes of violent extremism,”disse Kruvant, highlighting as an example Creative’s successful partnerships with community organizations, government agencies and religious leaders in Norte da Nigéria.

Através destas parcerias, development practitioners can begin to address many of the underlying economic, social and political grievances that these groups often exploit to recruit young men and women, speakers said, noting that this prevention-oriented approach requires a long-term strategy for local community development.

Por exemplo, Creative uses a whole society approach that engages local organizations, líderes religiosos, government officials and others in the design and implementation of programs.

Paulo Turner, Senior Advisor on Conflict at Creative, said the organization engages a diverse set of actors during the entire process.

“Para nós, a comprehensive approach empowers communities through evidence-based solutions,"ele disse.

Pamela Aall, Chair of the Board of Directors for the International Peace and Security Institute, said on April 6: Em última análise, “prevention and mitigation are more effective than reactive measures.”

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Global challenge mandates moral response, says Ban Ki-Moon

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged that the global response to violent extremism reflect the universal values of human rights for which the U.N. stands.

Ki-moon cautioned that violating human rights in the service of countering violent extremism would not only do damage moral damage but would also be “strategically disastrous.”

Addressing the CVE Symposium via vídeo message on April 6, the Secretary General said that the U.N. General Assembly has welcomed his initiative to launch a plan of action to prevent violent extremism.

NÓS. domestic approach must build bridges, says Secretary Johnson

Nos Estados Unidos, efforts to prevent people from joining violent extremist groups must work hand in hand with the communities where these youth live, explicado NÓS. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Jonson, who delivered keynote remarks on domestic community engagement on April 6.

“We need to build bridges to communities, not vilify them, not isolate them, not drive them into the shadows," disse Johnson.

The Secretary of Homeland Security used the event to underscore that the U.S. government is not targeting Muslims in the United States, emphasizing that the overwhelming majority of the more than 3 million Muslims in the country are patriotic with a vested interest in protecting their communities.

Johnson also highlighted the need for diverse outreach efforts tailored to the different communities.

“As we build bridges to communities, we need to recognize that there is indeed an ‘s’ at the end of that word,"ele disse, referring to the fact that communities are not homogenous and are comprised of many groups.

To watch Secretary Johnson’s complete speech, please visit this link to C-SPAN.

Invest in youth & amplify the right voices, says U.S. Senator Cory Booker

To be successful at preventing violent extremism, the government cannot work alone, disse EUA. Sen. Cory Booker, during the April 7 keynote. This sentiment was echoed by several presenters throughout the CVE Symposium.

“We have to start looking at CVE in a very comprehensive way,” said the New Jersey Senator.

This includes collaboration among governments, sociedade civil, the arts, ciência, technology and other fields, and a combination of data-driven online and offline strategies that adhere to what works in practice and have proven effective, ele disse.

“There are a lot of good ideas…but we need to make sure that we are measuring and have ways of measuring what’s effective and what’s not,” said Sen. Booker.

In the CVE space, government voices are often the least effective at countering extremists’ narratives, Booker said.

Em vez de, the voices of former, disillusioned extremists and other youth will be far stronger at preventing other young people from joining these movements, said Booker.

No entanto, governments can help to amplify these voices by investing in youth—the “right” types of disruptive voices—and youth-driven innovations in this space. Off-ramps for extremists will also be a key piece of a successful and comprehensive strategy, ele adicionou.

Booker said that together concerned citizens and governments can come to together to discuss “how are we going to fight the challenges of the future with tools and skills that represent the enlightenment of today.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_coluna][largura da coluna_vc=”1/12″][/vc_coluna][largura da coluna_vc=”1/4″][vc_widget_sidebar barra lateral_id=”barra lateral primária”][list_category_posts_widget title=”HISTÓRIAS RELACIONADAS” id_gato=”131″ pedido_por=”data” número de postagens =”3″ trecho=”sim” tamanho_do_excerto=”15″][/vc_coluna][/vc_row]