Tunisia CVE Prison Project Narrative Quarterly Report
Award number: DSH-4000000984 Reporting Period:
January 1– March 31, 2019
Contact: Hilde Deman Bouraoui Ouni Country Director Senior Project Manager Search for Common Ground-Tunisia Search for Common Ground-Tunisia 15, rue Khalifa Ben Jeddou, Manar 3, Tunis 15, rue Khalifa Ben Jeddou, Manar 3, Tunis Tel +216 98 743 803, [email protected] Tel +216 98 743 805, [email protected]
Acronyms Search Search for Common Ground Search-Tunisia Search for Common Ground-Tunisia DGPR Tunisian Directorate General for Prisons and Re-education DCAF Geneva Center for Democratic Control on Armed Forces CDC Child Detention Center MoJ Tunisian Ministry of Justice CSO Civil society organization NGO Non-governmental organization INGO International non-governmental organization ISSAT International Security Sector Advisory Team CT Commission National Commission on Counter-Terrorism VE Violent Extremism VEP Violent Extremist Prisoner RFTF Returning foreign terrorist fighter M&E Monitoring and Evaluation ToRs Terms of Reference
Contents
Acronyms 2 Executive Summary 4 Activities of this Quarter 6 1. The selection of the sub-grantees for the small-grants program (February 2019) 6 2. Participation in the DCAF-ISSAT five-day training course on SSR’s contribution to PVE (The Hague, Feb 4-8, 2019) 11 3. The technical training for grantees (February 21-23, 2019) 12 4. The finalization of the CDC pilot training trainer selection process. 14 5. Coordination with MoJ-DGPR on the first regional study visit to Morocco 16 6. Additional assistance (fields visits) for grantees (March 2019) 17 7. Coordination with the Dutch NGO “Young In Prison” (March 2019) 19 8. Preparing ToRs for the DGPR training (March 2019) 20 Challenges and Lessons Learned Error! Bookmark not defined. Next Steps 21 Annexes 23 Annex 1 - CSO and Media selection criteria Error! Bookmark not defined. Annex 2 - Small Grants Technical Training Agenda 23 Annex 3 - ToRs of the CDC Pilot Training on Conflict Transformation 24
Executive Summary
On December 4, 2017, Search for Common Ground-Tunisia (Search-Tunisia) and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Stabilisation and Humanitarian Aid Department signed a Grant Decision to fund a second phase of the prison project implemented by Search-Tunisia from December 1, 2015 to October 31, 2017. The overall objective of this second phase is to prevent engagement with violent ideologies amongst adult and young Tunisian detainees during and after their period of detention through improved rehabilitation and reintegration programming. This objective will be achieved through the following specific outcomes:
1. Enhance the capacity of the staff of the Directorate General for Prisons and Re-education (DGPR), of prisons, and of Child Detention Centers (CDCs) to manage, rehabilitate, and reintegrate adult and young detainees, including violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) and imprisoned returning foreign terrorist fighters (RFTFs), in line with international human rights standards for treatment of detainees. 2. Increase cooperation and coordination between state and non-state stakeholders in efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate detainees, including violent extremist prisoners and returning foreign terrorist fighters.
The activities of this second phase of the project will revolve around the main themes of rehabilitation and reintegration of adult detainees and juveniles in prisons and CDCs, in respect of international human rights standards. This will include a particular reference to the management and rehabilitation of VEPs and RFTFs in prisons, which have been identified as priority issues by the DGPR and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) during activities of the first phase. These themes will be tackled through four main activity components with the following respective expected results: ➢ Capacity building of the personnel of the DGPR and of 27 Tunisian prisons and 5 CDCs. Expected results: At the level of the DGPR: 1. Two five-day training workshops completed (a total of ten days of training) and 60 staff trained; 2. One manual produced for the management and rehabilitation of VEPs and RFTFs; 3. Nine five-day training sessions completed (for a total of 45 days of training) and a total of 270 staff trained (with 30 per training session); and 4. Two study visits, one regional in Morocco and one international to Jordan or Saudi Arabia. At the level of CDCs:
1. One five-day training program on conflict transformation completed and 40 participants trained; 2. One five-day training of trainers completed (a total of five days of training) and ten trainers certified; 3. Five two-day training workshops for 100 detained children between the ages of 13 and 18 (girls and boys), with 20 per each CDC; and 4. One study visit to a juvenile facility in the Netherlands.
➢ Dialogues and workshops to promote engagement and synergies between governmental and non-governmental stakeholders (including business and private enterprises) around issues related to the rehabilitation, reintegration, and socio-economic reinsertion of former detainees. Expected results: 1. One national workshop on the management, rehabilitation, and the reintegration of VEPs; 2. One national retreat on societal engagement in the rehabilitation and the reintegration of the former prisoners including VEPs; 3. One national dialogue forum on juvenile offenders; and 4. One national dialogue on the rehabilitation and sustainable socio- economic reintegration of all categories of inmates, including VEPs and RFTFs.
