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Promoting and Protecting Freedom of Religion and Belief (PP-FoRB) in Nigeria Search is implementing a 36-month project titled Promoting and Protecting Freedom of Religion and Belief (PP-FoRB) in Nigeria. Funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the project seeks to address potential conflict issues in relation to religious tolerance and tensions in Nigeria in response to incidents of religious intolerance and religious extremism reported across Nigeria. The activities are designed to strengthen the capacity of relevant actors to collaboratively work against any form of abuse in relation to FoRB across 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Hence, the project’s Theory of Change (ToC) states IF Religious Leaders, Security Agencies, civil society actors, and other key stakeholders leverage new and existing platforms to anticipate, prevent, respond to, and address religious-based conflicts and their root drivers AND IF citizens have access to effective and trustworthy FoRB support mechanisms, AND IF capable and conflict-sensitive media practitioners enhance public understanding of FoRB THEN there will be a decrease in religious-based divisions, tensions, and violence BECAUSE citizens will be equipped to implement a holistic series of prevention, response, and support mechanisms, addressing every aspect of the ‘violence cycle,’ including both long- and short-term drivers of religiously-motivated violence. The overall goal of the project is to empower actors to prevent and address conflicts along religious lines and advance FoRB in Nigeria. The goal is supported by three specific objectives which will guide the project’s activities: 1- To establish effective Early Warning/Early Response (EWER) and referral mechanisms for addressing FoRB violations and violence along religious lines in Nigeria, 2 -To strengthen support mechanisms for individuals at risk of FoRB violations and 3- To enhance public understanding of interfaith conflict and the importance of FoRB.
PAHUNCH: Strengthening the Poor and Marginalised’s Access to Justice and Security in Nepal Pahunch is an innovative 4-year implemented by Search for Common Ground (SFCG), in partnership with the Centre for Legal Research Resource Development (CeLRRd), Human Rights and Community Development Academy Nepal (HUCODAN), and Centre for Security and Justice Studies (CSJS). The program aims to improve security and access to justice for poor and marginalised communities, specifically women, in Nepal. The overall impact of the project is strengthened rule of law in Nepal. The outcome is that poor and marginalised communities, specifically women, will have improved security and access to justice. The project has five outputs: Output 1: Citizens have increased knowledge about existing legal provisions, systems and procedures around security and access to justice. Output 2: Citizen and police have improved trust and mutual accountability. Output 3: Improved responsiveness from the police in providing necessary information and services to the public, specifically the poor, marginalised and the women. Output 4: The poor and marginalised communities (esp. women) have improved access and responsiveness from the formal justice system including the court officials and legal aid. Output 5: The poor and marginalised communities (including women) have increased access to community mediation services.
Promoting and Protecting Freedom of Religion and Belief in Nigeria (PP-FoRB) Search is implementing a 36 months project titled: Promoting and Protecting Freedom of Religion and Belief (PP-FoRB) in Nigeria. Funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the project seeks to address potential conflict issues in relation to religious tolerance and tensions in Nigeria, in response to incidents of religious intolerance and religious extremism reported across Nigeria. The activities are designed to strengthen the capacity of relevant actors to collaboratively work against any form of abuses in relation to FoRB across 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Hence, the project’s Theory of Change (ToC) states IF Religious Leaders, Security Agencies, civil society actors and other key stakeholders leverage new and existing platforms to anticipate, prevent, respond to, and address religious-based conflicts and their root drivers AND IF citizens have access to effective and trustworthy FoRB support mechanisms, AND IF capable and conflict-sensitive media practitioners enhance public understanding of FoRB THEN there will be a decrease in religious-based divisions, tensions, and violence BECAUSE citizens will be equipped to implement a holistic series of prevention, response, and support mechanisms, addressing every aspect of the ‘violence cycle’, including both long- and short-term drivers of religiously-motivated violence. The overall goal of the project is to empower actors to prevent and address conflicts along religious lines and advance FoRB in Nigeria. The goal is supported by three specific objectives: Objective 1: To establish effective Early Warning/Early Response (EWER) and referral mechanisms for addressing FoRB violations and violence along religious lines in Nigeria. Objective 2: To strengthen support mechanisms for individuals at risk of FoRB violations. Objective 3: To enhance public understanding of interfaith conflict and the importance of FoRB.
