Youth violent radicalisation. Preventive strategies and community-based practices in Europe

PROVA Project is an Erasmus+ European funded project aimed at preventing the radicalisation of juvenile offenders in prison and probation. It lasted two years from December 2016 to November 2018 and involved four different countries with six partners and several supporting institutions. It was addressed to professionals of the juvenile justice system, stakeholders committed to inclusion policies, minors/young-adults under criminal proceedings and university students. After the definition of target groups, contents and partners’ roles, have been carried out Implementation of Training, Workshops and Guidelines. The training, carried out with participatory methods, was addressed to professionals, to improve their competences, team-building capabilities, empowerment, and specific skills in preventing conflicts. Stakeholders have been involved in the use of urban spaces for fostering youth aggregation. Workshops introduced activities for youth under criminal proceedings, involving university students, aimed at re-imagining urban spaces, including the inner spaces of juvenile detention institutions, to make them open to intercultural dialogue.