➢ The development of locally contextualized content that will support the management, rehabilitation, and reintegration of vulnerable categories of detainees, including VEPs, RFTFs, and children released from CDCs, in respect of international human rights standards and practices regarding detainees. Expected results: The training on management, rehabilitation and reintegration of VEPs that will target the DGPR level, which will enable the production of a draft manual on managing, rehabilitating, and reintegrating this category of inmates in Tunisia’s specific context.
➢ Micro-grants to support initiatives by civil society organizations (CSOs), private sector actors, and media in the fields of rehabilitation, reintegration, and the socio-economic reinsertion of adult and juvenile detainees. Expected results: Eight Tunisian NGOs and two local media outlets will benefit from a small grant (with an average of 5000 euros per grantee) in order to support programs for the rehabilitation and reintegration of former detainees (including juveniles).
Search-Tunisia believes that when we strengthen the capacities of the DGPR through training staff members, initiating dialogue around these themes, improving communication and synergy
with relevant stakeholders, this administration would be better able to 1) improve their capacities about these concepts, 2) identify both the main challenges and opportunities for cooperation and collaboration, and 3) deliver improved rehabilitation and reintegration programming that is in line with international human rights norms and standards.
In this reporting period, Search-Tunisia completed the following activities: (1) Selected the CSO and media grantees for the small-rant program in February; (2) Participated in the Geneva Center of Democratic Control on Armed Forces (DCAF) and the International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT) Course on security sector reform (SSR)’s contribution to preventing violent extremism (PVE) at The Hague in early February; (3) Organized a technical training for selected CSOs and media outlets on administrative, financial, and M&E aspects in February; (4) Finalized the CDC training participants’ selection process; (5) Coordinated with the MoJ and DGPR regarding the first regional study visit to Morocco; (6) Organized additional assistance through field visits to selected grantees in March; and (7) Coordinated with the Dutch NGO “Young in Prisons” on the facilitation of the CDCs directors’ visit in the Netherlands; (8) Prepared the terms of reference (ToRs) for the DGPR training.
Activities of this Quarter 1. The selection of the sub-grantees for the small-grants program (February 2019) On December 16, Search-Tunisia launched a closed, competitive process for the small-grants program. The call for applications was sent to the 33 CSOs that were identified during the previous stakeholders mapping (during the months of September and October), the National Workshop (held October 9-10, 2018), and the National CSO Retreat (held November 24-25, 2018). The small-grants program, one of the main components of this project, proposes to support initiatives or projects that may emerge from civil society or the media and that would carry out concrete actions in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration of former adult or minor prisoners.
The pre-selection of the projects that would benefit from the small-grants program was based on their strengths according to the following criteria: (1) the feasibility and sustainability of the proposed action or initiative, (2) the positive engagement of public authorities and communities and the readiness to collaborate with the CSOs and the media, (3) the relevance of the proposal to identified needs, (4) their level of awareness and the nature of the impact the proposed project will have on the targeted population, (5) based on a do no harm and conflict sensitivity approach, and (6) the programmatic and technical capacity of the implementer to implement the proposed project, which would include a good understanding of small-grants financial management systems and processes. The team received 21 project proposals in total (with two projects from the same NGO1). Generally, all projects received contained good ideas. The proposed activities
1 “Psychologue du monde” Tunisie sent two projects for the call for applications.
have a high degree of relevance to the terms of reference. A brief summary of the proposals received is included below: - Radio Mesk, Laaroussa: The newly established online radio in the Youth Centre of Laaroussa (in the Governorate of Siliana) proposed a project under the name “Rise.” Its objective is bringing a message of hope through the media to help reduce the risk of recidivism. The project would target a group of 10 young people newly released from the Center of Reeducation of Juveniles in Siliana. The project would consist of diverse activities such as public debates within the governorate, radio sessions, and meeting with the local authorities. - Diwan FM: The first private radio in the region of Sfax, they proposed a project, under the name of “Tansawnech” (Do Not Forget Us), targeting young detainees and their families. It proposed to talk about the problems they might face after their release, and their perception and solutions to find a better integration system back into society. - Tunisian Association of Al-Jarid Media Tozeur: A radio channel produced by the NGO Tunisian Association of Al-Jarid Media proposed a project entitled “Aid Tunisia,” which targets journalists with the goal of training them on communication tools and covering subjects related to ex-prisoners. - The International Institute for Human Development: A national NGO that proposed a project entitled “Women and Youth for Peace” which plans to provide capacity-building trainings to women and youth from the region. The project aims to prevent violent extremism in order to reduce the risk of radicalization in their community by strengthening women and youth as peacebuilding actors in Tunisia. - Ben Guerdane Future Association of Investment and Development: A local NGO in Medenine in the region of Ben Guerdane, this organization proposed a project aiming to facilitate the social and economic reintegration of target population of ex-detainees, by providing training sessions to the ex-detainees on communication, psychology, and project formulation and management. - Rawafed for Development: A local NGO from Sidi Bouzid, located in the region of Regueb, this organization proposed a project that will contribute to the psychosocial and professional reinsertion of 10 selected young ex-detainees through the support and development of small initiatives. - INSAF, El Kef: A local NGO from the governorate of Kef, INSAF proposed a project that would work on the sensitization of vulnerable youth to the dangers of extremism, radicalization and delinquency while providing them with capacity-building trainings on communication (soft skills), project management, and business planning. - “Trust Me” Association: A new NGO from Tunis, Trust Me proposed a project entitled “Trust Me and Help Me” targeting ex-detainee children, and providing them with the interventions needed for facilitating their rehabilitation and social integration by providing psychological care, and preparing training sessions on communication and conflict management.
