Key Takeaways:
👉Building resilience needs a “whole of society” approach
👉Basic community needs are a vital entry point to building trust
👉The importance of counter narratives & raising awareness, community dialogue & peer support, & strong local gov’t & CSO partnerships
Day 1: The group met with local gov’t officials & Empatiku community resilience team, learning about their work with former members of extremist groups, #PCVE, & building resilient communities. The day also held space for cross-context analysis & sharing best practices.
This week, ICAN’s Stacey Schamber & Rawan Kahwaji are in #Indonesia facilitating a peer-to-peer exchange on preventing & countering #ViolentExtremism, with #WASL partners Empatiku & Odessa. We’ll be sharing updates & insights throughout the week, so stay tuned!
The #WASL partners shared their work, expertise & insights with representatives from the Norwegian Embassy, emphasizing the value of the ICAN peer-to-peer exchange in providing a space for cross-context #dialogue & #collaboration.
#WASL partner @AMAN_Indonesia shared their experience establishing a working group on women & #PCVE in 2017 in cooperation with 89 civil society organizations across 8 provinces in #Indonesia that have localized the #PVE National Action Plan.
Day 2 of ICAN’s peer-to-peer exchange with #WASL partners Odessa & Empatiku in #Indonesia! Empatiku's community resilience team in Pondok Kacang Timur shared their work building resilience against #radicalization, using early warning systems, & addressing other forms of violence.
Day 3 of ICAN’s peer-to-peer in #Indonesia!
Today, the ICAN team & #WASL partners Odessa, Empatiku, & @AMAN_Indonesia met with @Kemenag_RI, @BNPTRI, & the national police, emphasizing the value of strong & collaborative partnerships between CSOs & gov't for effective #PCVE.