To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Building Young People’s Resilience to Violent Extremism in the Middle East and North Africa, published on 15 November; what action they have taken in the past two years to support the building of such resilience; how much, if any, they have spent in each of those years on that action; and who were the recipients of any such funding.
Answered on
18 December 2017
The British Council All Party Parliamentary Group report on Building Young People's Resilience to Violent Extremism in the Middle East and North Africa was released on 12 December. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has contributed to the report, with the then Minister for the Middle East and Africa (Mr Ellwood) providing verbal evidence to the Group earlier this year. I would refer the noble Lord to the report of my Hon. Friend's evidence session for further details. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will be reviewing the recommendations carefully.
The Government's commitment to the wider international conflict and security agenda (including countering violent extremism) is underpinned through programmes, including through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), which provides a wide range of targeted support to countries, many of which are in the Middle East and North Africa region
Summaries of CSSF programmes are publicly available.