- Irada Association, Benguardane: A local NGO in Medenine in the region of Benguardene, this organization proposed a project under the name of “All Together” that proposes to involve different stakeholders working in the field of rehabilitation and socio- economic reintegration of juvenile and adult detainees in the process of their reintegration into society, and thus by organizing dialogue sessions, with the different involved stakeholders (the prisons agents, the CSOs from the region, and the ex-detainees), by providing training sessions to the ex-detainees on communication and project management, and by organizing debate sessions that will be aired through their radio channel. - MAZAM: MAZAM’s proposed project aims to organize a bootcamp with trainings on entrepreneurship to 40 selected ex-detainees from the regions of Gammarth, Mourouj, and Mjez Elbeb, followed by the support in the development of their own small projects to be presented to micro-credit institutions for financing. - The Voice of the Rural Child: A new NGO from the governorate of Medenine, this organization proposed a project entitled “Back to Life,” which would target 15 ex- detainees from the region and would provide a tailoring training, a pastry-making training, and organize a “Voice of Youth” camp for education in the culture of peace and the peaceful transformation of conflicts. - “Psychologues du Monde” Tunisia: An NGO based in the region of Tunis, this organization submitted two proposals: The first proposal would provide psychological care through a family therapy program and accompanying young minors in their reintegration both in their families and in their social environments, which would be a first in Tunisia. The second project they proposed would focus on violence and its management within the CDCs. The aim of the project is to reduce this climate of violence in the centers, so that this structure is perceived by young people as an educational structure and not a punitive structure. - Scouts without Borders: A local NGO focusing its work on the governorate of Sousse, Scouts without Borders proposed a project under the name of “Take-Off Youth” which proposes psychological care and training for young ex-detainees in the region to facilitate their reintegration with society. - Tunisia Theater Forum: A new NGO, the Tunisia Theater Forum sent a project entitled “The Will to Act,” which proposes an employability and financial empowerment training for the targeted population of ex-detainees from Tunis. In addition, the project would include the implementation of micro-projects for each selected participant in the project, which would generate income that can enable them to integrate into the socio-economic fabric of their communities. Finally, the project would culminate in the making of a documentary. - Tunisia Plus: An NGO operating in the governorate of Tunis, Tunisia Plus proposed a project entitled “Tanfidh” (Execution) which will accompany about 30 young ex- detainees in their individual professional projects through trainings on project
management and market research, a personalized coaching program for the development of their business plans, legal creation (incorporation) and implementation of their projects, and post-launch support - We Youth: A youth-led NGO from the governorate of Sfax, We Youth’s proposed project aims to reintegrate young ex-detainees into structured, community economic entities in order to improve the cohesion of ex-prisoners from Sfax in the society. - Association Dance Theater Music: This NGO proposed to organize an artistic caravan that would move every month for three days to a prison (touring all the prisons in Tunisia) to make artistic workshops such as Theater, Art, Dance, and Cinema and to produce artistic projects by the end of each visit. - Al Karama Association: An NGO operating in the governorate of Tunis, Al Karama proposed a project entitled “A New Chance.” Al Karama will organize individual programs and training sessions on communication and other soft skills to help young ex- detainees from the prison of Mornaguia in their search for jobs. In addition, the initiative will aim to provide them with the technical help needed to create their own projects and business plans. - Tunisian Organization for Social Cohesion: A NGO operating in Tunis governorate, this organization proposed “Tomorrow is Better.” The project’s goal is to strengthen the resilience of 15 ex-prisoners from the community in setting up social and solidarity economic initiatives, through a cycle of capacity-building workshops on the themes of social and solidarity economy (SSE),2 community participation, and project management. - IIDebate: An NGO base in Tunis, IIDebate proposed a project to sensitize young people to the problem of the social and economic reintegration of prisoners and to reduce discrimination and build critical thinking skills among youth through cafe talk sessions.
