The Network of Policymakers and Religious Leaders in Nigeria convenes high level government representatives and senior religious leaders from across the country to address ethno-religious conflict and build peaceful coexistence between adherents of Nigeria’s two main faiths, Islam and Christianity.
Participants of the Network recognize that policymaking and implementation need religious voices in order to deescalate the interreligious and intercultural conflicts which threaten the country’s stability. The Network intends to foster better informed and more inclusive policies which take into account the sensitivities and needs of Nigeria’s diverse community groups.
Rather than engaging in conflict resolution and post-conflict processes, the Network will work to formulate preventive measures that address tensions before they erupt into violent confrontation.
KAICIID and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) support the Network in carrying out their policy review by facilitating regular meetings and ensuring that religious actors provide inputs to the policy briefs.
11-12 December 2019
120 KAICIID Fellows from around the world discussed in Vienna, Austria the role of interreligious dialogue in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The sustainable development goals address challenges such as education, gender equality, sustainable communities, peace and justice. The conference was centred on five panels of experts, composed of 33 Fellows alumni and members of KAICIID’s interreligious Board. The initiative reflected KAICIID's aim of making the grassroots experience of activists and religious leaders relevant to the wider human development goals at policymaking level. The event culminated in the graduation of 93 new Fellows from the International, Arab, Europe and South South-East Asia cohorts.
KAICIID's dialogue tools are a collection of resources designed for use in facilitating and fostering interreligious and intercultural dialogue. They include classroom toolkits, facilitation manuals, field research and case studies, policy briefs and interactive activities for all ages like our Dialogo! game. Click on the resources below to download.
A joint work of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities and the PaRD work-stream on SDG 16: peace, justice and strong institutions
In order to ensure effective inclusion and participation, KAICIID believes organizations need to build the capacity of people seeking refuge to approach integration proactively and from a position of empowerment, equipped with dialogue skills.
In order to ensure effective inclusion and participation, KAICIID believes organizations need to build the capacity of people seeking refuge to approach integration proactively and from a position of empowerment, equipped with dialogue skills.
The Network for Dialogue was initiated in 2018 by the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in order to bring faith and civil society actors from around Europe together to promote the use of dialogue and develop more effective recommendations for social inclusion policies for migrants and refugees in Europe.
COVID-19 has become a global threat, endangering not only the health and welfare but also the peaceful coexistence and social cohesion of our communities. This guide provides practical examples and recommendations that spur the growth of existing interfaith initiatives, and the establishment of new ones, to address some of the many challenges related to COVID-19, while emphasising the development and strengthening of cross-community relations through dialogue.