The President TV Reality Show On November 19, 2018, Search for Common Ground-Tunisia (Search-Tunisia) and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Stabilisation and Humanitarian Aid Department) signed a Grant Decision to fund “The President TV Reality Show: Empowering the Next Generation of Tunisian Democratic Political Leaders” for the period of November 19th 2018 to March 31st 2020. The overall goal of this project is to reignite Tunisian youth participation in inclusive democratic processes. This goal will be achieved through the following two specific objectives and expected results:  S.O. 1: Increase Tunisian youth’s knowledge of and support for democratic political processes at the local and national level. o E.R. 1: Tunisian youth have an increased understanding of and support for local and national democratic processes.  S.O. 2: Promote a conducive environment for youth’s participation in formal politics. o E. R. 2: Communities and decision-makers are aware of the importance of the inclusion of young women and men in local and national governance in Tunisia.
Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) - Nigeria JISRA is an interfaith partnership – including Catholic, Islamic, Protestant, interreligious and secular consortium
partners and local partners – which will promote Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in Ethiopia, Indonesia,
Iraq, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda. We will partner with religious actors as agents of change within the
broader civic space.
Through this programme we will:
• Strengthen the voice of religious actors in civil society and in nurturing civic space
• Leverage religious actors’ constructive role in high level advocacy
• Build on the consortium’s extensive FoRB experience and best practices
• Specifically focus on women and youth
JISRA will work within religious communities to challenge discrimination, extremist tendencies and hate towards others (intrareligious sphere). We will facilitate and strengthen bridges between religious communities
by encouraging interreligious action and addressing common grievances (interreligious sphere). And JISRA will
engage with local, national and international authorities to make state action towards religious freedom more
effective and to challenge divisive policies and practices (extrareligious sphere).
Promoting and Protecting Freedom of Religion and Belief  in Nigeria Search is implementing a 36-months project titled: Promoting and Protecting Freedom of Religion and Belief (PP-FoRB) in Nigeria. Funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the project seeks to address potential conflict issues in relation to religious tolerance and tensions in Nigeria in response to incidents of religious intolerance and religious extremism reported across Nigeria. The activities are designed to strengthen the capacity of relevant actors to collaboratively work against any form of abuse in relation to FoRB across 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria.  Hence, the project’s Theory of Change (ToC) states IF Religious Leaders, Security Agencies, civil society actors and other key stakeholders leverage new and existing platforms to anticipate, prevent, respond to, and address religious-based conflicts and their root drivers AND IF citizens have access to effective and trustworthy FoRB support mechanisms, AND IF capable and conflict-sensitive media practitioners enhance public understanding of FoRB THEN there will be a decrease in religious-based divisions, tensions, and violence BECAUSE citizens will be equipped to implement a holistic series of prevention, response, and support mechanisms,  addressing every aspect of the ‘violence cycle’, including both long- and short-term drivers of religiously-motivated violence.
The overall goal of the project is to empower actors to prevent and address conflicts along religious lines and advance FoRB in Nigeria. The goal is supported by three specific objectives which will guide the project’s activities: 1- To establish effective Early Warning/Early Response (EWER) and referral mechanisms for addressing FoRB violations and violence along religious lines in Nigeria, 2 -To strengthen support mechanisms for individuals at risk of FoRB violations and 3- To enhance public understanding of interfaith conflict and the importance of FoRB.
Yemen Conflict Sensitivity Platform The project proposes a ‘Yemen Conflict Sensitivity Platform’ expanding on local expertise and learning from similar experiences in comparable contexts. The overall goal of the planned framework is to promote peace and stability in Yemen through enhancing conflict sensitive approaches and practices for actors planning and delivering assistance.
Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) - Kenya JISRA is an interfaith partnership – including Catholic, Islamic, Protestant, interreligious and secular consortium
partners and local partners – which will promote Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in Ethiopia, Indonesia,
Iraq, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda. We will partner with religious actors as agents of change within the
broader civic space.
Through this programme we will:
• Strengthen the voice of religious actors in civil society and in nurturing civic space
• Leverage religious actors’ constructive role in high level advocacy
• Build on the consortium’s extensive FoRB experience and best practices
• Specifically focus on women and youth
JISRA will work within religious communities to challenge discrimination, extremist tendencies and hate towards others (intrareligious sphere). We will facilitate and strengthen bridges between religious communities
by encouraging interreligious action and addressing common grievances (interreligious sphere). And JISRA will
engage with local, national and international authorities to make state action towards religious freedom more
effective and to challenge divisive policies and practices (extrareligious sphere).
