East & Southern Africa Regional Hub: Launch Event
Strong Cities launched a new East & Southern Africa Regional Hub at an inspiring event with local, national, civil society…
Recent News
Mayors and City Leaders Take the Floor in New York
In September, in the margins of the opening of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, the Strong Cities Network held…
Enhancing National-Local Coordination on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Radicalisation and Terrorist Attack
Strong Cities collaborated with IIJ in in Surabaya, Indonesia, to co-host a workshop on Enhancing National-Local Coordination on Prevention, Preparedness…
Communications and psychosocial support in the aftermath of a terror attack or act of violent extremism
In August, the Strong Cities Network Central Management Unit delivered a training in Male, Maldives, on communications and psychosocial support…
USAID: Exploring the Integration of Youth and Trauma-Informed Approaches in P/CVE Programming in Sub-Saharan Africa
Strong Cities Network’s Isel van Zyl led a roundtable discussion with preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) practitioners at an…
Young Cities: Youth Innovation Lab in Liège
Strong Cities’ youth pillar, Young Cities, expands to Liège to train 21 young activists on developing projects and campaigns for…
New Publication | City Consultations: Slovakia – Challenges, Needs and Priorities of Bratislava and Žilina
Strong Cities conducted a mapping exercise of the threat landscape and the P/CVE needs and priorities of cities in the…
State of Play: National-Local Cooperation in P/CVE – What We Learned & What Needs to Improve
The Strong Cities Network invited four experts to discuss the findings of a three-month long investigation into the barriers to…
Launch of Strong Cities Regional Hubs
The Strong Cities Network Central Management Unit is excited to announce the launch of new Regional Hubs in East &…
Launch of STRIVE Cities
STRIVE Cities is an exciting new global initiative that will support SCN’s engagement with cities and local leaders in East…
What we do
DesignWe 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.