SHIFT – Strengthening Interfaith Forums and Youth Engagement in Indonesia to Promote Tolerance
In November 2023, Search launched SHIFT, a 14-month initiative supported by USAID under the Asia REF project, that aims to empower youth and religious actors to respond to issues of freedom of religion in Indonesia. Context Although Indonesia’s constitution guarantees religious freedom, followers of religions outside of the six ‘official’…
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CODED – Community-Grounded Programs to Disengage Violent Extremism Offenders
Search initiated the CODED project in December 2023, an eight-month initiative supported by USAID Harmoni, that aims to improve community-grounded programs to disengage violent extremism offenders through a standardized disengagement process in East Java, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable regions to VE in Indonesia. Context Addressing radicalization…
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Final Evaluation – Building Resilience through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Prevent Violent Extremism in Indonesia – December 2022
Building Resilience through Multi-stakeholder Collaboration to Prevent Violent Extremism, Indonesia, United States Department of Counter Terrorism (CT) Bureau, 30 September 2020 - 30 September 2022 A suicide bombing attack that killed the perpetrators and injured 20 people by a newly married pair at the cathedral church in Makassar, South Sulawesi,…
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Factsheet – Situation Analysis Study on Religious Freedom and Tolerance in Indonesia – January 2022
The documents present summary of findings of situation analysis study on religious freedom and tolerance in Indonesia, under the PROTECT Program (Promoting Collective Efforts Towards Resilience and Tolerance in Indonesia), supported by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Despite its reputation as a…
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PROTECT: Promoting Collective Effort Towards Resilience and Tolerance in Indonesia
The PROTECT project launched in July 2021 by Search for Common Ground in collaboration with Yayasan Satu Keadilan (YSK), Jaringan Kerjasama Antar Umat Beragama (Jakatarub), and the KAKAK Foundation. This 30-month project seeks to empower minority groups and allies to address barriers to rights and freedoms of minority groups in…
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Conflict Management and Life Management Training for Parole and Probation Officers
This training module was published by Search in collaboration with the Directorate General of Correction, The Ministry of Law and Human Rights in 2020 under the Harmoni project with support from by United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The training aims to increase the capacity of parole and probation…
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Building Resilience through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Prevent Violent Extremism in Indonesia
Search for Common Ground implemented Building Resilience through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Prevent Violent Extremism in Indonesia from September 2020 to September 2022. The project aimed to strengthen comprehensive community-based responses to violent extremist radicalization, recruitment, and recidivism. Context Search focused on building both government and local capacity to prevent and…
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Social Media Use Needs Assessment for At-Risk Groups & In-Depth Analysis of Use of Social Media in Indonesia
Indonesia has undergone dramatic changes since its economic crisis in 1998, including a transition from authoritarianism to democracy and subsequent successful democratic elections. In more recent years, extremist groups in Indonesia have been gaining more support within national, regional and local elections. Cities such as Surabaya have suffered an upsurge…
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Final External Evaluation of SOLID-ID (Solidifying Religious Freedom in Indonesia) Project
This is the final external evaluation report of the Bureau of Democracy, Rights and Labor (DRL) funded "Solidifying Religious Freedom in Indonesia” (SOLID-ID) program, implemented by Search for Common Ground (Search). The project ran from September 2017 to March 2019 for a total of 18 months. The project was implemented…
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