The “Prevent-Refer-Address” (P-R-A) is a concept for setting up efficient inter-agency platforms in each of the WB Beneficiaries, intended to prevent, refer and address cases of Radicalisation leading to Violent Extremism and Terrorism. While established primarily at the state level, the arrangement will be mirrored at the local level – the municipality/local community, using relevant existing structures at that level. The P-R-A will enable both top-down guidance to practitioners, as well as bottom-up feedback to policy-makers. Taking into consideration the EU-inspired practices, the operation of the P-R-A’s in the WB countries will be supported by the foreseen “Western Balkan Radicalization Awareness Network–WB RAN”, sharing up-to-date expertise and transferring the knowledge of the EU RAN CoE.

The P-R-A concept originates from within the WBCTi policy platforms, and has been developed throughout 2016 based on findings of the region-wide assessments in the framework of the project “First Line” led by the Slovenian Ministry of the Interior-Police. Setting up the P-R-A’s represents a core effort of the IPA II 2016 regional action launched in April 2017 and supporting the further implementation of the WBCTi utilizing the Integrative Internal Security Governance–IISG. The improvement of P/CVE at national and local levels was also reaffirmed as the first priority by regional CT and P/CVE experts during the ongoing needs assessment for the next multi-annual WBCTi Integrated Plan of Action 2018-2019.