Over the last years terrorist attacks and other forms of violent extremism have increased and intensified, particularly those undertaken by ISIS since 2014. This report will focus on the situation in five countries that are members of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), and that have been and are affected to varying degrees by radicalisation and violent extremism: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
The report will consider definitions concerning radicalisation and violent extremism, root causes of radicalisation, and prevention and intervention programmes relating to violent radicalisation and deradicalisation in each country.
It will also consider the specific needs of stakeholders, particularly Local Authorities (LAs), to improve their approaches and strategies, as well as their institutional and human capacities to tackle youth radicalisation and violent extremism; and will draw upon local perspectives to develop general recommendations concerning prevention and intervention programmes.