Inaguration of the implementation of EU Knowledge Hub
The Conference to kick off the new cooperation mechanism on preventing radicalisation (EU Knowledge Hub) was held on 17 June 2024 in Brussels.
The purpose of newly created mechanism was to improve cooperation between policy makers, practitioners and scientists in the field of preventing radicalisation and countering violent extremism in EU. The aim of the conference was to promote the approach of EU Knowledge Hub and indicate how the initiative can support actions releted to preventing radicalisation in Member States and key third countries.
Knowledge Hub is supposed to offer:
- database, that gathers practitioners and policy makers, who participate in EU Knowledge Hub
- thematic panels, i.e. an expert platform for networking and discussion on priority topics
- project cooperation (PBS), i.e. projects led by one of the Member States, that collect and analyse informations received from Member States, EU policy makers and other interested in a specific thematic area parties
- study visits, which allow to evaluate impact of current solutions and identify possibile actions to improve the effectiveness of selected policies
- support services, which are adapted to individual needs - at the request of Member State
- workshops and training programmes – to increase competence and skills of professionals
- partnership with research centres to provide data and analysis on radicalistaion.
Consolidation of Member States’ efforts described in relation to preventing radicalisation and creation of EU Knowledge Hub were announced in A Counter-Terrorism Agenda fot the EU: Anticipate, Prevent, Respond in 2020. Poland, as the first of the EU countries, held a national coordination meeting within Knowledge Hub in December 2023, gathering representatives of ministries and central institutions, whose scope of action covers thematic area related to this initiative. (More information about the meeting on: https://tpcoe.gov.pl/cpe/events/459,First-Knowledge-Hub-national-meeting.html?search=152848