International projects

Opp.Attune

Countering Oppositional Political Extremism through Attuned Dialogue
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National projects

EXchange Brandenburg

Mobile measures for prevention and deradicalization in prisons and probation.
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Fachstelle Rechtsextremismusprävention

Consulting, training and exchange for pedagogical professionals on the subject of right-wing extremism.
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fa:ve – Fachstelle Verschwörungserzählungen

Certified further education on conspiracy narratives
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Group Work with Young People

Group work with young people from diverse backgrounds – a resource for resilient communities
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MiA – Mädchen im Austausch

Strengthening gender-reflective and girl-specific prevention in Berlin
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Narrative Group Work

Holistic political education at schools in rural and small-town areas.
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veritas

Counseling Center for those affected by conspiracy narratives in Saxony-Anhalt
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Past International Projects

BRaVE (2019–2021)

Networking and strengthening European prevention projects
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CHAMPIONs (2019–2021)

Cooperative Harmonized Action Model to stop Polarisation in Our Nations
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Together we can! (2020)

Supporting democratic civil society in Ukraine through blogging.
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Exit Europe (2019/2020)

Developing and identifying local exit and disengagement programs in Europe.
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CEE Prevent Net (2018–2020)

Central and Eastern European Network for the Prevention of Intolerance, Discrimination and Group Hatred
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European Network for Non-Violence and Dialogue (2016–2018)

European network for a non-violent and dialogue-oriented approach to value conflicts and for the promotion of exchange between civil society organizations.
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CoCoRa (2015–2017)

Community Counteracting Radicalisation, based on a strategic partnership between five European organisations from France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Denmark working in the field of preventing violent extremism.
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European Fair Skills (2015–2017)

Exchanging good practice in strengthening community-embedded prevention of group-based enmity, hate crime and violent right-wing extremism.
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Impact Europe (2014-2017)

Development of an online platform to support the self-evaluation of prevention practitioners.
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Extreme Dialogue (2014–2016)

Builduing resilience to radicalisation through open-access educational resources
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European Platform of Deradicalising Narratives (2013/2014)

Biographical-narrative and media-supported intensive pedagogical work with young radicalized people
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WomEx – Women and Gender in Extremism (2013/2014)

The EU-funded project WomEx examined gender roles, especially those of girls and young women in violent or extremist scenes.
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Past National Projects

Call of Prev (2021–2024)

Linking game-culture and cross-phenomenon prevention work
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Frauen* im Fokus der Präventionsarbeit (2021/2022)

Needs analysis for a secondary prevention project for girls* and young women* in the context of combating Islamism and group-hatred in Berlin.
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PONS! (2021/2022)

Intersection counseling for youth work in Berlin-Neukölln
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Methodenlehrbuch Beratung (2021/2022)

Development of a textbook for advisors in the field of environment and distancing work in religiously based extremism
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veritas - Beratungsstelle in Berlin (2021/2022)

Counseling center for people affected by conspiracy narratives in Berlin
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Junge, Junge*! (2019–2022)

Gender-specific youth work with boys*.
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RaFiK (2019–2022)

Radical, fundamentalist, different – professionals in contact with radicalization
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In*Berlin (2018–2022)

Inclusive youth culture workshops in Berlin, Germany.
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Orientierungshilfe für Jugendämter (2019/2020)

Professional Orientations of Child and Youth Welfare Services for Working with Children and Adolescents from Familial Radicalized Environments.
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LocalDerad

Locally embedded Derad-Training for first-line-practitioners
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PHÄNO_Cultures (2018–2020)

Cross-phenomenon political (youth culture) education to strengthen human rights and democratic attitudes.
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Fair*In (2016–2019)

Model project for gender-reflective prevention of racism and group-hatred
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Spot on, Girls! (2016–2019)

A joint project of the music label Springstoff and cultures interactive, in which we worked with refugee and non-refugee Berliners on hip hop & skateboarding. 
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DisTanZ (2015–2019)

Trainings for youth at risk of radicalisation and a locally based center for the prevention of radicalization
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Strukturentwicklung (2015–2019)

Cultures Interactive was from 2015 to 2019 in the framework of the federal program "Demokratie leben!" a specialized agency for youth cultural education.
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In_Cultures (2014–2017)

A project for youth cultural inclusion of young people with and without disabilities.
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Mixfaktor (2015/2016)

Testing of lifeworld-youth-cultural formats to strengthen human rights attitudes, questions of identity, and engagement with ideas of (in)equality.
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Extreme Dialogue (2014–2016)

Builduing resilience to radicalisation through open-access educational resources
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Hako_reJu goes University (2014/2015)

Additional qualification accompanying studies on dealing with right-wing extremist phenomena in various areas of social work and formal education.
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Unerhörte Geschichten (2013–2015)

Workshops and material development on historical-political education about collective violence and experiences of injustice.
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HaKo_reJu (2011–2014)

Development of an action concept for working with right-wing youth in open youth work in rural areas in eastern Germany.
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SNK! (2012)

Students at a Berlin elementary school go on a search for clues about right-wing extremism and civic engagement in their district.
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NNK! BE RESPECT ED (2011/2012)

Youth cultural workshops and qualification of a peer-leading team that advocates for inter- and youth-cultural respectful coexistence .
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Fair Skills (2009–2012)

A course for young people that supports them in developing social, civic and professional skills in the transition from school to work.
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KlassikClubCultures (2010)

Development of new methods of cultural and civic education
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Kulturräume 2010 (2007–2010)

Initiation and monitoring of sustainable processes of youth cultural participation with the aim of promoting democratic and cultural diversity in different regions.

cultures of berlin (2008/2009)

cultures of berlin has empowered young people to help shape their own lifeworld.

Football united (2005–2008)

Against Discrimination and Violence on the Football Court
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