Chronology of Events

2015
March 25.-27.3.
Berlin, Germany
Kick Off Meeting
June 07.6.
Budapest, Hungary
Pre-Roundtable
August 31.8.
Berlin, Germany
Exchange meeting with French prevention embassy and prevention officials

The EFS team meets with the Prefect of the Interministerial Committee on Prevention from Paris and his team as well as the French embassy team in view of a possible EFS France and to exchange about good practices in preventing group hatred and violent extremism.

September 13.9.
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Implementation workshop
September 14.9.
Bratislava,Slovak Republic
1st Regional Development Roundtable
September 16.9.
Brno, Czech Republic
Implementation workshop
September 17.9.
Brno, Czech Republic
1st Regional Development Roundtable
September 18.-19.9.
Brno, Czech Republic
Fair Skills train-the-trainer I: youth work facilitator training for participants from Slovakia and Czech Republic
October 15.10.
Budapest, Hungary
1st Regional Development Roundtable
October 19.10.
Budapest, Hungary
Implementation workshop
October 20.-21.10.
Budapest, Hungary
Fair Skills train-the-trainer I: youth work facilitator training
November 13.11.
Vienna, Austria
OSCE conference “The OSCE Security Days: In Pursuit of Peace and Security: How Gender Makes a Difference

Harald Weilnböck gave a talk on “WomEx, European Fair Skills, and the Radicalization Awareness Network’s Center of Excellence”.

November 19.-20.11.
Aarhus, Denmark
International conference “Building resilience to radicalisation and violent extremism – a multi-agency approach on early prevention.”

Harald Weilnböck gave a presentation on the “Implementation of Deradicalisation Programmes – The European Fair Skills Project”.

December 03.-04.12.
Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon Forum 2015 “How to combat radicalisation and terrorism: Prevention Tools and Shared Knowledge in the Mediterranean and European space”

Harald Weilnböck gave a talk on “Cultures Interactive’s WomEx and European Fair Skills approach” at this conference organised by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe.

2016
January 14.-15.1.
Berlin, Germany
Midterm meeting
April 07.-08.4.
Brno, Czech Republic
LocalDerad workshop
April 10.-13.4.
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
LocalDerad workshop (27.+28.) Preparatory meeting / Fair Skills train-the-trainer II (29.+30.)
May 10.-13.5.
Budapest, Hungary
LocalDerad workshop (10.+11.) Preparatory meeting / Fair Skills train-the-trainer II (12.+13.)
August 29.-31.8.
Jihlava, Czech Republic (Youth drop-in Vrakbar)
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Music-workshop (Hip Hop + Electronical music)
September 13.9.
Brno, Czech Republic (Youth drop-in club Pavlač)
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Graffiti-workshop
September 21.9.
Brno, Czech Republic (Youth drop-in club Pavlač)
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Boxing-workshop
September 23.-24.9.
Budapest, Hungary
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Social Circus and juggling workshop
September 30.9.-02.10.
Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Workshop civic education
October 05.10.
Brno, Czech Republic (Youth drop-in club Pavlač)
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Social networks-workshop
October 07.-08.10.
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Social Circus and juggling workshop
October 13.10.
Budapest, Hungary
2nd Roundtable Meeting and Disengagement Strategies Seminar
October 14.10.
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Hip Hop Workshop
October 15.10.
Budapest, Hungary
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Social Circus and juggling workshop
October 19.10.
Brno, Czech Republic (Bajkazyl)
Fair Skills youth cultural workshops: Final Workshop with kids
November 28.11.
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2nd Roundtable Meeting and Disengagement Strategies Seminar
November 29.11.
Brno, Czech Republic
2nd Roundtable Meeting and Disengagement Strategies Seminar
December 08.-09.12.
Berlin, Germany
Final Conference
2017
January 16.-17.1.
Sofia, Bulgaria
RAN Study Visit to Bulgaria

Harald Weilnböck gave a presentation of the European Fair Skills project. The seminar on “Challenges of Prevention of Radicalisation” discussed the counter-radicalisation strategy in Bulgaria, and more widely in Eastern Europe. The event was hosted by the Bulgarian Deputy Minister of the Interior, the State Agency for National Security and the Center for the Study of Democracy.

February 02.-03.2.
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Fair Skills youth cultural workshop
April 05.-06.4.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Conference “Value based conflicts and violence”

Oliver Kossack moderated a workshop themed “(De-)radicalisation of Youth: Call to action. How can we prevent radicalisation of youth?” in which the two EFS trainers Rado Sloboda and Rebeka Dora Kajos also participated. The international conference was organised by Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia (PDCS) as part of the project “European Network for Non-violence and Dialogue” in which CI is also a partner (see here).

May 18.5.
St. Pölten, Austria
Austrian Social Work Science Day 2017

Presentation and workshop by Harald Weilnböck on the topic “Jugend und Gemeinwesenarbeit in der Extremismusprävention” [Youth and community work in the prevention of extremism].

June 30.6.-01.7.
Słubice, Poland
Expert workshop “Back to the National Roots? The Role and Impact of the Radical Right in Eastern Europe Today”

Together with international academics, EFS team member Oliver Kossack discusses the impact of radical right actors on politics and society in Central and Eastern Europe. The workshop was organised by Prof. Michael Minkenberg, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).