YEIP Project – The Youth Empowerment and Innovation Project is a 3-year Erasmus+ funded programme that aims to design a youth-led, positive policy prevention framework for tackling and preventing marginalization and violent radicalization among young people in Europe. The project started in March 2017.
YEIP will work with 20 partners from eight EU countries to construct and test innovative, policy intervention models founded on the principles of restorative justice, positive psychology and the Good Lives Model (GLM).
Led by young people YEIP will be implemented through the construction and field validation of tools (YEIP PREVENT model/ interventions, toolkit, training) in 4 environments (schools, universities, prisons, online) in the 8 participating EU member states.
YEIP will lay the foundations for systemic change at the national level and EU levels. The ultimate objective is for the project to help implement the EU Youth Strategy’s objective of preventing the factors that can lead to young people’s social exclusion and radicalization. The success of this youth-led project will demonstrate to European citizens the leadership and determination of EC institutions in rooting out the reasons that lead to young peoples’ marginalization and radicalization, firming up in this way trust and confidence.
YEIP is led and co-ordinated by the IARS International institute. The partnership includes:
Public Authorities:
UK: The Home Office,
Greece: Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change; Koinofelis Epicheirisi Ipiresion Neapolis Sykeon (Common Benefit Enterprise for Services of Neapolis Sykies);
Cyprus: Municipality of Engomi,
Italy: Regione Ligura,
Portugal: Camara Mnicipal de Oliveira de Azemeis,
Poland: Miasto Stoleczne Warszawa,
Sweden: Lansstyrelsen I Kalmar Ian,
Romania: National Council for Combating Discrimination; Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports – Institutul de stinte ale educatiei.
Researchers:
Greece: Kentro Merimnas Oikogenieas Paidiou,
Cyprus: Centre for Advancement of Research and Development in Education,
Italy: Anziani e non solo,
Portugal: Inovamais,
Poland: Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej,
Sweden: Linne Universitetet,
Romania: Fundatia Schottener Servicii Sociale,
UK: Khulisa, Buckinghamshire New University.
The International Conference on the presentation and discussion about YEIP Project and its main fields of work will take place in Modena (Italy) at the Law Department of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, on the 22 January 2018.
It is possible to join the Call For Papers in order to participate at the International Conference as speaker. The deadline for the presentation of Abstracts is 1st September 2017.
Dr. Silvia Ciotti of EuroCrime is officially part of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference and she will be in charge of the evaluation of the received abstracts, for the selection of speakers to the Conference.
Here it is possible to download the Call for Papers and to know more about the Conference: https://yeip.org/2017/06/22/international-conference-the-prevention-of-radicalisation-in-young-people/
Project website: www.yeip.org