Description
The trend of the open hostility and the rise of extremism absorbs younger people.Standard prevention campaigns have a limited impact. Legislation can not change the motivation of young people who have added to these tendencies. It becomes apparent that we need to find a more efficient way to approach this problem. We want to help by this project to name the way organizations can work with target group of youngsters at risk influenced by extremism groups. To achieve our results, we will be in "direct contact with their lives". Our staff will be at sporting events, participating on the demonstrations and other events where the target groups can meet. Implement discussions with experts in this field, published professional articles of the topic. In cooperation with the foreign partners we will try to get as much knowledge about how to do it and test these procedures in practice. The project will be implemented with aim to prepare quality written material for systematic youth work in that environment.
Summary of project results
The project aimed to strengthen vulnerable groups through community development. Our target group were young people at risk of engaging in extremist groups. The filling of this objective requires long-term work with the target group and realized project was the first step on this path. Important outputs of the project are processed and analyses and methodology which are also carriers of the long-term sustainability of the project. Our presence in the natural environment of the target group has brought a lot of knowledge and experience that we recorded and processed in these outputs. We believe that their creation has contributed to the development of work with this target group in Slovakia. The theme of youth at risk of extremism was so interesting for journalists, professional as well as the general public. We were able to well handle its communication and meet planned communication outputs. Published articles and blogs were part of the enlightenment of the general public on the subject. Cooperation with donor was smooth and fluent, which significantly contributed to the successful implementation of the project and the goals established. Project secondary contribute to our institutional development and professionalization. We are grateful for support and the opportunity to realize this project.
Summary of bilateral results