On 6 May 2017, PEN held the workshop “Raising awareness on the negative impacts of violent extremism and radicalization – Kosovo case”.

The participants had the chance to hear about the presence of violent extremism and what has been done in Kosovo so far to combat it. The presentations were held by experts from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Kosovo’s National Security Council, and the Kosovar Center for Security Studies – KCSS.

After the lectures,the participants watched videos from campaigns against violent extremism around the world and opened a discussion regarding this issue. This workshop was organized by Sihana Bejtullahu and Erdi Pirana, with the financial support of the OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.