Countering Violent Extremism

This indicator is included in the list of FPI core indicators for the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP).

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is a report published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). The index provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism since 2000. http://economicsandpeace.org/reports/

Please further clarifiy what kind of incidents are specifically measured. For further information on violent extremism definition please see: https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/terrorism/module-2/key-issues/radicalizati…

This indicator is included in the list of FPI core indicators for the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP). It can be expressed as a number or as a percentage but not as both. In case of use of percentage, an estimated total number of the targeted population group needs to be known.

This indicator is included in the list of FPI core indicators for the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP). It can be expressed as a number or as a percentage but not as both. In case of use of percentage, an estimated total number of the targeted population group needs to be known.

Please identify the target group in the local context, specify what type of integration is being monitored (i.e. social/community life, family life, employment, or other), as well as how each sphere will be assessed (in other words, what factors will tell us when a person has been successfully reintegrated into their community or family).

Please define the 'at risk' groups in the local context. Sensitive questions about violent extremism should be carefully phrased and adjusted to the context. Softening questions or asking indirectly may help elicit answers and reduce the rate of nonresponse.

Please define the targeted individuals in the local context.

This indicator is included in the list of FPI core indicators for the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP). Extent could be measured for example according to a scale going from “to a large extent” to “to a limited extent” to “not at all”.

This indicator is included in the list of FPI core indicators for the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP). It can be expressed as a number or as a percentage but not as both. In case of use of percentage, an estimated total number of the targeted population group needs to be known.

The indicator refers to the number of different state institutions and non-state actors supported in their work in the areas of security, including border management, justice, conflict prevention, countering violent extremism, protection of civilians in crisis situations and safeguarding of human rights. The supported organisations may include the following: 

- State institutions with a formal mandate to ensure safety of the State and its citizens against violence and coercion. This may include police, gendarmerie, paramilitary forces, presidential guards, coast and border guards, customs authorities, environmental guards, etc. 

- Elected and appointed civil authorities responsible for control and oversight of these institutions. This includes the parliament, ministries of defence, interior and foreign affairs, national security agencies, etc. 

- Criminal justice agencies. This includes ministries of justice, prosecutorial and investigation services, the judiciary and courts, human rights bodies such as ombudsmen and independent commissions, etc. 

- Organisations as part of the international human rights and justice mechanisms, e.g. international courts, international/regional humans rights commissions, etc. 

- Non-state actors for example, civil society organizations including professional organisations, non-profit organisations, international non-governmental organisations, media, lobby groups, etc. 

Reinforcing human security aims at ensuring the safety/preservation of the population's basic rights in areas at risk of conflict by enhancing for instance access to justice. It is understood to be the implementation of activities in support of all stakeholders contributing either directly (justice actors, gendarmerie, police) or indirectly (women, youth, community organizations, etc.) to the stability of a given area. It may include the following. 

- Strengthening judicial and prosecutorial institutions; improving the professional collaboration and cooperation between justice and security actors; improving the court system and the case management for criminal cases; human resources development and training, for example for legal professionals, law enforcement and penitentiary personnel; rehabilitation of the legal system particularly in fragile or post-conflict countries in order to align it with best international standards; improving international judicial cooperation in criminal matters. 

- Integrated border management, which is understood as national and international coordination and cooperation among all the relevant authorities and agencies involved in border security and trade facilitation to establish effective, efficient and coordinated border management, in order to reach the objective of open, but well controlled and secure borders (2010 EU “Guidelines for Integrated Border Management in European Commission External Cooperation”) 

- Preventing violent extremisms, which is understood to be the implementation of activities aimed at tackling the root causes of violent extremism (government failure, political, social and economic marginalization, injustice, etc.), including through the reinforcement of a society's resilience.

- Conflict prevention, which is understood to be the implementation of activities (inter/intra community dialogue, trust-building between the state and the population, early warning systems, fighting against impunity, transitional justice and reconciliation, etc.) intentionally trying to impact conflict and peace prospect. 

- Compliance with and promotion of International Humanitarian Law. 

- Protection of civilian population and human rights, which is understood to be direct support to promote and defend civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights of women, children, minorities, etc. 

Examples of support provided to the work of state and non-state organisations may include capacity building (e.g. support to draft strategies and policies, training aimed at more effective and efficient operations or increased knowledge in the areas of justice, security, border management, preventing violent extremism, conflict prevention, protection of civilian population in crisis situations and safeguarding of and human rights), direct operational support (e.g. provision of equipment, services and infrastructures to internal security forces, support to regional/international human rights/legal institutions such as OHCHR, regional human rights mechanisms or International Criminal Court, etc), or budget support (financial assistance on the basis of specific security indicators that are negotiated with the concerned authorities).

If the relevant line ministry does not have data, the EU-funded intervention may need to commission a survey of prisons.

The actors include civil society organizations, media, religious/community leaders or other relevant actors - please specify the key actors in the local context.

Please specify the institutions (or at least the types of institutions) carrying out the investigations.

The trust and credibility questions related to media actors and other credible messengers may be included in the survey since they can provide insight in the effectiveness.