Erin Saltman, Facebook, at a joint OSCE #UnitedCVE and Facebook workshop on challenging hate speech and violent extremism online, Vienna, 11 October 2017.
Vera Djemelinskaia, OSCE #UnitedCVE campaign, and participants of the "#YouthTrail: Promoting OSCE values in the Western Balkans", upon finishing an interactive session on designing communication campaigns aimed at preventing violent extremism, Tirana, 19 September 2017.
15 young experts came together for the workshop "Youth and the prevention of violent extremism: perspectives from Central Asia", Almaty, 11-13 May 2017.
Former OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz, meeting participants of the “Youth and the Prevention of Violent Extremism. Perspectives from the Black Sea Region" workshop, Chisinau, 3 February 2017.
The “Youth and the Prevention of Violent Extremism” workshop on Western European Perspectives gathered in Vienna 16 youth representatives, activists, volunteers and young professionals and was organized by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the OSCE, Vienna, 4 October 2016.
Ambassador Sian MacLeod, Head of the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the OSCE in Vienna, and Ambassador Véronique Roger-Lacan, Permanent Mission of France to the OSCE in Vienna at the 2015 OSCE Ministerial Council meeting, Belgrade, 3 December 2015.
Tom Wuchte, former Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues, and OSCE Youth Ambassadors - together, across countries and generations, against violent extremism, Warsaw, 25 September 2015.
Ahead of the International Tolerance Day, members of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and #UnitedCVE team supporting the #NoHate campaign, launched by the Super Citizens initiative, Vienna, 14 November 2015.
Violent extremism and terrorism in today’s world are complex, multi-faceted challenges that are not confined to national borders. In order to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism we need a comprehensive, nuanced, and internationally co-ordinated response. The OSCE participating States have been unequivocal in their support of a multidimensional approach that focuses on the prevention of radicalization and of violent extremism that leads to terrorism (VERLT).
To underscore that we at the OSCE stand together as one in countering violent extremism that leads to terrorism, in 2015 the OSCE Secretary General and Serbia’s OSCE Chairmanship launched the “OSCE United in Countering Violent Extremism (#UnitedCVE)” campaign. The aim of the campaign is to speak out against the corrosive appeal of violent extremism by promoting mutual understanding, tolerance, pluralism, inclusion, cohesion and empathy.
Amplifying voices of local practitioners from across the OSCE area who are working to prevent and counter VERLT (P/CVERLT) Is the focus of the second iteration of the campaign that started in 2019. Successful P/CVERLT initiatives are rooted in a whole-of-society approach that harness the influence and efforts of civil society. Civil society actors are often well positioned, credible and experienced in working with specific groups to help identify and address the grievances that make individuals more vulnerable to the influence of violent extremist groups.
Let’s speak up together loud and clear for peace and security!
