TRAINING FOR PREVENTIZERS – “THINK! – DON’T HATE – PREVENTING AND COUNTERING HATE SPEECH” IMPLEMENTED IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE

“THINK! Don’t hate” Training for Counterizers was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 17th  to 24th August, 2021. This event was an opportunity for young people and youth workers from Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Belgium, Spain, Croatia and Kosovo to gathered together and were acquire valuable new knowledge and skills for utilising critical thinking in fighting online hate speech. They also worked on the development of innovative “Counterizers” curriculum and have prepared series of interactive workshops for preventing hate speech in their local communities which will be implemented in the coming months

The main goal of the “THINK! Don’t hate” project is to fight hate speech in the online world by deconstructing and discrediting the narratives on which it is based, as well as by empowering young people to become the leaders in the fight against fake news, prejudice and hatred on the Internet.

The project “Think! Don’t hate – Preventing and Countering Hate Speech” is implemented by Kosova Young Lawyers – KYL and run in coordination with its five partners: Syllogos Apofiton Ekpedeftirion Mandoulidi (EL), Nevladino Udruzenje Prima (ME), Connect International (BE), Udruzenje Gradana Libero (RS) and Zdruzenie Za Kulturna Sorabotka Interkultura Skopje (MK).

This project is supported by the Erasmus + program of the European Union.