The Turkish government has responded to radicalisation by combining both hard and soft approaches and resorting to different methods. Regardless, youth radicalisation and extremism continue to pose a threat to the country.
How to prevent terrorist acts has become a key question within current policy debates. In search of relevant actors that can contribute to the prevention of radicalisation, schools were identified to play a major role.
An estimated 27,000-31,000 foreign fighters have joined terrorist groups such as Daesh or Al-Qaeda affiliates. The need for effective prevention and de-radicalisation programmes cannot therefore be overestimated.
In the framework of the Annual Conference, the EuroMeSCo network of think tanks holds the first edition of Youth Forum.
The second UfM Regional Forum organized in the margins of the meeting of the UfM Ministers of Foreign Affairs, is dedicated to youth. The overall theme is “Mediterranean in Action: Youth for Stability and Development”.