The main mission of the Chair is to act as a centre of excellence in order to develop, share and promote research and actions in the context of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of violent radicalization and extremism. Read more.

The UNESCO-PREV Chair promotes the networking of centres of expertise and communities of practice in order to facilitate exchanges and collaboration, at the national and international levels, in the context of prevention of violent radicalization and extremism.

The UNESCO-PREV Chair stimulates the development of evidence-based research and knowledge in order to improve strategies and tools available to prevent violent radicalization and extremism.

The UNESCO-PREV Chair supports programs and training, based on best practices and adapted to local contexts, to strengthen the capacities of key stakeholders.

The UNESCO-PREV Chair raises awareness and transfers knowledge to decision makers, practitioners, public and media.

SPOTLIGHT

Polarisations sociales, avenir des jeunes et milieux éducatifs

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The UNESCO-PREV Chair Launches the PREV-IMPACT Project

The UNESCO-PREV Chair is leading PREV-IMPACT, a new research project to develop evaluation models for PVE programs adapted to the Canadian context. A worldwide rise in extremism

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UNESCO-PREV Chair Annual Report 2018 Now Available

The UNESCO-PREV Chair Annual Reports provide a comprehensive overview of its organizational structure; statistics; actions, activities and impacts; financial partnerships and grants.  The 2018 Annual

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LATEST NEWS

28 November

A New ISD Report on Extremism and Deradicalization

ISD’s new report titled “An imprecise science: Assessing interventions for the prevention, disengagement and de-radicalisation of left and right-wing extremists” by Jacob Davey, Henry Tuck

26 November

New Article on Violent Extremism and Former Extremists

A new article by Ryan Scrivens, Vivek Venkatesh, Maxime Bérubé and Tiana Gaudette titled “Combating Violent Extremism: Voices of Former Right-Wing Extremists,” and published in

26 November

New UNESCO-PREV Chair General Coordinator

We are pleased to welcome Sylvana Al Baba Douaihy as the UNESCO-PREV Chair General Coordinator.    Sylvana is an engineer with a master’s degree in Multimedia

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