Engaging with communities: Collaboration between local authorities and communities in PVE
Communities need support from their authorities. Likewise, authorities need to involve the communities they protect, represent and support. Building strong cooperation structures and partnerships will therefore positively impact efforts to prevent polarisation and radicalisation. But in establishing cooperation, both local authorities and community representatives face many challenges.
This ex post paper discusses the challenges, solutions and choices at different stages of collaboration: 1. preparations, 2. establishing contact, 3. selecting partners, 4. dialogue and collaboration and 5. responding to a crisis.
This paper builds upon the lessons learned previously (1) , as well as findings from the RAN Local and RAN YF&C joint meeting on ‘Engaging with communities’.
This paper is written for local coordinators, community workers and community representatives interested and involved in the prevention of polarisation and radicalisation.
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