ZiVI-Extremism - digital
Digitisation of "ZiVI-Extremism" and implementation in specialist advice centres
Keywords
Radicalisation, extremism, Islamism, prevention, intervention, advice centres, systematic evaluation
Project management
Responsible for the technical realisation:
Toowoxx IT GmbH
Project duration
01.01.2023-31.12.2025
Project description
Specialist counselling centres run by civil society and a large number of state agencies from various government departments work across Germany on a case-by-case basis to prevent extremism in the area of Islamist radicalisation. The counsellors are confronted with extremely complex and difficult tasks in connection with radicalisation processes and their often challenging progression and must keep an eye on multiple problem situations and contextual factors. Specialists must also take into account potential self-endangerment or external endangerment situations that may arise in connection with violent offences or through the influence of extremist groups.
Since the end of 2022, specialist counselling centres have been using the paper-based tool "ZiVI-Extremism", which was developed in cooperation with the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf over a period from 2020 to 2022, to assess the need for action and intervention in cases of radicalisation based on Islamism. The target achievement and progress evaluation tool enables structured case recording, presentation and evaluation in the specialist counselling centres - regardless of their objective or orientation.
The aim of the "ZiVI-Extremism - digital" project is now to develop a digital tool in cooperation with experts from civil society and state specialist advice centres and the state coordination centres of the "Radicalisation" advice centre network of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) that supports the experts in planning interventions, evaluating progress and assessing a risk situation. The paper-based tool will first be optimised and adapted to current developments before being transformed into a digital application with the support of a software company. The specialists are then trained in the use of "ZiVI-Extremism - digital".
Publications and materials produced
As a result of the previous "ZiVI-Extremism" project, the paper-based instrument, including a manual and an assessment and evaluation form for case work, has been available since 31 December 2022. The "Goal achievement and progress assessment tool for assessing the need for action and intervention in cases of radicalisation based on Islamist ideology" ("ZiVI-Extremism") is intended to support professionals in structuring the counselling process, planning intervention measures, evaluating the course of counselling and providing certainty when assessing potential self-endangerment and external endangerment situations. It is intended exclusively for use in specialist counselling centres of the BAMF's "Radicalisation" counselling centre network.
Click here for the paper-based instrument:
Further publications
Rau, T., Eberl, K., Kiesler, L., Hosseini, D., Allroggen, M., & Ohls, I. (2022, 1 June). How "ZiVI-Extremism" can support deradicalisation counselling centres. A tool for structured counselling, documentation of cases and assessment of dangerous situations. Federal Agency for Civic Education. https://www.bpb.de/themen/infodienst/508516/wie-zivi-extremismus-beratungsstellen-fuer-deradikalisierung-unterstuetzen-kann/
Rau, T., Heimgartner, A., Eberl, K., & Allroggen, A. (2021). Distancing and deradicalisation work with Islamist extremism: Structures and modes of operation in Germany. Forum Crime Prevention, 3, 31-35.
Rau, T., Heimgartner, A. & Allroggen, M. (2021). Risk and protective factors in the context of radicalisation and extremist violence. Topic overview and implications for science and practice. Practice of legal psychology, 31(1), 5-27.
Supported by:
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF)