Deadline: 22 May 2017
Strengthening Resilience to Violence and Extremism STRIVE-Global, funded by the European Union (EU) under the financial Instrument Contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), is currently seeking proposals in order to respond to the ongoing threat of global terrorism and the need for effective responses that ameliorate, rather than exacerbate, the threat.
Focused on prevention, the overall objective of the programme is to build the capacity of state and non-state actors to effectively challenge radicalization and recruitment to terrorism while continuing to respect human rights and international law. Furthermore, the specific objective is to work with local partners to design, implement and develop approaches that have a demonstrable impact on the threat posed by radicalization and recruitment to terrorism. To reach these objectives, research to explore the drivers of extreme violence will be a starting point to guide evidence based approaches and actions to reduce radicalization to terrorism.
As the International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism, Hedayah strongly promotes global evidence based good practice: the design and development of all initiatives in the area of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) must reflect analysis of the relevant local drivers of violent extremism.
Objectives
- The global objective of this call for proposals is: to develop research resources that provide an evidence base for CVE interventions.
- The specific objective of this call for proposals is: to support research initiatives aiming to explore the drivers of radicalisation and violent extremism with a view to:
- Rooting and understanding the radicalization and appeal of terrorism.
- Profiling radical actors, terrorism supporters and foreign fighters, motivations and aspirations.
- Guiding actions to stop processes of radicalization that lead individuals towards violent extremism, reduce radicalization to terrorism and to identify what tools will best work to counter the threat and to build sustainable preventative measures.
Areas of Interest
For this call for proposals areas of interest are:
- Women and radicalization
- Religion and radicalization
- Youth, education and radicalization
- Social media/mass media and radicalization
- FTF Returnees- radicalization and de-radicalization/decline and disengagement
Funding Information
Indicative allocation of funds by geographical distribution:
- Lot 1. Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan). EUR 190,000.
- Lot 2. Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). EUR 190,000.
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 20,000
- maximum amount: EUR 50,000
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant, applicant must:
- be a legal person established in any of the countries mentioned above and
- be non-profit-making and
- be a civil society organisation or university, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and interdependent political foundations, community based organisations, private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations and networks at local, national, regional and international level with headquarters in any of the countries mentioned above and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant (s) and affiliated entity (ies), not acting as an intermediary and
- have a strong background in social research in the field.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must download the application form from the given website.
Eligible Countries
- Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
- Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia
For more information, please visit STRIVE-Global.