TIRANA, Aug 26 /ATA/ – Countering and preventing violent extremism and radicalization, as well as strengthening and capacity building for the community-based stakeholders was the highlight of a meeting that took place in the city of Berat on Monday.
The event was hosted in collaboration with the Coordination Centre for Countering Violent Extremism (CEV) with the support of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
The meeting focused on ways to strengthen cooperation, coordinate various community groups, mainly youth and women networks to contribute towards the community development in the future.
In his remarks at the event, the Mayor of Berat Ervin Demo highlighted the values of tolerance and religious coexistence that have traditionally characterized the city of Berat, where no cases of radicalism and violent religious extremism have been ever recorded.
Demo voiced readiness of the municipal institutions, the regional Social Service Directorate in particular, to work on identifying and addressing any potential form of violent extremism and make available whole human and logistic resources to prevent such a phenomenon.
A series of other meetings will take place with high school students who will train to implement the Action Plan against this phenomenon.
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