Coast Colloquium on CVE 2018
Welcome to the Second Annual Colloquium on Preventing and Countering of Violent Extremism (P/CVE).
In 2016, HURIA organized the First County Colloquium on CVE at the Kenya School of Government in Matuga, Kwale County. The Colloquium was convened that time in response to the increasing threat of violent extremism that leads to terrorism and its impacts to the economy and livelihoods of the communities in Kwale County and the region at large. It provided an important space for the County’s political leadership and diverse local and regional experts and practitioners to openly converse on CVE. This particular Colloquium is what mooted the idea of developing the first County Action Plan on CVE for Kwale County that has now been emulated in four other Coastal Counties and other parts of the Country.
This year, HURIA with support from the UN Women and USAID is again organizing another colloquium on P/CVE that will invite participation beyond Kwale County for 2 days at the Pride Hotel in Mombasa. Over 200 women and men CVE practitioners, researchers, academicians and politicians from Kwale, Mombasa, Kwale and other high risk counties will meet to deliberate on the emerging trends and patterns of violent extremism for the 2 days discussions.
The Colloquium has now become part of HURIA’s Flagship Annual Conversations on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism interesting a wide range of participants. This years’ Colloquium seeks to understand and realize the following key issues:
• The emerging trends and patterns of violent extremism at the Coast of Kenya,
• Take stock of the efforts made in response to VE, best practices and early stages of new programming in schools and Prisons besides how the Action Plans on CVE developed have impacted on the P/CVE efforts since their launching in Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa and Lamu Counties.
• It will seek to understand the economic cost of preventing and countering violent extremism and the impact of terrorism to the economy and politics at the Coast and the country at large
• It will seek to further understand the response of key actors such as the Judiciary, Parliamentarians, and Private Sector, learning institutions, prisons and the probation officers and bring to fore their important roles on PVE
The Colloquium also infuses a special theme on Women in P/CVE. The increasing prevalence of women as active, valuable participants in extremist organizations is spurring greater interest among government leaders, civil society and researchers in examining women’s roles in CVE. There’s grown consensus amongst researchers and practitioners that women play a number of different roles in both the prevention of violent extremism and perpetration of terrorism. This interest is welcome, as reliable information on the use and intersection of gender in CVE is just emerging and still deficient.
Understanding the roles women play in supporting violent extremism will critically inform efforts to create spaces where women can and should participate in countering it. It is critical to developing more nuanced and targeted efforts to counter violent extremism and preventing terrorism. This colloquium will also attempt to locate women’s roles in countering violent extremism and radicalization from the private sphere to the public. The colloquium acknowledges that women bring a new perspective to the conversations in this area and should therefore be involved in the full range of activities available to men, including in community life, politics, law enforcement and other state agencies.
Colloquium Partners
The convening of this colloquium has been made possible through the funding support from the UN Women and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). HURIA has also partnered with the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) through the Building Civil Society Resilience (BRICS) Program.
Structure of the Colloquium
The colloquium will include panel discussions, power point presentations and remarks from key speakers. At least 27 panelists will engage in diverse discussions bringing together experts and practitioners to deliberate on 7 different sessions. The colloquium will also infuse break out sessions to ensure effective participation of all.
Proposed Topics of Discussion and Rationale:
1. CVE Agenda at the Coast of Kenya: Patterns, Trends and Emerging Issues
This session will frame and contextualize the conversations. It will highlight key trends and patterns of violent extremism and efforts made this far at the coast of Kenya. It will also discuss the emerging role of women on VE. The session will also discuss the emergence of criminal gangs and involvement of women at the Coast and its possible linkages to violent extremism. The panelists in this session will include renowned historians and academicians, sociologists, policy and research organizations and representatives from the National Counter Terrorism Centre.
2. Judicial Response to Violent Extremism and Radicalization at the Coast of Kenya: State of Play and steps ahead
This session will focus on the major role of judicial stakeholders in detecting and dealing with radicalization and they fully play it. They will share their understanding of the violent extremism phenomenon and their valuable insights into the personal, structural, ideological, political and social drivers of radicalization to terrorism. Panelists in this session will include senior officers from the Judiciary, Prisons and the Probation.