According to the selection criteria, and considering the budget limitation,3 and the quality of the received proposals, the team narrowed the proposals down to the following pre-selected ones to advance to the next stage: ● Two media outlets: Radio Misk Laaroussa (Siliana) and Diwan FM (Sfax) and ● Eleven CSOs/associations: Future Association of Investment and Development (Medenine), Rawafed for Development (Sidi Bouzid), We Youth (Sfax), Scouts Without Borders (Sousse), the Tunisian Organization for Social Cohesion (Tunis), Psychologists of the World Tunisia (specifically their second project), Insaf El Kef (Kef), Trust Me (Sousse), Mazam (Tunis), Tunisia+ (Tunis), and Irada (Medenine).
2 “SSE refers to enterprises and organizations (cooperatives, mutual benefit societies, associations, foundations and social enterprises) which produce goods, services and knowledge that meet the needs of the community they serve, through the pursuit of specific social and environmental objectives and the fostering of solidarity.” (ILO’s definition and additional resources is available here: https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/cooperatives/projects/WCMS_546299/lang--en/index.htm) 3 The budget allocated to the small-grant program was around 50.000 Euros (an average of 5000 per grant).
On the basis of the table annexed to this report (Annex 1) containing the different criteria for the associations as well as for the media outlets, Search made the final selection of nine small grants as follows: ● Media: Radio Mesk Laaroussa (Siliana) ● Associations: Future Association of Investment and Development (Ben Guerdane), Rawafed for Development (Sidi Bouzid), We Youth (Sfax), Scouts Without Borders (Sousse), the Tunisian Organization for Social Cohesion (Tunis), Insaf El Kef (Kef), Tunisia+ (Tunis), and Irada (Ben Guerdane). And as such, the selected projects for the small-grants programme will be covering seven governorates out of the 24 in Tunisia.
Selected Subgrantee Targeted population Region
Radio Mesk Laaroussa Ten young ex-detainees (eight male and two Siliana female, from the ages of 18-26) and their families
Future Association of Eight young ex-detainees (five male and three Ben Guerdane Investment and Development female)
Rawafed for Development Staff of the Centre of Defense and Social Sidi Bouzid Education in Sidi Bouzid and five juvenile ex-detainees between the ages of 15-18 years
We Youth Ten young ex-detainees (five male and five Sfax female, between the ages of 20-30) and their families, the administration of the prison of Sfax, 20 prisoners (all male), and different companies based in Sfax
Scouts Without Border Five male ex-detainees between the ages of Sousse 18-30
The Tunisian Organization Ten ex-detainees (five male and five female, Tunis for Social Cohesion between the ages of 25-30)
Insaf El Kef Five male ex-detainees between the ages of Kef 25-30
Tunisia Plus Five ex-detainees (three male and two female, Tunis between the ages of 20-30) and their families
Irada Benguadene Local security committee, prison Ben Guardene administration, prisoners (undefined number, depending on the requirements of the prison
administration), ten ex-detainees (eight male and two female), and their families
In total, these nine small-grant projects will target to engage 68 ex-detainees (44 male, 19 female, and five more with a currently unspecified gender) and at least 20 prisoners, in addition to businesses, prison staff, and families. Before contracting the subgrantees, the team organized a technical training for the selected CSOs and media outlets for the small-grants programme on M&E, finance, reporting, and Search’s small-grant management procedures and documentation (see Activity 3 below). 2. Participation in the DCAF-ISSAT five-day training course on SSR’s contribution to PVE (The Hague, Feb 4-8, 2019)
Following a recommendation by the Dutch Embassy in Tunisia, Search’s Senior Project Manager of the Prison project and the SSR Project Manager were both invited to the DCAF- ISSAT training course on “SSR’s contribution to PVE” held in The Hague on February 4-8, 2019 in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Representatives from the Tunisian Counter-Terrorism Commission and the Ministry of the Interior were also invited to this training course for professionals engaged in SSR processes in contexts involving violent extremism. The five-day training course included a specific component on the prevention of VE and covered dimensions related to human security, peacebuilding, and the engagement of local communities. It also touched upon holistic, human and psychosocial dynamics of the security and justice sectors at both the state and non-state levels. The course provided a broad perspective on the drivers of VE in order to address the issues of state and community resilience and of the impact of prevention programs. The organizers provided a course booklet and other documents in order to use and work on (such as UNDP’s “Journey to Extremism in Africa”4 and the Malian National Strategy on Security Sector Reform). Search’s attending staff successfully completed the “pre-course” on “Introduction to SSR,” which was a condition to the acceptance of the participation to the course. Search’s presentation of this prison project’s exhaustive approach, besides the specific approach of the SSR project, were part of the Search-Tunisia delegation’s contribution to this training. In fact, there was a great interest from the participants (from Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Austria, France, the EU) in the specific characteristics of the Tunisian context with regards to understanding how vulnerabilities, social exclusion and marginalization, security and justice, and weak governance are conducive conditions to the increase of violent extremism. Through discussions and presentations of what
4 www.http://journey-to-extremism.undp.org//content/downloads/UNDP-JourneyToExtremism-report-2017- english.pdf
