For DARE it is vital to discuss the research questions and findings with young people, colleagues working in public administration, in community or youth centres or at schools and media organisations. DARE’s findings should be disseminated outside of the academic community. Researchers need to gather public opinion on their research findings. We need to discuss how and in which way DARE’s products, like videos and a toolkit for assessing de-radicalisation programmes, can be used in the most efficient and useful manner.

One of the actions to enhance the cooperation with people and organisations in the 13 DARE countries are the National Stakeholder Groups (NSGs). By May 2019, all consortium members had held several meetings with their stakeholders. In the UK and Norway, the NSGs have met on up to four occasions to discuss the development of the project, feeding it with insights and ideas.

Furthermore, the composition of NSGs has evolved in line with key tasks.It is important for the consortium that all DARE partners create the NSG they require and meet with their NSG to reflect on their tasks in DARE and their wider national context where relevant (this is likely to be approximately two times each year).

The types of stakeholders and size of the NSG differ to reflect the wide range of national circumstances, with most NSGs having between six and 12 members drawn from across academia, policymaking and practitioner communities as well as media.

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