Extremism, Policy-maker, Australia 

The purpose of this report is to provide guidance to policy-makers and implementers of countering
violent extremism (CVE) and risk reduction (RR, also referred to by others as deradicalisation)
programmes. While the examples provided are mostly from Africa, Asia and the Middle East,
reflecting the authors’ professional experiences of programming in these regions, many of the
tools and techniques presented will also be relevant to those operating in ‘the West’. CVE and
RR provide two increasingly prominent frameworks for countering the influence of individuals
and entities involved in violent extremism (VE). Widely understood to describe a range of
preventative and non-coercive measures, CVE may involve, for instance, community debates
on sensitive topics, media messaging, interfaith dialogues, training of state governance and
security actors, and a variety of initiatives with individuals deemed to be ‘at risk’ of being drawn
to violence, such as vocational training and mentorship programmes. While there are substantial
overlaps between CVE and RR in terms of activities, and many authorities group them under
the same umbrella, RR can be considered distinct because its activities more narrowly target
individuals who were previously directly or indirectly involved in the production of violence,
such as defectors from VE entities, or those serving sentences for terrorism-related charges 

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