Winners of the Grant Contest on countering and preventing violent extremism are announced

October 28, 2022

On October 28, 2022, UNDP announced the winners of the Grant Contest for financing initiatives of Non-Governmental and Non-Commercial Organizations (NGOs) in the field of countering and preventing violent extremism (C/PVE).

Launched in November 2021, the contest aimed to support the activities of civil society organizations on various aspects of C/PVE.

Based on the results of the consideration of numerous applications received
by UNDP, the Selection Committee has decided to finance the projects of:

Center of the Study of Regional Threats;
Fergana regional branch of the Republican Center for Social Adaptation of Children;
NGO “Mulokot”.

The initiatives of these NGOs focus on vital strands of C/PVE such as leveraging social media, rendering MHPSS (mental health and psycho – social support) for the vulnerable groups and researching into the foreign best practices
on de-radicalization and prospects for their emulation in Uzbekistan.

The contest was held in the framework the global project “Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism in Asia (STRIVE Asia)” - a Joint EU-UN Partnership, which aims at contributing to C/PVE in Central, South and Southeast Asia through a whole of society/multi-stakeholder approach including governments, civil society and the private sector.