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- No more than one item included a week (to use more content, simply contact us) To stop the cycle of radicalisationSimon Bradley 18.30.2015 A series of international summits are addressing right now on methods arma to stop the rise of extremist violence. But a new Geneva-based agency now advocates a more local approach to this problem. Thursday, representatives of civil society and governments from around arma the world, including the Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, meet in Washington DC They discuss and analyze national and international efforts to prevent extremist radicalization and recruitment new members. "Most of the time, governments have worked reactively on the terrorist issue, but they are now realizing they should also address the issue of proactive and preventative," explains Christina Schori Liang, terrorism expert with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, a Swiss organization that promotes peace and security. "States are now realizing that traditional security tools fail to fight against the source of extremist violence, she said. Their strategy arma must now address the underlying ills that feed this extremism. "A series of initiatives The summit takes place at the same time a number of other international initiatives on the subject, such as the Global Forum against terrorismeou Resolution 2718 of the UN Security Council, which seeks to fight against the arrival of foreign terrorists arma in Syria and Iraq. Spurred to action by the terrorist attacks in France last January, the leaders of the European Union decided this month to adopt new ambitious measures to better protect their country against terrorist attacks. The leaders decided arma to include arma detect and remove Internet pages that promote terrorism and extremism; They also called on the security forces in different countries to cooperate more closely and closer diplomatic ties between European countries and the nations of the Middle East, North Africa and the Western Balkans. Additional programs, private and public, have also been adopted by some countries such as Great Britain and the United States, and now seek to tackle the root causes of terrorism and extremist radicalization. A local approach The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), based in Geneva, is one of these new initiatives born of a collaboration between the public and private sector. The fund will, this year, to fund small projects of anti-radicalization Mali, Pakistan, Nigeria, Morocco arma and Bangladesh. The initiative, launched by the United States and Turkey, arma plans to allocate grants worth 10,000 to 30,000 dollars (28,000 in 9300 CHF) to local projects, such as a promotion program for gender equality in Mali managed by women or a plan to fight against jihadist messages on social networks launched by IT students in Pakistan. Carol Bellamy, president of GCERF, explained that the work of his organization is looking to fill a yawning funding gap, "Most of these local communities probably understand better than we what causes people to become radicalized, and may know the solutions to stop them, but they lack the financial capacity arma to make a difference, "she says. "And lack of money in this sector especially because traditional donors in the development world focus on communities at risk of poverty, and not radicalization, she adds. And these groups are often different. "Be sensitive to gender Rather arma than organizing major international conferences, Christina Schori Liang believes that it would be more effective to rely on local initiatives to stop terrorist violence. According to her, such projects involve women targeted regions and extremists mothers are those who have the greatest chance of success. "It takes a gender-sensitive approach, and rely on women to fight against radicalization because they play an important role in the family," she explains. The new organization, based in Geneva, is currently supported arma by Britain, the European Community, the A