are currently the main issues that prison and SSR projects are tackling within this context, it becomes more obvious how SSR processes could be considered as ways to prevent radicalization and violence in contexts of violent extremism. Ideally, effective, and accountable SSR processes should be driven by a locally based approach, be conceived in a holistic way and cover all actors involved in the delivery of the public services, in particular, security, justice and defense. These key characteristics allow the SSR process to ensure effective security and justice, as the two major conditions to facilitate development, encourage opportunities to grow and as a result, reduce vulnerabilities and marginalization, the key drivers of violent extremisms. Through Search-Tunisia’s participation here, it is evident that if this project aims to prevent radicalization that leads to violence in the prisons, channels of synergy and mutual coordination must be built between the related approaches of SSR and PVE. Rehabilitation and reintegration programs should be more visible and well planned in order to benefit from both fields and their respective, complementary approaches. 3. The technical training for grantees (February 21-23, 2019) Insuring the technical training for the selected CSOs and media outlets within the small-grant program is a major component of the prison project. This training aimed at equipping the grantees with necessary capacities and tools in order for them to manage, monitor, and evaluate their projects well. Regarding the particularity of this project’s small-grant program, aiming at supporting initiatives by CSOs and media outlets in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration of former prisoners, the training was meant to introduce this particular topic to the participants. Given the fact that most of the selected grantees are engaging for the first time in this sensitive field, this training put the necessary emphasis on issues related to how to deal with this category of prisoners, how to communicate around the rehabilitation and the reintegration programs, and how to involve local actors in this effort. Search invited 25 participants (13 female and 12 male) representing the nine CSOs and the two media outlets preselected for the small-grant program.5 The agenda prepared for this training (Annex 2, in French) focused on the following aspects: presentation of the whole program and a review of the previous activities in relation with the small-grant program (the majority were already involved in the National Workshop6 and the National Retreat7—see below), administrative and financial protocols, M&E, and general considerations in terms of dealing with the topic, communicating around the activities, and involving both local and national actors.
5 CSOs were Insaf Kef (El Kef), We Youth (Sfax), Scouts Without Borders (Sousse), Rawafed (Sidi Bouzid), Irada (Ben Guerdane), Abfid (Medenine), Tunisia+ (Tunis), OTCS (Tunis), Psychologue du Monde (Tunis). 6 “The National Workshop on the Management, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of VEPs” (Tunis, Oct 9-10, 2018) 7 “The Retreat on societal engagement in the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners” (Tunis, Nov 24-25, 2018)
“Insaf El Kef engaged in a pilot initiative with a group of juvenile delinquents released from the Kef Child Detention Center. We helped some of them to set up small commercial activities after a lot of coordination with local agencies (i.e., CDIS, micro-credit institutions, the municipality, etc.). I believe we still need to engage collectively in this field… for me it’s about reducing recruitment to violence and reducing the number of those who try incessantly to immigrate illegally to Europe.” Abdelwahhab Nasri, Former Director of the Regional Development Agency of Kef, President of “INSAF El Kef” (a CSO specialized in local development) Search’s team involved in this training drew on the experiences and the lessons learned following the implementation of its SSR small-grant program. Search’s former SSR project manager (now a MENA Program Associate) presented an introductory presentation on all the aspects related to the whole cycle of project management, which also included lessons learned from Search’s past experiences in this field and the most important things managers have to take into consideration during the implementation of their activities. The training included two workshops on budgeting and financial reporting on projects activities, given by Search Tunisia’s finance and administration team. On the final day of the training, the M&E Coordinator gave an introductory presentation on the theoretical and practical aspects of M&E. Trainees participated in two exercises on how to set “SMART” objectives (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) for each activity of the project, prepare key indicators of performance and success, and how to measure the realized impact through the implementation of the activities. Techniques and models of reporting were a major part of the training. Search prepared a whole kit composed of administrative, financial, compliance, and due diligence forms as well as models of reporting and financial reports. The training was also an opportunity to engage in some discussions around the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners and how this is presenting a big challenge to the CSOs and media outlets participating in the training. Some of the CSO participants had already encountered issues related to the rehabilitation and reintegration of formers prisoners (especially in case of juveniles released from reeducation centers). Their experiences in terms of dealing with local authorities (i.e., CDIS, Municipalities) but especially with micro-credit institutions,8 were interesting to many of the other CSOs who have similar activities in their projects.
8 Starting in the 2000s, the Tunisian government launched a public mechanism that is specialized in helping small and medium enterprises (the BFPME: Banque de Financement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises). Few years before the revolution, the BFPME started covering private initiatives and funding small projects with guarantees. In parallel, the Tunisian government has allowed, starting in the 2000s, private institutions to provide small loans to individuals and small enterprises. Most well-known cases include the following: Micro Cred, ENDA, and Tayssir. Many of the participant CSOs have already dealt with these.
