A workshop on prevention and Countering Violent Extremism for SAN PVE stakeholders was conducted at the Ministry of Defence recently.
The workshop was conducted mainly to raise awareness among the Thematic Working Group (TWG) members and to formulate a road map to create a National Strategy to prevent and counter radicalization, violent extremism and terrorism within the country.
The workshop was conducted by Prof. Rasheen Bappu (Prof in Anthropology and Data Analysis), Lt Col RT Ansar (SLA), Subhashi Dissanayake (Country Director- HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Sri Lanka) and Hasanthi Kahandawala HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Sri Lanka).
About 60 participants representing state entities including Ministries of Finance and Economics, Foreign Affairs, Technology, Education, Public Security, Mass Media, etc, Attorney General’s Department, INSS and SL CERT attended the workshop.
The one-day workshop successfully concluded with a certificate awarding ceremony.
Terrorism and Violent Extremism violate the human rights and fundamental freedoms of groups and individuals. Aftermath of devastating Easter Sunday attack in the year 2019, the importance of the Prevention of Violent Extremism was identified and discussed at the highest level of National Security Forums. It also recognized that this Violent Extremism is not limited only to Sri Lanka but also at the global level. Therefore, the effort of Countering and Prevention of Violent Extremism(C/PVE) should be synergize at regionally and globally. Hence, the government of Sri Lanka together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) implemented South Asian Network on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism of Violent Extremism (SAN PVE) from 2018. The member states of this network at present are Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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