Violence Prevention and Dialogue Toolkit

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Civil society organisations, facilitators planning violence reduction initiatives and dialogues.

Paynter, B., Bailey, D., Bradshaw, S. and S. Pharaon, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

2019

“To build cultures that are based on human rights while ensuring non-repetition of violations, post-conflict societies must actively engage the public on issues related to the past and on an imagined future based on peace and non-repetition.

Survivors need to be heard, and people must be able to listen to each other across the lines that divide them…

This toolkit is a resource for those who wish to host dialogues in their own communities. It covers how to plan and prepare for a dialogue, how to facilitate the dialogue itself, and how to address challenging scenarios.

The toolkit references the process of body mapping, a recognized psycho-social art and storytelling technique. As a catalyst for storytelling by survivors and for dialogue within and between communities affected by violence and conflict, body mapping is a powerful tool for beginning the truth-telling process. Body mapping is a vehicle for dialogue at multiple stages - first, during the creation of the body maps, and second (with the consent of those involved) during the display of those maps.

While the toolkit will highlight several dialogic techniques that connect well with body mapping, a knowledge of body mapping is not required to use this toolkit or to engage in dialogue.” (p.5)

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The resource is most strongly linked to SDG targets around promoting the social, economic and cultural inclusion of all (SDG 10.2), staff skills for sustainable development (SDG 4.4), Education for Sustainable Development (4.7), effective learning environments (4.A), inclusive and participatory green and public spaces (11.7), and targets around inclusive decision-making and effective institutions (11.3, 16.6, 16.7 and 16.10). These are intended to build a culture of non-violence and peaceful communities, supporting SDG 16.1 (reduce violence and deaths everywhere) and 16.3 (promoting the rule of law and equal access to justice for all).

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SDG 4.4: Increase the Number of People with Relevant Skills for Financial Success
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number of young people and adults in skills-development activities and programmes drawing on collections, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
Increase in number of young people and adults in such programmes.
Number and proportion of staff who have received training in the last year, to better support their contribution to the SDGs.
Programs and processes in place to ensure the availability of a skilled workforce.
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SDG 4.7: Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Numbers of people in each type of programme drawing on collections from different demographic groups.
Increases in numbers of people in each type of programme from different demographic groups.
Proportion of people involved in such programmes in relation to overall audience size.
Evidence that learners have acquired knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development.
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SDG 4.A: Build and Upgrade Inclusive and Safe Schools
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number and proportion of education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive.
Proportion of education facilities that provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all.
Number and type of initiatives to improve effectiveness of learning environments.
Support given to other education facilities to make them more inclusive and effective.
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SDG 10.2: Promote Universal Social Economic and Political Inclusion
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Collections development to ensure that collections effectively meet the needs of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
Number and proportion of educational and participatory programmes that promote participation irrespective of social or other status.
Numbers and proportions of people making use of collections in relation to the demographic of the local population.
Numbers and proportions of people involved in focused programmes aimed at promoting social, economic and political inclusion.
Numbers and proportions of people from different demographic groups involved in decision-making processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
Number and types of partnerships that build relationships with marginalized groups, individuals and communities.
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SDG 11.3: Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically.
Plans in place for collections-based institutions to facilitate the incorporation of communities’ views into local planning and town management processes in a regular way.
Plans in place for collections-based institutions to facilitate the incorporation of minorities’ views into local planning and town management processes in a regular way.
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SDG 11.7: Provide Access to Safe and Inclusive Green and Public Spaces
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Numbers of people accessing collecting institutions from different demographic groups, notably women, children, older people and persons with disabilities.
Increases in numbers of people accessing collecting institutions from different demographic groups.
Measures taken to remove barriers to access green and public spaces.
Extent of green space provided by collections institutions.
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SDG 16.1: Reduce Violence Everywhere
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Collections development that relates to violent crime, and violence of all kinds, and the relationships between violence and mortality.
Number of educational, awareness-raising and partnership programmes drawing on collections that aim to reduce violence and related mortality.
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SDG 16.3: Promote the Rule of Law and Ensure Equal Access to Justice
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Collections development that relates to the rule of law, equality before the law, and justice for all.
Number of activities drawing on collections, for example educational, research and partnership activities, that promote the rule of law at national and international levels, and that promote a culture of lawfulness, and the right of all to justice.
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SDG 16.6: Develop Effective Accountable and Transparent Institutions
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Proportion of the population [audience/users/non-users] satisfied with their last experience of public services.
Access to information, and accountability policies and mechanisms, in place.
Effective institutional arrangements, both for own working and for working in partnership with other sectors, in place.
Plans and arrangements in place for extraordinary circumstances such as natural and human-caused disasters.
Effective arrangements in place to fulfil legal and social obligations and responsibilities.
Effective arrangements in place for transparent communication and reporting of institutional performance.
Effective arrangements in place for transparent decision-making and accountability.
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SDG 16.7: Ensure Responsive, Inclusive and Representative Decision-Making
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions.
Proportion of population [audience/users/non-users] who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group.
Decision-making addresses societal, environmental and economic challenges related to the community, considering short-term and long-term risks and opportunities.
Decision-making draws on diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and interests, reflecting a broad base of stakeholders, and working to promote inclusion and provide effective services for all of society.
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SDG 16.10: Ensure Public Access to Information and Protect Fundamental Freedoms
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Adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information.
Plans in place, and plans implemented to enhance public access to information relating to collections.
Plans in place, and plans implemented to support fundamental freedoms, in line with human rights, national and international agreements and legislation.
Plans and procedures in place for public access to information relating to the operation and management of collections-based institutions.
Complaint mechanism in place for public to use where public access to information and fundamental freedoms not supported or fulfilled.
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