“This is the first time we engaged in a project where we will be working with former violent extremist prisoners; I could say the main issue won't necessarily be with them, but with those who should help us in providing opportunities to these people. I believe we should really believe in the utility of any second chance.” Dr. Chokri El Fidha, President of “Tunisia+” (a CSO based in Tunis working on the concept of the “Second Chance” and a member of the CAFA network [Civic Activists in the Fight Against Violent Extremism]) It is important to mention that part of the training was dedicated to help some of the CSOs (either those who are working with Search or acting in the PVE field for the first time) in well adapting their work to Search’s models and templates. In fact, Search’s Grant Officer had already provided grantees with a set of templates in order to write their proposals, prepare their Budgets, and their Action Plans. Search also provided templates for narrative and financial reports. Finally, Search’s Senior Project Manager emphasized issues related to communication around the project activities with regard to the sensitivity of the projects and of the targeted populations. Participants were asked to aim at maximum reach and communication about the activities through wider inclusion of local actors and the media. However, this should be in consideration of all principles of Do No Harm, which should be rigorously taken into consideration when dealing with vulnerable targets or talking about activities done with them. It was also emphasized that one of the most strategic objectives of this small-grant program is to increase awareness around the rehabilitation and the reintegration of former prisoners in a perspective of reducing recidivism and preventing violent extremism. In response, participants flagged that surely the most challenging issue for them will be how to communicate about their initiatives. Some of the participants suggested that the implementation of the sub-grant activities could be part of the communication strategy on the whole initiative, with separate strategies developed by grantees in coordination with Search. Search-Tunisia will follow through with these requests through its Media and Communications Officer, who will provide technical assistance in the coming weeks to the grantees in order to capture the most significant and important moments of the project cycle. 4. The finalization of the CDC pilot training trainer selection process. A pilot Training Program on conflict transformation within CDCs and the CDIS (Centers for Defense and Social Integration which are under the supervision of the Ministry of the Social Affairs),9 is a major part of the project in its current second phase.10 The pilot program, targeting
9 CDIS are regional institutions that play a key role in the rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders in Tunisia and with which Search-Tunisia has established a good relationship through several of its projects.
the Directors of CDCs and some of their staff members, in addition to directors from the CDIS, will aim to provide refreshers on children’s rights through partnerships between Search-Tunisia and local or international children’s rights CSOs. Search-Tunisia published an open, competitive process in order to hire experts who could provide this pilot training based on the description of the tasks detailed in the ToR document (Annex 3) and following Search’s guidance and assistance. The pilot program will include: ● One five-day training workshop for 40 participants in total (comprising of an estimated 5 CDC directors, 25 CDC staff, and 10 CDIS directors).11 ● One five-day residential training of trainers (ToT) for 10 CDC staff selected from the 25 CDC staff previously trained.12 Search-Tunisia has also initiated coordination with some of the local CSOs who are known for their good engagement and activism in the field of children’s rights. In fact, “Ado+”13 and the “Association Tunisienne de Défense des Droits de l’Enfant”14 (Tunisian Association for the Defense of Children Rights), were approached by the Senior Project Manager in order to introduce the project to them and to explain in what way Search and its project partners could benefit from their potential involvement in this training. Discussions with both associations have confirmed a great interest from their side on the badly needed rehabilitation and reintegration of children upon release from the CDCs. Ado+ and the Tunisian Association for the Defense of the Children Rights stressed the particular need to revise the national legal framework (still considered as a pioneer in the Arab world) to update it with the new constitutional principles and to further consolidate all the existing tools and instruments available to facilitate and guarantee maximum protection and the inclusive rehabilitation and reintegration for the children.15 Considering the lack of local expertise in the field of conflict transformation inside the penitentiary system, Search received only one candidacy from an international expert: Mrs Maya
10 Within the first phase of this project (2015-2017), the project did not provide specific trainings targeting the CDCs’ staff. The projects was mainly focusing on DGPR staff. 11 This workshop will foresee both plenary sessions as well as breakout group sessions, some of which will gather a mix of participants and others which will be for a specific target group. It will focus on the institutionalization of conflict prevention and transformation within CDCs.It will be an occasion to train different persons involved with CDCs on techniques of conflict resolution, mediation, non-violent communication, detection and management of high-risk radicalized behavior, as well as key international human rights standards relating to protection of children in conflict with the law, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Beijing Rules, and the UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Liberty 12 Staff trained by Search-Tunisia during the ToT will facilitate five two-day training workshops for 100 children in total between the ages of 13 and 18 (girls and boys), 20 per each CDC. 13 www.facebook.com/Association-ADO 14 http://www.enfant.tn/ 15 Tunisia was a pioneer in drafting a whole code called “Children’s Rights Code.” The Code established the concept of the “Best Interests of the Child” and set a lot of legal measures and instruments to guarantee children’s protection. The Code create also the institution of the “Judge of the Child.”