3. Strengthening the Role of Coast Parliamentarians in Countering Violent Extremism
This session will convene coast-based politicians from different political divide. The session will assess the different roles the coast parliamentarians can play to strengthen their legislative role and agenda in CVE at the coast. Specifically, it will seek to mobilize women members of parliament to play front role in preventing violent extremism in the region. This session will also take stock of the milestones achieved after development of the County Action Plans on CVE at the Coast. Panelists will share their experiences on how the plans can be linked to other national and county plans of significance. They will also look at possible opportunities for actualizing the plans besides sharing their experiences on the challenges this far.
4. The Political Economy of Terrorism in Kenya and the Role of Private Sector in CVE
This session will seek to sensitize participants on the economic and political cost of countering violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism. It will look at the measures and efforts put in by both state and non-state actors and their implication in the economy and politics of the country. It will also explore role of private sector in CVE as well as the impact the sector has suffered from terrorism. This session will invite renowned economists and leaders in the private sector including the tourism and mining industry.
5. Enhancing Women Participation in CVE and the Role of Women Victims of Terror in CVE: New Efforts, Successes and Challenges.
This session will suggest new policy frameworks and efforts that can enhance women participation in CVE work. Panelists will tease out suggestions from a Framework developed by HURIA and a Women Charter on CVE developed by the Coast Education Centre (COEC).
6. Dis-engagements and Rehabilitation in Communities and Prisons
Panelists in this session will discuss disengagements efforts and rehabilitation of returnees in the prisons and communities set up. The session will also assess state and non-state actors efforts in reintegrating and rehabilitating returnees. Panelists will include the officers from the probation, the International Organization for Migration (IoM), the National Counter-Terrorism Centre and the Taita Taveta University (TTU).
8. Role of Education in CVE: Lessons Learnt in Early Stage Programming on CVE in Secondary Schools
This session will seek to assist practitioners sharpen their approaches in delivering education programmes that build young people’s resilience to violent extremist messaging and foster a positive sense of identity and belonging. The session will focus on the early stage programming of CVE in secondary schools through Amani Clubs. Panelists will focus on lessons learned from the Amani Peace Clubs work in schools, why secondary school children are at risk of VE and how; and what more needs to be done in secondary schools - where the gaps are. The session is premised on the understanding that education cannot prevent an individual from committing a violent act in the name of a violent extremist ideology but the provision of relevant education of good quality can help create the conditions that make it difficult for violent extremist ideologies and acts to proliferate.
In 2016, HURIA organized the First County Colloquium on CVE at the Kenya School of Government in Matuga, Kwale County. The Colloquium was convened that time in response to the increasing threat of violent extremism that leads to terrorism and its impacts to the economy and livelihoods of the communities in Kwale County and the region at large. It provided an important space for the County’s political leadership and diverse local and regional experts and practitioners to openly converse on CVE. This particular Colloquium is what mooted the idea of developing the first County Action Plan on CVE for Kwale County that has now been emulated in four other Coastal Counties and other parts of the Country.
This year, HURIA with support from the UN Women and USAID is again organizing another colloquium on P/CVE that will invite participation beyond Kwale County for 2 days at the Pride Hotel in Mombasa. Over 200 women and men CVE practitioners, researchers, academicians and politicians from Kwale, Mombasa, Kwale and other high risk counties will meet to deliberate on the emerging trends and patterns of violent extremism for the 2 days discussions.
The Colloquium has now become part of HURIA’s Flagship Annual Conversations on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism interesting a wide range of participants. This years’ Colloquium seeks to understand and realize the following key issues:
• The emerging trends and patterns of violent extremism at the Coast of Kenya,
• Take stock of the efforts made in response to VE, best practices and early stages of new programming in schools and Prisons besides how the Action Plans on CVE developed have impacted on the P/CVE efforts since their launching in Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa and Lamu Counties.
• It will seek to understand the economic cost of preventing and countering violent extremism and the impact of terrorism to the economy and politics at the Coast and the country at large
• It will seek to further understand the response of key actors such as the Judiciary, Parliamentarians, and Private Sector, learning institutions, prisons and the probation officers and bring to fore their important roles on PVE
The Colloquium also infuses a special theme on Women in P/CVE. The increasing prevalence of women as active, valuable participants in extremist organizations is spurring greater interest among government leaders, civil society and researchers in examining women’s roles in CVE. There’s grown consensus amongst researchers and practitioners that women play a number of different roles in both the prevention of violent extremism and perpetration of terrorism. This interest is welcome, as reliable information on the use and intersection of gender in CVE is just emerging and still deficient.