Engaging Youth as Actors of Peace in Central Mali and Northern Burkina Faso Although the signing of the Algiers Agreement in 2015 by prominent warring parties showed a promising opportunity for peace in Mali, two years later, international observers and national stakeholders are still concerned about the lack of progress in the implementation of the Accord and the ongoing deterioration of the security situation. However, unlike the 2012 crisis that unravelled in the North, this time the central Mali serves as the epicenter of instability. Neighboring Burkinabe regions have experienced similar trends since 2015 in a worrying spillover effect, and is increasingly affected by violent extremist attacks targeting police and military stations as well as schools, intimidating the civilian population and threatening teachers and local leaders. For this reason, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is implementing a 12-month pilot project to strengthen youth engagement in key communities across Central Mali and Northern Burkina Faso and leverage youth participation towards sustainable peace and stability. Overall, this this youth-led initiative will seek to tackle key issues impeding constructive youth engagement in Mali and Burkina Faso by strengthening leadership capacities of young people to engage constructively around the grievances in their communities and enabling young people to be recognized as agents of positive change for peace, security and resilience. The action proposed under this initiative will equip Malian and Burkinabe youth with critical conflict prevention and transformation skills, as well as social communication tools, and allow them to undertake action in their communities. More specifically, selected youths will be trained in leadership, Common Ground approach and conflict transformation to provide them with the skills to set-up community fora and collaborative actions in targeted communities. SFCG’s teams will also train youths in participatory theatre and assist them in organizing performances, and develop a youth-led fictional radio soap opera. We estimate that at least 9600 people will be indirectly targeted through the community outreach activities and media programs. Thanks to this project, we will contribute to positively shift local dynamics and increase community resilience in a continuously deteriorating context.
Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) - Global JISRA is an interfaith partnership – including Catholic, Islamic, Protestant, interreligious and secular consortium
partners and local partners – which will promote Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in Ethiopia, Indonesia,
Iraq, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda. We will partner with religious actors as agents of change within the
broader civic space.
Through this programme we will:
• Strengthen the voice of religious actors in civil society and in nurturing civic space;
• Leverage religious actors’ constructive role in high level advocacy;
• Build on the consortium’s extensive FoRB experience and best practices;
• Specifically focus on women and youth.
JISRA will work within religious communities to challenge discrimination, extremist tendencies and hate towards others (intrareligious sphere). We will facilitate and strengthen bridges between religious communities
by encouraging interreligious action and addressing common grievances (interreligious sphere). And JISRA will
engage with local, national and international authorities to make state action towards religious freedom more
effective and to challenge divisive policies and practices (extrareligious sphere).
Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) - Iraq consortium coordination Search is the coordinating partner for JISRA in Iraq. As such, Search is in charge of managing the budget allocated for the overall coordination and activities to be decided on by the governance bodies in Iraq.
Maji Ya Amani: Operationalizing the Theory of Change (TOC) for the Great Lakes Region Integrated Water and Food Security Program The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in collaboration with its consortium partners Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and ZOA, proposes to operationalize the Theory of Change of the Great Lakes Region Water and Food Security project through the “Maji ya Amani” program. The program adopts an integrated approach to reducing conflict between competing ethnic groups and increasing stability in the Ruzizi Plain through increased and more equitable access to land and water for household and agricultural use, and improved governance around the management of these resources. The proposed intervention primarily targets the Luberizi groupement of the Ruzizi Plain, because this area offers the greatest potential for increased agricultural production and ample water resources and is at the center of a violent conflict between the two major ethnic groups in the Plain. The planned intervention will benefit an estimated 28,800 people.
Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) - Mali consortium coordination Search is the coordinating partner for JISRA in Mali. As such, Search is in charge of managing the budget allocated for the overall coordination and activities to be decided on by the governance bodies in Mali.
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (formerly Global Girls Research Initiative) Lebanon has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world, hosting 1.5 million registered Syrian refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria, along with 31,502 Palestine refugees from Syria, 35,000 Lebanese returnees, and a pre-existing population of more than 277,985 Palestine refugees in Lebanon (Government of Lebanon, 2016). The influx of refugees – with Syrians being the most recent group – has put a strain on life in Lebanon on different levels including ‘increasing demographics, a regressing economy, exhausting social services, complicating politics and decreasing security’ (Government of Lebanon, 2017). It is against this conflict-affected backdrop that the briefing paper produced under funding from this project presents the findings of a qualitative research study conducted by the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) research team on the effects of a peacebuilding programme with adolescents from refugee and host communities in Lebanon. Informed by a review of the evidence on effectiveness of programme interventions aiming to enhance adolescent psychosocial well-being and social cohesion, as well as the GAGE conceptual framework, the paper focuses on the following research question: what are the positive and negative immediate and legacy gendered effects of peacebuilding programme initiatives implemented by Search for Common Ground in Lebanon on adolescents’ development trajectories?
