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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 Organization

Search 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 Extremism

The 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 Work

The scope of work of the consultant(s) will include the following:

1. Review the existing SFCG training module called ‘Countering Violent Extremism: Facilitator’s Guide Middle East and North African edition’.
2. 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.
3. 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)

1. Review the existing SFCG training module called ‘Countering Violent Extremism: Facilitator's Guide Middle East and North African edition’.
2. Collect, analyze, and document information related to module training and practices similarly intended to build resilience from violent extremism in Indonesia.
3. 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.
4. Lead or participate in consultative meetings with SFCG stakeholders to invite inputs and feedback to drafts of the newly adapted training module.
5. Incorporate feedback and inputs generated from the stakeholder's consultation into the revision of the drafts.
6. Lead or participate in the user testing processes of the newly adapted training module.
7. Incorporate inputs and feedback generated from the user testing processes into the drafts.
8. 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.

Deliverables

Within 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:

1. 20% will be paid upon approval of an implementation plan and Inception Report.
2. 30% will be paid upon approval of the 1st draft of the adapted training module report submission.
3. 30% will be paid upon approval of the 2nd draft of the adapted training module report submission.
4. 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@sfcg.org by April 2, 2021. For further inquiries, please contact grespati@sfcg.org 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.

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