Capacity building and training of Religious Leaders This activity will take place in 12 European cities over the next year, as part of the EU funded PARTESS-COM project lead by OIIP & SCENOR. The training will be delivered by Enhancing Faith Institutions (EFI), the leaders of the SOAR project (2021-2023). If you are a faith leader, [...]
The growth of Muslim involvement in chaplaincy in numerous Western countries over recent decades has been the catalyst for the emergence of a new international field of research, namely, Muslim Chaplaincy Studies. Although the demography of Muslim communities is variable, as is the economic, political, historic, and social contexts in which they live, there are [...]
Enhancing Faith Institutions at the PARTES Final Conference: Building a Legacy of Resilience Across Europe On June 15–16, 2025, Vienna became a hub of interfaith collaboration and security innovation as the final conference of the PARTES Project convened experts, faith leaders, and civil society actors from across Europe. Among the key contributors was Enhancing Faith [...]
Press Release: EFI Joins SHIELDed Consortium at Kick-Off Meeting in Lisbon Lisbon, May 22, 2025 – The Enhancing Faith Institutions (EFI) proudly participated in the SHIELDed Kick-Off Meeting held in Lisbon on May 21st and 22nd, marking the official launch of a groundbreaking ISF funded project by the European Union. The meeting, led by Innovative [...]
Muslim Leaders from Across Europe Gather in Kristiansand for the 4th MEET Conference Kristiansand, Norway – From May 2-5, 2025, the Muslim European Empowerment Programme (MEET) hosted its Fourth Annual Conference and Leadership Retreat in Kristiansand, Norway, as part of European Democracy Week. This landmark event brought together Muslim leaders from 13 European countries to [...]
Enhancing Faith Institutions took part in the newly funded VIRTUOUS project's first kick off meeting held in Limoges, France on 18-20th March 2025. The newly funded EU ISF project, titled "Virtuous," Vulnerability, Risk Assessment Tools and Training Exercises for the Active Protection of Religious Buildings, led by PUI based in Limoges, France, aims to enhance [...]
Enhancing Faith institutions (EFI) were proud to be invited to speak, present and engage in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Mosque Security Conference organised and facilitated by the Dansk Muslimsk Union. In attendance were various management and leadership from Mosques across Copenhagen and key organisations. The outcome was the sharing of best practice and a commitment [...]
Anti-Christian hate crimes —which target Christian individuals and communities, or people perceived to be Christians— continue to remain a concern across the OSCE region. Given the numerous religious denominations and movements that comprise Christianity, crimes motivated by a bias against Christians can take many different forms, ranging from graffiti to vandalism, to physical assaults against [...]
Enhancing Faith Institutions was invited by the SHRINEs Project week to visit the beautiful and spiritual town of Assisi in Italy from 25th - 27th November 2024. The three-day hackathon event brought together innovators, exhibitors and project leaders from other EU funded project to explore the technological solutions for the protection of places of worship. The post Attending SHRINEs Hackathon in Assisi on Protection of Places of Worship appeared first on SOAR.
Press Release 07 October 2024 Report Highlights Alarming Rise in Incidents Against Places of Worship Across Europe on the Anniversary of October 7th Attack in Israel On the first anniversary of the tragic attack in Israel on October 7th, and the subsequent devastating loss of life and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a newly released report [...]
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