Understanding the roles women play in supporting violent extremism will critically inform efforts to create spaces where women can and should participate in countering it. It is critical to developing more nuanced and targeted efforts to counter violent extremism and preventing terrorism. This colloquium will also attempt to locate women’s roles in countering violent extremism and radicalization from the private sphere to the public. The colloquium acknowledges that women bring a new perspective to the conversations in this area and should therefore be involved in the full range of activities available to men, including in community life, politics, law enforcement and other state agencies.
Colloquium Partners
The convening of this colloquium has been made possible through the funding support from the UN Women and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). HURIA has also partnered with the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) through the Building Civil Society Resilience (BRICS) Program.
Structure of the Colloquium
The colloquium will include panel discussions, power point presentations and remarks from key speakers. At least 27 panelists will engage in diverse discussions bringing together experts and practitioners to deliberate on 7 different sessions. The colloquium will also infuse break out sessions to ensure effective participation of all.
Proposed Topics of Discussion and Rationale:
1. CVE Agenda at the Coast of Kenya: Patterns, Trends and Emerging Issues
This session will frame and contextualize the conversations. It will highlight key trends and patterns of violent extremism and efforts made this far at the coast of Kenya. It will also discuss the emerging role of women on VE. The session will also discuss the emergence of criminal gangs and involvement of women at the Coast and its possible linkages to violent extremism. The panelists in this session will include renowned historians and academicians, sociologists, policy and research organizations and representatives from the National Counter Terrorism Centre.
2. Judicial Response to Violent Extremism and Radicalization at the Coast of Kenya: State of Play and steps ahead
This session will focus on the major role of judicial stakeholders in detecting and dealing with radicalization and they fully play it. They will share their understanding of the violent extremism phenomenon and their valuable insights into the personal, structural, ideological, political and social drivers of radicalization to terrorism. Panelists in this session will include senior officers from the Judiciary, Prisons and the Probation.
3. Strengthening the Role of Coast Parliamentarians in Countering Violent Extremism
This session will convene coast-based politicians from different political divide. The session will assess the different roles the coast parliamentarians can play to strengthen their legislative role and agenda in CVE at the coast. Specifically, it will seek to mobilize women members of parliament to play front role in preventing violent extremism in the region. This session will also take stock of the milestones achieved after development of the County Action Plans on CVE at the Coast. Panelists will share their experiences on how the plans can be linked to other national and county plans of significance. They will also look at possible opportunities for actualizing the plans besides sharing their experiences on the challenges this far.
4. The Political Economy of Terrorism in Kenya and the Role of Private Sector in CVE
This session will seek to sensitize participants on the economic and political cost of countering violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism. It will look at the measures and efforts put in by both state and non-state actors and their implication in the economy and politics of the country. It will also explore role of private sector in CVE as well as the impact the sector has suffered from terrorism. This session will invite renowned economists and leaders in the private sector including the tourism and mining industry.
5. Enhancing Women Participation in CVE and the Role of Women Victims of Terror in CVE: New Efforts, Successes and Challenges.
This session will suggest new policy frameworks and efforts that can enhance women participation in CVE work. Panelists will tease out suggestions from a Framework developed by HURIA and a Women Charter on CVE developed by the Coast Education Centre (COEC).
6. Dis-engagements and Rehabilitation in Communities and Prisons
Panelists in this session will discuss disengagements efforts and rehabilitation of returnees in the prisons and communities set up. The session will also assess state and non-state actors efforts in reintegrating and rehabilitating returnees. Panelists will include the officers from the probation, the International Organization for Migration (IoM), the National Counter-Terrorism Centre and the Taita Taveta University (TTU).
8. Role of Education in CVE: Lessons Learnt in Early Stage Programming on CVE in Secondary Schools
This session will seek to assist practitioners sharpen their approaches in delivering education programmes that build young people’s resilience to violent extremist messaging and foster a positive sense of identity and belonging. The session will focus on the early stage programming of CVE in secondary schools through Amani Clubs. Panelists will focus on lessons learned from the Amani Peace Clubs work in schools, why secondary school children are at risk of VE and how; and what more needs to be done in secondary schools - where the gaps are. The session is premised on the understanding that education cannot prevent an individual from committing a violent act in the name of a violent extremist ideology but the provision of relevant education of good quality can help create the conditions that make it difficult for violent extremist ideologies and acts to proliferate.
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