The day after - Syria - The day after - Syria RBM Syrien - Dagen efter Detta är ett treårigt programstöd till The Day After på 9 500 000 SEK. The Day After är en syrisk organisation, baserad i Istanbul i Turkiet, som arbetar med kapacitetsbyggande för det syriska civilsamhället, påverkansarbete gentemot internationella samfundet samt genomför studier och säkerställer att dokument angående markrättigheter skyddas för framtida förhandlingar. The Day After samordnar också aktörer inom området övergångsrättvisa. Sida kommer att samstödja programmet med Danmark, Canada och Schweiz. 

The Day Afters program ska stärka det syriska civilsamhällets och lokala ledares förmåga att arbeta för demokratisk förändring, inklusive fred och stabilitet. The Day After är en rättighetsbaserad organisation och den arbetar för ett brett deltagande av syriska aktörer i de områden de är aktiva. The Day After kommer att stödja småskalliga initiativ inne i Syrien via olika civil samhälles organisationer och lokala institutioner. Dessa stöd ska vara i linje med The Days Afters mandat och leda till bättre förståelse för fredsbyggande och mänskliga rättigheter. The Day After strävar också efter att kvinnor ska delta i högra grad i de lokala initiativen de stödjer. 

The Day Afters program kommer att bidra till att uppnå de målsättningar som fastslagits i den svenska Syrienstrategin: att stärka kapaciteten hos syriska civilsamhällesorganisationer och lokala strukturer att bedriva påverkansarbete, delta i dialog och bidra till freds- och statsbyggnad. The Day After bedöms att ha relevant erfarenhet och kapacitet för att genomföra programmet. TDA will be supporting civil society communicators to mobilize their communities and
lead initiatives that promotes the rule of law and good governance. These activities
strengthen the rule of law and build the capacity and experience of local leaders,
promote their legitimacy and responsiveness to local concerns, and ensure that civil
society leaders reach and include the voices of diverse segments of the Syrian population.
For example, TDA’s Communicators will involve over 60 local Syrian organizations in
joint activities aiming to strengthen accountability and rule of law. They will lead 18
campaigns that raise awareness around the goals and objectives for a lasting, democratic
transition and improved accountability of local power holders to citizens. They will also
build the capacity of local leaders to respond to local concerns, and will continue
supporting nascent grassroots organisations to implement their ideas, with a particular
focus on activities focused on women, minorities, and marginalized groups. TDA aims to lay the foundation for a durable peace in Syria by strengthening the capacity of key civil society actors and amplifying their voices within policy debates, with a particular focus on transitional justice and rule of law. Founded in 2012 with the objective of preparing for a new post-Assad Syria, TDA has been working to support a transition towards a more stable and democratic Syria and has adapted its support to the Syrian opposition in response to developments in the Syrian conflict. The outcome of the programme is Civil society actors are more representative, better coordinated and amplified, and able bring to discussions cohesive, evidence-based, widely supported recommendations, with an eye on a future transition.The outputs are;Output 1.  Targeted CS leaders are reinforced and capable of administering campaigns, holding discussions, open forums and seminars, assisting local groups and building coalitionsOutput 2.  Targeted CS leaders, decision makers and other national and international actors are informed about community perceptions and needs on transitional justice issues through TDA surveys.Output 3. Civil society (including women, youth, minorities, and other groups) is coordinated, trained and informed on transitional justice and is included in key policy discussionsOutput 4. The capacities of lawyers, CS leaders and judges to preserve documentation is increased.To achieve its results TDA has adopted a bottom-up and top-down approach: the former aims to strengthen local civil society in Syria through information, capacity building and networking, and the latter provides overall guidance and strategic thinking on the broader elements of a transition in Syria to various stakeholders. TDA currently operates against four lines of activities: civil society campaigns, surveys and focus groups, the safeguarding of documents and support to the Transitional Justice Coordination Group.Over the next three years, TDA will continue to produce surveys to reflect the Syrian public’s perspectives on issues of transition, to coordinate civil society on these issues to become more knowledgeable and credible participants in discussions of transition, and to work on document preservation to avoid escalating conflict in Syria. In this same timeframe, TDA’s Communicators will involve over 60 local Syrian organizations in joint activities aiming to strengthen accountability and rule of law, will lead 18 campaigns that raise awareness around the goals and objectives for a lasting, democratic transition and improved accountability of local power holders to citizens, will build the capacity of local leaders to respond to local concerns.