Gagandilan Mindanao Women, Inc.

SOUTH EAST ASIAN NETWORK OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER AGAINST VIOLENT EXTREMISM WORKSHOP

Bali Indonesia, December 10-12 GWMI, represented by E.D. Wahida Abdulla as memeber of the SEAN-CSO  attended the capacity building workshop of the South East Asian Network of Civil Society Organizations (SEAN-CSO), conducted in Bali Indonesia.SEAN-CSO is working together in prevention of violent extremism. This  workshop will focus on sustainability, with a view to provide specialized training and seed funding to CSOs who are creating sustainable programs. this workshop was organized by Deakin University and coordination with Australia Indonesia Partnership  for Justice 2 (AIPJ2). GMWI was able to share the NAP P/CVE during workshop to provide output for Philippines P/CVE  currently engaging on the grounds. support for social enterprise was one of the highlight of the workshop where participating member was provided seed fund to sustain  and strengthen social enterprise engagement on the grounds. Australia's approach to CVE was presented by Olivia Howell, Director international partnership CVe, Countering violent extremism Centre orientation on challenging hateful extremism discussed by Prof. Greg Barton of Deakin University, and how to strengthen SEAN-CSO Communication was facilitated by Dr. Matteo Vergani, Senior lecturer in Sociology and Senior Research Fellow at Deakin ADI