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Are you a young person living in Lebanon? We want to hear from you! Take our SCN youth survey in Arabic to be part of our study on youth perceptions of Covid-19 and local and national responses! bit.ly/3eobJ60
Webinar to Watch: 'Preventing Violent Extremism in the Classroom' at SXSW. A great webinar from @michaelduffin with excellent guest speakers, including @ISDglobal's @jkingy, former Anaheim @MayorTomTait and @Deeyah_Khan. youtube.com/watch?v=dBuutv… pic.twitter.com/zYKMtQ0a4B
"A fair and objective judicial process aids in healing and enhancing the reputation and legitimacy of the criminal justice system as a whole". @DPkalya writes for #StrongCities strongcitiesnetwork.org/en/op…
We take a look at how #COVID19 #misinformation has affected community cohesion in India, in a new report by @AmarAmarasingam and @BeingBum. #StrongCities strongcitiesnetwork.org/en/co…
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What we do
ConnectFacilitate systematic sharing of knowledge, expertise and lessons learned on building social cohesion and community resilience to prevent violent extremism across cities on an international basis, through both regional workshops and international conferences.
Raise awareness of existing policy, programming, and practice through a dynamic and searchable ‘Online Information Hub’, providing an extensive library of existing local approaches and responses to prevent violent extremism.
Directly support cities to develop strategic frameworks and capabilities to build resilience that safeguard the rights of their local communities, including through capacity building seminars and interactive training modules on themes of mutual interest.
Directly seed the development of new and innovative projects through ‘Local Innovation Grants’, providing support for cities on innovative project development and support for the transfer of promising projects that could be adapted across different locations.
Directly support cities to develop strategic frameworks and capabilities to build resilience that safeguard the rights of their local communities, including through capacity building seminars and interactive training modules on themes of mutual interest.
Provide a global platform to enable cities to jointly voice their needs and those of their communities, to inform national and international decision-making on preventing the spread and growth of violent extremism.