“PAVE: Strengthening Multi-Sector Collaboration For Preventing And Countering Violent Extremism In Nigeria
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Partnership Against Violent Extremism (PAVE) is a Nigerian Civil Society Network founded to foster coordination in Civil Society PCVE interventions, and enhance collaboration between government, civil society organizations (CSOs), community actors, and other non – state actors to prevent and counter violent extremism in Nigeria. It began as an initiative of the SAVE Project of the Office of the National Security Adviser in line with the emergent soft approach to preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) aimed at identifying the underlying causes of radicalization: Social, Cultural, Religious, and Economic; and to develop strategies to address the problem.
PAVE works towards a sustainable and peaceful society where the remote and proximate causes of violent extremism are holistically addressed to prevent a relapse into violence. It seeks to achieve this by creating an inclusive network that reaches out to communities at the grassroots level and connects them to national and international actors in finding sustainable solutions to the underlying causes of violent extremism. This fits into the lager PCVE approach that seeks to raise awareness about the threat of violent extremism, as well as shape policy and programming.
The problem of violent extremism is historical and complex in Nigeria.
Violent extremism emerges from a multitude of diverse fault lines such as religion, identity, geography and socio-economic factors. Violent extremism is a multi-dimensional problem that requires also a multi-faceted response. PAVE acknowledges the relevance of other disciplines such as security, development, accessible basic public services in health and education, etc, and believes it is essential that we combine our efforts with those from different sectors. However, PAVE will focus on PCVE-specific strategies in order to avoid duplication with other existing approaches.
In the light of the above, a mapping of CSOs working on peacebuilding, counter-terrorism & violent extremism is being undertaken by PAVE.
Source: Victor Ojei popularly known as WongBox