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Good Practice Note for Business Sector Engagement in Prevention of Violent Extremism

The Good Practice Note for Business Sector Engagement in Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) developed by Human Rights Agenda (HURIA) for Kwale County, Kenya, contaions Summary of the Good Practice Note’s purpose and key objectives. The document provides actionable guidelines for private sector involvement in PVE, emphasizing collaboration, capacity building, and community resilience.

Communique at the end of intercounty exchange on preventing And countering violent extremism

In recognition of the continuous need for peer-to-peer learning and innovation around preventing and countering radicalization and violent extremism, HURIA convened an Inter-County Exchange forum in Kwale County on January 2022. The convening was supported by the Institute of Strategic Dialogue under the auspices of the PROACT Program. For the last two years, the PROACT program has been supporting community-based interventions to address hate, polarization, and extremism in Kwale, Isiolo, and Nakuru Counties. Participating in the Forum were representatives from the National CounterTerrorism Center (NCTC), Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, County Government, and CEF members from Kwale, Isiolo, Nakuru, and Kilifi Counties.

Kwale County Action Plan

Through the development of this Plan, Kwale county has now joined the champions seeking to ensure the continued entrenchment of gender equality and equity in the counties and to avail necessary data for measuring progress. Implementation of this plan will thus be pivotal in providing strategic data on the targets and processes towards realization of meaningful engagement of women as key influencers in decision and policy making processes that affect peace and security.

Pocket Dictionary on PCVE

This pocket dictionary is a compilation of terms, phrases and vocabularies used by practitioners in the work of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE). The terms compiled may not necessarily be exhaustive but an attempt to consolidate keys words and phrases that are commonly used to refer to or give description of issues under the CVE agenda.