Jizzini, a former Search staff from Lebanon, who presented a strong experience working in this field and particularly with prison administrations. The decision taken by Search was not only based on her technical skills and experience in this particular field, but also on the fact that Jizzini could offer the training in Arabic, as that is preferable for most public officials belonging to the prisons administration.
5. Coordination with MoJ-DGPR on the first regional study visit to Morocco (planned for May 2019) During the previous quarter, Search initiated a closer coordination with the Embassy of Morocco in Tunisia in order to facilitate the organization of the first regional study visit the project has envisioned under Phase II. The visit aims to enable Tunisian DGPR officials to meet with their counterparts in the Moroccan prison administration and share good practices and learn from each other's experiences and programs in the field of the management, rehabilitation, and reintegration of VEPs and RFTFs. The Moroccan Embassy has welcomed Search’s request with a lot of enthusiasm, already subscribing this visit in a perspective of materializing the Cooperation agreement signed between the two countries in October 2018 during the official visit by the Moroccan Minister of Justice to Tunisia.16 Following the Embassy’s request, Search-Tunisia sent an official letter to the Tunisian Ministry of Justice asking for its approval of the visit and explaining its objectives. At the end of February, the DGPR informed Search-Tunisia that the study visit to Morocco was one of the main subjects discussed during the visit of the Moroccan Minister of Justice to the prison of Mornaguia (which detains those on terrorism charges). In fact, the two delegations considered that the visit could be an opportunity for both the Tunisian and the Morocco prison administrations to exchange experiences, programs, and best practices in the most challenging issues, such as the management and rehabilitation of prisoners. DGPR confirmed also that the Tunisian MoJ is approving Search’s request.17 The Director General of the Prisons and Reeducation has confirmed to Search-Tunisia that he will be the head of the delegation which will be composed of four Directors (including directors of prisons). DGPR proposed to hold this visit during the second week of May. Following this approval, Search-Tunisia has re-initiated the coordination with the Moroccan prison administration in order to prepare the visit well. The program Search-Tunisia will be preparing,18 in close collaboration with the international relations department in the Morocco prison administration,19 will focus on the following mains aspects:
16 The Morocco Minister of Justice has visited the prison of Mornaguia during this visit accompanied by his homologue and the Tunisian Director General of Prisons and reeducation. 17 A representative of the Ministry could be probably part of the delegation. 18 Search-Tunisia will coordinate for this visit with the Search office in Rabat, which is already working with the penitentiary administration and has a very good relationship with it. 19 An exchanges of emails has already been initiated since January 2019.
- Sharing and discussing practices and programs in the field of the management, rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremist prisoners including the returnees. This first pillar of the visit will include all the aspects related to the classification of prisoners including, VEPs and RFTFs, in the prisons. The exchange will also provide opportunities to discus prisons security, the securitization of the transport of VEPs to courts, and the programs of rehabilitation and disengagement of violent extremist prisoners. - Field visits to prisons which hold prisoners or detainees with violent extremism or terrorism charges in order to exchanges good practices in this field.20 - Meeting, after close coordination with the Morocco prison administration and Search’s Rabat office, with state and non-state actors dealing with the issue of the rehabilitation and the reintegration of violent extremist prisoners.21 6. Additional assistance (fields visits) for grantees (March 2019) After the technical training on micro-grant management that Search-Tunisia held for the selected NGOs and media outlets, and within the process of designing their contracts, Search-Tunisia’s team noticed that the selected sub-grantees are in need of further technical capacity building regarding narrative proposal writing, financial management, and still lack a good understanding of the Search’s procedures for sub-grantees.
Therefore, the program team (composed of the Senior Project Manager and Project Assistant along with the Search-Tunisia Sub-Grants Officer and Media Officer) decided to organize a series of field visits to the selected sub-grantees in order to work on better developing their project narratives, action plans, budget and timelines, and agree on the next steps to follow regarding contracts, projects management, and communication issues. The tour lasted from March 19 until March 30, in which the team visited the nine selected sub-grantees in the governorates of Tunis, Kef, Siliana, Sidi Bouzid, Sfax, Sousse, and Medenine.
Search-Tunisia’s team organized a meeting with each sub-grantee in their respective offices in which Search worked with their project teams on developing the narrative proposals, defining the projects’ objectives, and designing the costed work plans. Search’s team also explained the procedures for sub-grantees, gave comments on the activities, developed the risk mitigation strategies, and provided recommendations regarding their potential partners.
20 The September 2017 study visit to the Netherlands (Vught Prison) organised within the first phase of this project for high level officers from the DGPR, was the first opportunity to share and learn from foreign experiences and programs in dealing with VEPs. 21 Search-Tunisia will facilitate, in collaboration with Search-Rabat, meetings with the Fondation Mohammed VI pour la réinsertion des prisonniers, and the Rabita Mohammedia of Ulémas (active in the development of alternative narratives and known for its program of education by peers in the Morocco prisons).
