VIENNA, 26 November 2025 – Today, Kamil Aydin, Chair of the OSCE PA’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism (CCT), addressed the 8th Meeting of Parliamentary Assemblies on Countering Terrorism Coordination Mechanism, highlighting recent progress in turning parliamentary resolutions into practical action and stressing the importance of parliamentary co-operation to prevent youth radicalization to violent extremism. He also warmly congratulated the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean on their re-election to lead the Coordination Mechanism for another year.

Since July, Aydin said, the Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism has focused on emerging threats and implementing the Porto resolution on preventing youth radicalization through education and media literacy.

A flagship new initiative — School Dialogues on Preventing Youth Radicalization — was launched last week, Aydin announced, explaining that parliamentarians will organize interactive dialogues in secondary schools to discuss building resilience against extremist narratives and combating online misinformation and algorithmic bias, and strengthening critical thinking.

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