This was a project that transcends cultural, religious and ideological differences; aimed at building bridges with inter-cultural dialogue in preventing extremism and hate speech by exploring and reflecting through youth work, links between peace, participatory democracy, gender related challenges, and human rights advocacy in the counter-violent extremism field.

The project provided a neutral arena for participants to explore the root causes of violent extremism and advocacy for hatred leading to extremist violence in a multicultural society settings. The participants explored possible measures and the actions to address the challenges of extremism from a young peace-builder perspective to engage with the local community and their peers.

Through research the involved partners conducted open-ended consultations on countering violent extremism and combating hate speech at the national level. The aim of the consultations was to collect inputs about young people's ideas, perspectives, and needs as well as the level of understanding violent extremism, hate speech and advocacy to hatred in the counter violent extremism field. 

During the seminar, the participants explored collected inputs with clear actions to respond to the expressed needs by looking at how the different tools, media, education and/or training, youth empowerment, community-based awareness-raising interventions, and intercultural dialogue effectively contribute to turning vulnerable young people away from radicalisation and extremist behaviours.