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Evaluation of PBF PVE Project “Communities resilient to violent ideologies”
Overview
Violent extremism is still a relatively new phenomenon. It was estimated in 2015 by International Crisis Group that around 3000 citizens of Central Asian countries have joined radical groups fighting in Syria and Iraq. At that time this number constituted 20% of all recorded foreign terrorist fighters in these two countries. In November 2016 the Ministry of Interior of Kyrgyzstan in reported that 803 citizens of Kyrgyzstan are fighting abroad. Most of them were young men between 25 and 35, while women constituted up to 25% of this number. In February 2020 State Committee on National Security reported that 600 citizens of Kyrgyzstan continue to fight abroad as members of extremist and terrorist groups.
In order to address the issue of violent extremism Peacebuilding Fund approved Peacebuilding Priority Plan for 2017-2020 with three interlinked outcomes. At the implementation level each outcome was formulated into a project. The third outcome was implemented by UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women through a joint project called “Communities resilient to violent ideologies” with a budget of $2,601,082.
The project implementation started on January 11, 2018. The project’s original duration was 36 months; However, in 2020 due to delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the project was extended till 10 July 2021.
Project interventions focused on promoting civic education in the 8 vocational and 11 religious’ schools (madrasah) through needs assessment, developing educational materials (guide for teachers and workbook for students on civic education, app, video tutorials, podcasts) capacity building exercises (trainings, exchange meetings, small initiatives). Community dialogues component included trainings among religious leaders (male and female) and civic activists in the pilot communities on PVE, peacebuilding, tolerance and other topics. These community members implemented initiatives dedicated to the prevention of violence, promoting tolerance, education of
Report Details
| Year Published | |
| Type | |
| Joint | No |
| Partner/s | N/A |
| Consultant name | |
| Agency Focal Point | Nuriia Karakulova |
| Focal Point Email | nkarakulova@unicef.org |
| Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | No |
| Geographic Scope | Country |
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