Within UNODC’s mandate on crime prevention, UNODC supports Member States to prevent violent extremism that is conducive to terrorism.
We work to provide effective support to Member States with preventing violent extremism leading to terrorism.
Following years of preparation, Member States - with the technical support of UNODC - have developed regional networks of practitioners working on the prevention of violent extremism, namely SAN-PVE in South Asia, SEAN-PVE in Southeast Asia and CA-PVE in Central Asia.
In the words of Mr. Ahmed Irash, Senior Policy Director at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment of the Maldives, “now we see, [that] with the formation of a regional network, more and more organizations are coming together, working together in this important area.”
The network serves as a repository of knowledge and facilitates professional connections between practitioners and Member States. A dedicated website serves as an online platform for SAN-PVE members as a repository of knowledge, offers online and offline learning tools and facilitates connections between practitioners.
In support of the Central Asian Network for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (CA-PVE), we have developed Guidelines for the Central Asian PVE Network: Design and Management of Programmes to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism.
Our work on preventing violent extremism has been funded by Germany and Japan.
