Armenian Progressive Youth NGO Info-pack "Extremism? No, thanks" | Page 2

international Training Course
Extremism?! No Thanks!
Participating countries:
Armenia, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Georgia, FYR Macedonia Lithuania, Moldova,
Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom

1. Description of the Training Course:
Recently the world has been reminded about the threat of extremism. This phenomenon is on the rise
in Europe. Extremist movements, ideologies, parties and individuals present some of the most
pressing challenges for European democracies. They continue to gain large levels of support from
different segments of the society, even among some of the most economically secure and highly
educated regions of Europe. Many young people are affected by populism and anti-immigration
sentiments and fall into a very dangerous rhetoric.
Taking into account those extremist movements in Europe, raising xenophobia and Islamophobia, we
consider it highly important to gather active young people, youth workers and activists to discuss
questions of multicultural society, interreligious and intercultural dialogue as well as to think about
some practical tools how to fight discrimination and combat extremism.
It is our belief that it is quite important to have a cultural and social connection with the neighbours
around the EU in order to contribute to more understanding. Thanks to the meetings between young
people and active youth workers, they can learn about the ways of living in other countries and
different ways of thinking. In this way we can overcome differences and fight together against
prejudice and xenophobia. That is why with this Training Course we target both the EU and non-EU
countries.