Representatives of the Euro-Arab Foundation have presented the 'TAKEDOWN' H2020 project at the General Conference of the Standing Group on Organised Crime, a team of researchers in organised crime belonging to the European Consortium for Political Research. The third edition of this event took place on 5 and 6 July at the University of Sofia (Bulgaria).

The Mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, inaugurated yesterday the final conference of TAKEDOWN, a Project funded by the European program Horizon 2020 and developed by 18 organizations, including the Euro-Arab Foundation. The meeting gathered more tan 150 people from 18 countries and 34 experts from European and North American institutions.

The Euro-Arab Foundation attended a working meeting in Toulouse on 4 June called by the consortium of SAT-LAW (Strategic Evaluation for Judicial and Police Cooperation), the European research project addressing the European Criminal Investigation Order, funded by the Directorate-General for Justice of the European Commission.

On 6 and 7 May, the Euro-Arab Foundation hosted at its headquarters in Granada, a meeting with the partners of the MI-ICT project (ICT Enabled Public Services for Migration), funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Union. This research project seeks to improve the access of migrants and refugees to public services, through the development of tools based on Information and Communication Technologies.

The final conference of the H2020 TAKEDOWN Project will take place on 18 June in Valencia and will bring together members of the consortium, researchers, first-line practitioners, policy makers, as well as members of law enforcement agencies.

The Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies hosts the I International Seminar "Radicalization and violent extremism: maps, contexts and responses" on the 9th and 10th April. The seminar is organised by the Euro-Arab Foundation and the University of Granada in the framework of TAKEDOWN, TRAINING AID and COMBERAD, the European projects aimed at professionals, students and researchers interested in radicalisation processes, their prevention and responses.

On 2, 3 and 4 April, the first focus groups within the framework of the European MI-ICT project took place at the Euro-Arab Foundation. The event was attended by migrants, researchers, civil servants and NGOs from the sector in order to identify and understand the challenges of immigrant integration. The MI-ICT project aims to facilitate the integration of migrants and refugees through the development of tools based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

The Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Education has held a new training course on radicalisation and violent extremism. The course, organised as part of the TRAINING AID project, will also be held on 28 March in Paris and on 11 April in Valencia.

The Euro-Arab Foundation brings together a large group of researchers, prosecutors and front-line professionals from the European police and judicial field, within the framework of SAT-LAW, a research project which deals with judicial coordination and cooperation for criminal investigations in the European Union. The SAT-LAW project is developed by a consortium involving the Euro-Arab Foundation and the University of Granada together with institutions and research centres from 8 European countries.

The launch of the European research project ARMOUR (A Radical Model of Resilience for Young Minds) has brought together in Malta the members of the consortium led by the Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies.