REDUCING INSECURITY AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE NORTHERN AND COASTAL REGIONS (RE-INVENT PROGRAMME) IN MOMBASA, KWALE, KILIFI AND TANA RIVER COUNTIES

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REDUCING INSECURITY AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE NORTHERN AND COASTAL REGIONS (RE-INVENT PROGRAMME) IN MOMBASA, KWALE, KILIFI AND TANA RIVER COUNTIES

REDUCING INSECURITY AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE NORTHERN AND COASTAL REGIONS (RE-INVENT PROGRAMME) IN MOMBASA, KWALE, KILIFI AND TANA RIVER COUNTIES

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CONCEPT

The Project:

KECOSCE in Partnership with Coffey International Limited and Tetra tech Company is implementing the “Reducing Insecurity and Violent Extremism in the Northern and Coastal Regions (RE-INVENT Programme)” in Tana River, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale Counties of the Coast Region of Kenya. Reinvent is a security intervention funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) and implemented by Coffey International, Danish Demining Group (DDG) and Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in eighteen counties of Kenya.

 

The Project is implemented in Tana River, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale Counties for a period of twelve (12) months. The goal of the project is Local ownership of safety and security initiatives including PCVE at county and community levels. Successful implementation of this project shall result to State and non-state actors collaborating in a mutually accountable and inclusive way to respond effectively to causes of violence.

The project will directly reach to 740 people from the Peacebuilding and Preventing Violent Extremism workstream (290 from peacebuilding and 450 from PCVE work stream). Among the people to be reached are National and County government officials (County commissioners, Governors, MCAs, CECs, Directors of departments), CEFs, civil society organizations, County and Sub county peace committees, youth and marginalized or people with disabilities.

 

The projects specific objectives include:

 

  1. Improved institutional ownership of peace at the county level.
  2. Strengthened partnerships and cooperation with National Government representatives at the County level and county governments of Kwale, Mombasa and Kilifi on peace building.
  3. Enhanced capacity of the County PCVE forum to prevent and respond to the threat of violent extremism in Tana River and
  4. Improved political support on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) in the four counties.

 

To achieve the above objectives, the following are some of the activities that KECOSCE will conduct in the four counties.

 

  1. Conduct a Project Inception Meetings for Mombasa, Kwale and Kilifi counties
  2. Stakeholder Sensitization and Consultative Forums
  3. Capacity Building Training Workshops for County Engagement forum.
  4. Support Quarterly CEF Meetings.
  5. Conduct Police-community dialogue forums.
  6. Conduct CVE Focused leadership forums.
  7. Lobby and advocacy with political leadership on county CAPs
  8. Conduct consultative meetings with County Executive Committee Members and House Committee leaders of the County Assemblies.
  9. Support peace policy implementation meetings
  10. Conduct sensitization workshops on conflict sensitive approaches to development.
  11. Support the formulation of Mombasa Peace Policy
  12. Support and coordinate County conflicts Early warning and early response mechanisms
  13. Program monitoring, learning and documentation to inform county and national government decisions on conflict management, PCVE and conflict sensitive development.