Deadline: May 7, 2021 Preferred Start Date: July 1, 2021 Location: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines Contract Type: Grant Remuneration: $10,000 - $15,000 USD The Strong Cities Network (SCN) is pleased to announce an opportunity for the award of local innovation grants for civil society organizations (CSOs) to implement projects and activities aimed at preventing and...
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Louis Audet Gosselin Scientific and Strategic Director, Center for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence (CPRLV) 14 April 2021 The following opinion piece has been written by a guest author. The views expressed in it are the author’s own and cannot be attributed to the Strong Cities Network. Radicalisation is a multi-faceted phenomenon, and...
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Above: Strong Cities Network met with the Kakamega governor and his advisors Akyar Maalim East Africa Project Associate, PROACT Institute for Strategic Dialogue 14 April 2021 On 25 March 2021, the Strong Cities Network visited the Kakamega County Governor’s Office to officiate their joining the network. Kakamega County is based in Kenya’s western province close...
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Young Cities has been working to support youth leadership in P/CVE on Kenya’s coast since 2018, and not even the pandemic could stop our young activists from promoting peace, participation and unity in their communities. In February 2020, our Young Cities team conducted the third Kenyan Youth Innovation Lab.
Above: the US Capitol Building, Washington D.C. Parliament buildings in both Washington D.C. in the US and Skopje in North Macedonia were stormed by protesters in recent years. Emir Hasanovic Western Balkans Coordinator Strong Cities Network In 2008, North Macedonia and the United States signed a strategic partnership agreement, which ushered in a new chapter...
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Published: 14 April, 2021 Authors: Jeppe Albers, Joe Downy, Cianna Flyger, Marta Lopes, Gustav Plantin The Together for Safety webinars were launched in January 2021 as a joint venture between the Strong Cities Network, led by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and Nordic Safe Cities. As a series of online talks to tackle pressing urban safety and security challenges with a key...
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We are extremely pleased to announce the addition of Surabaya to the #StrongCities Network and the first from Indonesia. We greatly look forward to working with the city leadership in the years ahead. @GlobalCtr @BanggaSurabaya @infosurabaya
📖 A comparative study from @SolRandiof on the Nordic models of #multiagency approaches in the area of #radicalization, prevention and countering violent extremism. @MDPIOpenAccess
https://t.co/nHw84E7Ro2
How did fringe conspiracy theories with antisemitic roots enter the global mainstream discourse?
ISD’s @jacob_p_davey and @JakobGuhl discuss the growth of transatlantic right wing networks with @AJC_CE.
https://t.co/LqoVLw6jB8
⏳ Only one week until Making Cities Resilient 2030!
Discover how, through robust risk knowledge, planning and implementation, city #resilience can be strengthened in a spirit of peer learning and partnership.
👉 https://t.co/VSBpZmjilH
@UNDRR @ICLEI_Europe #MCR2030
📰 “Lack of transparency translates to lack of accountability.” An overview of 10 countries and their approaches to repatriating and rehabilitating ISIS fighters and families from @frontlinepbs 🔻
https://t.co/oeexbNFDov
We are extremely pleased to announce the addition of Surabaya to the #StrongCities Network and the first from Indonesia. We greatly look forward to working with the city leadership in the years ahead. @GlobalCtr @BanggaSurabaya @infosurabaya
📖 A comparative study from @SolRandiof on the Nordic models of #multiagency approaches in the area of #radicalization, prevention and countering violent extremism. @MDPIOpenAccess
https://t.co/nHw84E7Ro2
How did fringe conspiracy theories with antisemitic roots enter the global mainstream discourse?
ISD’s @jacob_p_davey and @JakobGuhl discuss the growth of transatlantic right wing networks with @AJC_CE.
https://t.co/LqoVLw6jB8
⏳ Only one week until Making Cities Resilient 2030!
Discover how, through robust risk knowledge, planning and implementation, city #resilience can be strengthened in a spirit of peer learning and partnership.
👉 https://t.co/VSBpZmjilH
@UNDRR @ICLEI_Europe #MCR2030
📰 “Lack of transparency translates to lack of accountability.” An overview of 10 countries and their approaches to repatriating and rehabilitating ISIS fighters and families from @frontlinepbs 🔻
https://t.co/oeexbNFDov
We partner with city officials to establish local risk assessments and design action plans and programmatic responses. From de-radicalisation programming to youth engagement strategies, we ensure that local responses address local needs.
Working from the ground up, we establish local coordination bodies that unite city halls, civil society educators, public health bodies, the private sector and faith leaders to identify and address community tensions. We base our success on harnessing existing and credible institutions, from social services to traditional civic infrastructure.
We galvanise mayors, city officials, local services, communities and youth, training them to play active roles in diagnosing and responding to local risk factors, creating an international repository of best practice approaches.
We help members access the latest research and best practice from across the network through our SCN Online Hub, which features stories, interviews, guides and training modules for teachers, city officials and civil society. Our SCN Hate and Extremism Mapper provides members with data, building digital observatories that correlate online risks with offline behaviour.
We act as a bridge, creating stronger working relationships between local and national governments. We also provide civil society with the knowledge, skills and resources to foster meaningful partnerships with officials in city halls.
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