Alternativi International Annual Report 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 | Page 21

Counter Hate From the first January 2015 terroristic attack on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris up to the most recent August attack 2017 on the famous Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona, fear and rhetoric of insecurity across Europe increased exponentially. A rise in hate speech against migrants and Muslims has been noted, whereas in Italy, for instance The project “Counter Hate” focuses on promoting high-quality youth work aiming to provide youth workers all the necessary knowledge and tools on online hate speech against migrants and refugees, and improve the preventative capabilities of youth workers by producing tailored responses, counter-narratives, and awareness raising campaigns. The direct target group of the project are youth workers and youth leaders.  The project includes the realization of:   -Project website.  -One project survey and release of project survey report.  -Two Intellectual Output (IOs), namely, e-learning courses (IO1) and CH digital guide (IO2).  -Three Transnational Project Meetings.  -One training event for staff training (C1).  -Local workshops and other disseminations events.