Netherlands
-
PCVE & Returnees
The few hundreds of foreign terrorist fighters with a Dutch citizenship or nationality, children with at least one parent with a Dutch nationality or citizenship and returnees is flagged as a priority issue in countering violent extremism in the Netherlands. The City Council of Delft uses a multidisciplinary program and approach focusing on training, preventive…
-
Dare to be Grey
The Dare to be Grey initiative is a campaign that challenges the polarization of society and calls on people to recognize the ‘grey’ middle ground between what are often mistakenly considered ‘black and white’ issues. The campaign was initiated in the Netherlands in 2016, and seeks to promote the different views and voices of the…
-
Family Support Unit Radicalization
Family members of radicalized persons (see below for the categories) will be supported by the Family Support Unit. First step is in an intake and risk assessment. On this basis a plan of action is drafted – tailored in order to address the specific needs of the involved family. The plan is drafted in cooperation…
-
Exits
A tailor-made program to support re-integration of radicalized persons (see below) in the society and their disengagement from terrorist or violent extremist networks when they are doubting leaving it. After an intake and a risk assessment a plan of action is made, which might involve practical assistance (housing, work, education), psychological help, religious counselling, resistance…