DEADLINE EXTENDED - Call for Partnership for Gendered Approach to Preventing Violent Extremism through Education in Iraq

UNESCO
DEADLINE EXTENDED - Call for Partnership for Gendered Approach to Preventing Violent Extremism through Education in Iraq Grant support-call for proposal

Reference: IRQ/CFPP/20/16
Beneficiary countries: Iraq
Published on: 23-Dec-2020
Deadline on: 25-Jan-2021 19:00 (GMT 3.00)

Description

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Agenda 2030 adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. This Call for Partnerships (CFP) for Implementation Partners relates to the UNESCO project:

Gendered approach to Preventing Violent Extremism through Education in Iraq

The “Gendered approach to Preventing Violent Extremism in through Education in Iraq” is an eighteen-months project funded by the government of Canada.

The project aims to build resilient communities by engaging with the dynamics of radicalisation leading to violent extremism and addressing its root causes through quality education. Specifically, the project seeks to improve resilience and wellbeing of pupils and students in Ninewa, and Al Anbar to help prevent violent extremism.

This Call for Partnership is open for national and international non-governmental organizations. The selected implementing partner will contribute to the achievement of the aforementioned objective by providing educational support and services to the conflict affected population, including IDPs, returnees and remainees, aiming at the prevention of violent extremism and improving resilience in the primary  and secondary schools, universities and the wider community in Ninewa and Al Anbar governorates, in coordination with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Ministry of Higher Education, of Federal government, and the Directorate of Education (DoE) in Ninewa and Al Anbar. In addition to empowering local actors, the projects aim to also build the capacities of local organisations. Consequently, UNESCO requires that the interested international NGOs propose local partners to co-implement the project. implement the activities and realize the objectives of the project.