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Preparing an Adapted Training Module on Building Resilience Against Violent
Extremism
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Indonesia invites applications from individual
consultants/firms/research organizations dealing with freedom of religion or
preventing/countering violent extremism to prepare an Adapted Training Module
on Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism.
The training module will be used to equip those interested or assigned to take
part in building resilience from violent extremism in Indonesia with best
practices and lessons learned from various initiatives and research in the
prevention and countering of violent extremism.
The OrganizationSearch for Common Ground (SFCG) is an international
peacebuilding organization that promotes the peaceful resolution of conflicts.
SFCG’s mission is to transform how individuals, organizations, and governments
deal with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative
solutions. SFCG seeks to help conflicting parties understand their differences
and act on their commonalities. SFCG implements projects from 56 offices in 35
countries, including in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East,
and the United States.
SFCG has been working in Indonesia since 2002 and is implementing programs in
conflict transformation, peacebuilding, prison reform, conflict-sensitive
journalism, electoral participation, and initiatives with youth, media,
government agencies, informal religious leaders, and women’s groups across the
country.
Background“XTDRs” are individuals who were formerly imprisoned for their
involvement in violent extremist actions or for their support for such actions
undertaken by groups or individuals formally or informally affiliated with
terrorist networks. “Extreme” political or religious ideals are those that
cannot coexist with the policies of democratic countries such as Indonesia,
which is strongly rooted in cultural diversity and its five guiding principles,
called Pancasila. XTDRs include those intercepted, returned, or deported from
their attempted trip abroad to join groups affiliated with the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or to reside in ISIS-controlled territories.
In response to a series of terrorist and violent extremist attacks in the
country, the government of Indonesia has taken both administrative and legal
enforcement measures against those involved in terrorism and violent extremism.
As a result, thousands of violent extremist actors were arrested and
imprisoned, and in conjunction, their networks were dismantled. Those traveling
abroad attempting to join terrorist networks were also intercepted, returned,
or deported home.
Despite these major successes in combating terrorist activities and their
networks, fresh crackdowns by the police’s specialized anti-terror squad,
called Densus 88, against alleged violent extremist activities continue to take
place. Between February and March 2021 alone, the police was reported to have
arrested at least 50 alleged terrorists in various locations in South Sulawesi,
East Java, North, and West Sumatra. These fresh crackdowns clearly show that
violent extremist and terrorist organizations or networks in Indonesia continue
to operate and remain capable to recruit new members and supporters.
To overcome these issues, in addition to the use of security approaches by the
police and other legal enforcement agencies, it is important to also intensify
non-security approaches that can contain violent extremism organization (VEO)
recruitment efforts and stall the spread of extremist ideologies. These can be
done through the implementation of new initiatives, tactics, and tools that can
match evolving challenges and needs.
As part of the effort to strengthen the implementation of and continuously
improve non-security approaches in preventing/countering violent extremism
(P/CVE) in Indonesia, SFCG intends to prepare a training module on building
resilience against violent extremism. This training module aims to equip the
SFCG’s stakeholders and partners with new knowledge, tactics, and tools to
prevent and counter violent extremism.
For this purpose, SFCG will make the best use of the existing training module
called ‘Countering Violent Extremism: Facilitator’s Guide’ that was jointly
produced by SFCG and Hedayah for Middle Eastern and North African audiences and
contexts in 2019. This training module outlines processes for training
participants to generate a deeper understanding based on lessons learned from
various best practices and research in P/CVE. Despite being produced for a
different audience, most of the content of the training module and materials
are also applicable for general P/CVE practitioners in Indonesian contexts.
However, to ensure that the module best fits the training purposes in
Indonesia, further adaptation and contextualization of the training module and
materials will be needed.
This initiative is part of the SFCG project titled “Building Resilience through
Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Prevent Violent Extremism in Indonesia.”
Through this project, SFCG aims to contribute to the capacity building of
Indonesia’s national and local governments to promote alternative narratives
that can counter the spread of violent extremist ideologies and to improve
rehabilitation and reintegration (R&R) programs that can decrease the risks of
XTDRs re-engaging with violent extremist ideologies.
Preparation of the training module on Building Resilience from Violent
ExtremismThe consultant(s) will be required to review the existing SFCG
training module called ‘Countering Violent Extremism: Facilitator’s Guide,
Middle East and North African edition’. Based on the review, the consultant(s)
will be required to propose an outline of contents that fit with the purposes,
duration, and target groups of the training on Building Resilience Against
Violent Extremism that SFCG plans to implement with the partners in Indonesia.
