Materials from a training course supported by the Programme Office in Bishkek and the Ministry of the Interior for local communities, targeting young men and women to improve their knowledge of Violent Extremism and Radicalisation Leading to Terrorism (VERLT).
The guidebook on “A Whole-of-Society Approach to Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization That Lead to Terrorism - A Guidebook for Central Asia” is one in a series of technical guidebooks produced by the Transnational Threat Department/ Action against Terrorism Unit and focuses on the challenges in developing and implementing effective programmes to prevent and counter VERLT in Central Asia. This volume aims to support policy makers in the region in the development and implementation of effective and relevant P/CVERLT strategies while strengthening the co-operation among government sectors and civil society actors.
The guidebook on “A Whole-of-Society Approach to Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization That Lead to Terrorism - A Guidebook for Central Asia” is one in a series of technical guidebooks produced by the Transnational Threat Department/ Action against Terrorism Unit and focuses on the challenges in developing and implementing effective programmes to prevent and counter VERLT in Central Asia.
This report, produced by the SPMU, contains an executive summary , summaries of each sessions, an agenda and a list of participants of the workshop that took place on 20-21 October 2010 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The four-day training focused on definitions of terrorism and types of hostage takers and addressed different phases of negotiations, including understanding the situation and information gathering.