Just Future - Global Just Future is the name of a new alliance, formed in response to the challenges of a fragile world. Consisting of 6 established CSOs and networks, from the Global North and South, our work will strengthen the capacity of CSOs and enable their collective action to bring about more inclusive, constructive and legitimate power relations. Just Future’s vision is of a world in which all people in fragile states benefit from more accessible, responsive and accountable security and justice institutions, and more inclusive arrangements for political governance and peace-making. Just Future est le nom d'une nouvelle alliance, formée en réponse aux défis d'un monde fragile. Composée de 6 OSC et réseaux établis, du Nord et du Sud, notre travail renforcera la capacité des OSC et permettra à leur action collective d'instaurer des relations de pouvoir plus inclusives, constructives et légitimes. La vision de Just Future est celle d'un monde dans lequel tous les habitants des États fragiles bénéficient d'institutions de sécurité et de justice plus accessibles, plus réactives et plus responsables, ainsi que d'accords plus inclusifs en matière de gouvernance politique et de rétablissement de la paix. Just Future’s vision will be delivered through achievement of three inter-related outcomes, specifically: 
Outcome 1: Security providers are more responsive and accountable, and take action enabling the most excluded constituencies to enjoy safety, protection, and enforcement of the law
Outcome 2: Justice providers are more responsive and accountable, and take action enabling the most excluded constituencies to defend and enforce their rights, redress grievances and resolve disputes
Outcome 3: The most excluded constituencies influence policymakers in a context of adequate civic space and respect for human rights, leading to more inclusive political decision-making and peace processes La vision de Just Future sera réalisée par trois résultats interdépendants, à savoir:
Résultat 1: Les fournisseurs de sécurité sont plus réactifs et plus responsables, et prennent des mesures permettant aux groupes les plus exclus de bénéficier de la sécurité, de la protection et de l'application de la loi
Résultat 2: Les prestataires de services de justice sont plus réactifs et plus responsables, et prennent des mesures permettant aux groupes les plus exclus de défendre et de faire respecter leurs droits, de réparer les préjudices et de résoudre les litiges
Résultat 3: Les collectivités les plus exclues influencent les décideurs politiques dans un contexte d'espace civique adéquat et de respect des droits de l'homme, ce qui conduit à une prise de décision politique et à des processus de paix plus inclusifs. Since the dynamics of fragility and conflict affect women and men, and younger and older people differently, inclusion of women and youth is at the core of the program. Étant donné que la dynamique de la fragilité et des conflits affecte différemment les femmes et les hommes, les jeunes et les personnes âgées,
l'inclusion des femmes et des jeunes est au coeur du programme.
Just Future - Afghanistan Just Future is the name of a new alliance, formed in response to the challenges of a fragile world. Consisting of 6 established CSOs and networks, from the Global North and South, our work will strengthen the capacity of CSOs and enable their collective action to bring about more inclusive, constructive and legitimate power relations. Just Future’s vision is of a world in which all people in fragile states benefit from more accessible, responsive and accountable security and justice institutions, and more inclusive arrangements for political governance and peace-making. Just Future’s vision will be delivered through achievement of three inter-related outcomes, specifically: Outcome 1: Security providers are more responsive and accountable, and take action enabling the most excluded constituencies to enjoy safety, protection, and enforcement of the law Outcome 2: Justice providers are more responsive and accountable, and take action enabling the most excluded constituencies to defend and enforce their rights, redress grievances and resolve disputes Outcome 3: The most excluded constituencies influence policymakers in a context of adequate civic space and respect for human rights, leading to more inclusive political decision-making and peace processes. Since the dynamics of fragility and conflict affect women and men, and younger and older people differently, inclusion of women and youth is at the core of the program.
Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) - Iraq JISRA is an interfaith partnership – including Catholic, Islamic, Protestant, interreligious and secular consortium
partners and local partners – which will promote Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in Ethiopia, Indonesia,
Iraq, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda. We will partner with religious actors as agents of change within the
broader civic space.
Through this programme we will:
• Strengthen the voice of religious actors in civil society and in nurturing civic space
• Leverage religious actors’ constructive role in high level advocacy
• Build on the consortium’s extensive FoRB experience and best practices
• Specifically focus on women and youth
JISRA will work within religious communities to challenge discrimination, extremist tendencies and hate towards others (intrareligious sphere). We will facilitate and strengthen bridges between religious communities
by encouraging interreligious action and addressing common grievances (interreligious sphere). And JISRA will
engage with local, national and international authorities to make state action towards religious freedom more
effective and to challenge divisive policies and practices (extrareligious sphere).