Once the outline is mutually agreed upon with the SFCG team, the consultant(s)
will be required to design the adaptation and contextualization of the training
module and materials, lead the consultation and testing processes with SFCG
stakeholders, and incorporate inputs or feedback generated from the processes.
Last, the consultant(s) will finalize the adapted training module with new case
studies, exercises, methods, presentation materials, and/or hand-outs in Bahasa
Indonesia.
Scope of WorkThe scope of work of the consultant(s) will include the following:
- Review the existing SFCG training module called ‘Countering Violent
Extremism: Facilitator’s Guide Middle East and North African edition’.
- Propose an outline of contents and processes of training that will fit
with the purpose, duration, and target groups of the SFCG planned training in
Indonesia.
- Produce the adapted training module with new case studies, exercises,
methods, processes, presentation materials, hand-outs, and pre and post-tests
in Bahasa Indonesia that fit with the purpose, duration, and target groups of
the SFCG planned training in Indonesia.
Key Duties of Consultant(s)
- Review the existing SFCG training module called ‘Countering Violent
Extremism: Facilitator's Guide Middle East and North African edition’.
- Collect, analyze, and document information related to module training and
practices similarly intended to build resilience from violent extremism in
Indonesia.
- Propose an outline of contents of training and processes that will fit
with the purpose, duration, and target groups of the SFCG’s planned training in
Indonesia. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the training module should be
designed for use as both conventional (in person) and online training.
- Lead or participate in consultative meetings with SFCG stakeholders to
invite inputs and feedback to drafts of the newly adapted training module.
- Incorporate feedback and inputs generated from the stakeholder's
consultation into the revision of the drafts.
- Lead or participate in the user testing processes of the newly adapted
training module.
- Incorporate inputs and feedback generated from the user testing processes
into the drafts.
- Finalize the newly adapted training module with new case studies,
exercises, methods, processes, presentation materials, hand-outs, and pre and
post-tests in Bahasa Indonesia that fit with the purpose, duration, and target
groups of the SFCG’s planned training in Indonesia.
DeliverablesWithin the consultancy period, the consultant(s) is expected to
complete the above-mentioned scope of work. The deliverables are as follows:
- Inception report and work plan completed within the first 7 days. The
inception report should have detailed steps on processes needed to complete the
assignments. The inception report and the list of preliminary documents need
formal approval from the SFCG Indonesia team before starting the process to
draft the assignments.
- Draft of the outline of contents to be included in the to-be adapted
training module. The report is subject to the SFCG Indonesia team’s review. The
report should be submitted in an MS Word document.
- First draft of the newly adapted training module on building resilience
from violent extremism. The draft should include at least the objective of each
learning session, its methodology, its processes, its presentation materials,
its hand-out materials, and its learning evaluation (pre and post-tests).
- Second draft of the newly adapted training module on building resilience
from violent extremism, incorporating feedback and inputs from the SFCG team
and/or SFCG stakeholders, especially from the testing processes.
- Final draft of the newly adapted training module. The review and feedback
may take multiple rounds depending on the quality of the report. No final
payment will be made until the report is formally approved by the SFCG team.
One copy of the final report should be submitted in MS Word format.
The consultancy period will be between April 7th to May 31st, 2021. The
applicant is expected to propose the minimum number of person-days required for
the assignment. The consultant(s) preferably should be based in Jakarta.
Remuneration
The schedule of payment of the consultancy fee is as follows:
- 20% will be paid upon approval of an implementation plan and Inception
Report.
- 30% will be paid upon approval of the 1st draft of the adapted training
module report submission.
- 30% will be paid upon approval of the 2nd draft of the adapted training
module report submission.
- 20% will be paid upon approval of the final draft of the adapted training
module report submission.
No Payment (second installment) will be made unless the report is approved by
the SFCG Indonesia team.
Supervision of the Consultant(s)The consultant(s) will work under the Program
Manager in collaboration with program staff of SFCG Indonesia.
Qualifications:
- Strong expertise in training and module development;
- Proven track record of writing a high quality fully edited report in
English and Bahasa;
- Strong understanding of violent extremism, conflict, social analysis in
the context of Indonesia is highly desirable;
- Work experience in Indonesia;
- Fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
Application process:Interested candidates should send their CV, technical
proposal, financial proposal (detailing the cost calculations), and one sample
of a training module produced by the applicant to phandayani@xxxxxxxx by April
2, 2021. For further inquiries, please contact grespati@xxxxxxxx by March 29th,
2021.Only short-listed offerors will be contacted for further consideration.
Telephone calls and office visits for inquiries are not entertained and may
lead to the applicant’s disqualification.
Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work.