Search-Tunisia team meeting with Scout Without Borders, an NGO based in Sousse, working mostly on social reintegration. Sub-grants officer explaining the Search-Tunisia procedures regarding fund requests, financial and narrative reporting and required supporting documents for Sub-grantees to the finance officer of the NGO.
As Search-Tunisia finds capacity building for its sub-grantees essential, the program team was accompanied by Search-Tunisia’s Media Officer in order to produce photo and video documentation all along the capacity building process, starting with the trainings, through the field visits, project implementation activities, and finally the project evaluations. The aim of these measurements is the production of a final video that will report the journey of assisting the Sub-grantees as well as serving as a tool of comparison and evaluation.
On the other hand, Search-Tunisia’s team identified the different challenges that the sub-grantees will face in their project and aims to build their capacities in preventing the project’s risks and overcoming the challenges, as they engage for the first time in the field of socio-economic rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-detainees. The most common challenges for the sub- grantees are the following:
● Narrative development: as they engage for the first time in this field, Search-Tunisia team noticed clear difficulties in terms of designing activities and describing ways of involvement and implementation. For example, CSOs tend to not “quantify” and make more operational their language when describing the activities. It was also noticed that they lack capacities in terms of risk mitigation and overcoming practical difficulties. A great deal of the job by the Search team was oriented to address these specific issues. ● Access to the target beneficiaries: Detainees, prison and CDC staff, and ex-detainees are hard to reach targets that are often resistant to mentoring and orientation. Furthermore, access requires institutional approval. To be most successful, the trajectory of a detainee’s overall rehabilitation and reintegration requires that interventions begin prior to their release, meaning that these barriers to access can hinder the effectiveness of programming. ● Stakeholder relation-management: Throughout their projects, sub-grantees will have to maintain a strong relationship with the different stakeholders related to their projects, such as the targets’ families, the administrations of prisons, the CDCs, the CDIS, and so forth. ● Target engagement: As mentioned above, ex-convicts are a hard-to-reach target, but also hard to engage. This is one of the biggest challenges for the sub-grantees, since their projects will have an approximate duration of 6-8 months during which they will engage the target in its socio-economic integration process, a process which may necessitate more time to have sustainable impact. ● Local stakeholder involvement: One of the biggest aspects of the sub-grantees’ projects is the involvement of local stakeholders such as the administrators of prisons, the prisons
themselves, the private sector, social actors, and so forth. This challenge is tangible but a majority of the grantees has already signed MoUs with in particular CDIS and prisons in order to facilitate implementation of activities. Some other grantees have also initiated closer coordination with training centers, small enterprises, families of certain former detainees (especially when it comes to female ex-detainees), and finally with local representatives of central administrations and ministries.
During the field visits, we received constructive and mostly positive feedback from the sub- grantees regarding the efforts and measures that Search-Tunisia has put on the ground to make the process successful and fruitful. The selected sub-grantees admired that Search-Tunisia gave them the opportunity to work on such sensitive issue, especially because the targeted CSOs and media outlets have worked previously on rehabilitation and/or socio-economic integration programs, but rarely with this kind of fragile target group.On the other hand, they also expressed their appreciation of Search-Tunisia’s dedication in providing all the needed tools for the projects’ success; the sub-grantees were grateful that the project team gave them further capacity building through these visits in proposal writing, financial management, stakeholder engagement, and time and project management.
After the review and approval of the narrative proposals and action plans by the team, the contracts have been designed and are on hold awaiting the approval of Search’s MENA office given the size of these grants and Search’s internal protocols. The next steps following the signing of the contracts are the design of the projects’ M&E strategies and the follow-up on their project implementation processes as well as assisting the sub-grantees in the field of project and financial management. A greater focus on M&E plans and on more financial reporting procedures will be the focus of a second series of field visits to be carried out during the coming quarter.
7. Coordination with the Dutch NGO “Young In Prison” (March 2019) The President of the Dutch NGO Young In Prison (Mr. Raoul Nolen) approached the Senior Project Manager of the prison project in early February after having received our contact details from the Dutch Embassy in Tunisia. Young In Prison22 is working in the field of rehabilitating and reintegrating youth in conflict with the Law. The NGO has developed a specific methodology23 in order to design and implement reintegration programs targeting youth in conflict with the law. The conversation was an opportunity for Search-Tunisia to talk about the work being done with the penitentiary administration and CDCs. A particular focus was on the small-grant program. Mr. Nolen presented the NGO and they discussed opportunities for collaboration. During a Skype call (held on February 26), Mr. Nolen expressed the wish to start a
22 Young In Prison works in Morocco, South Africa, Kenya, Albania. 23 Young In Prison is specialized in the design and the implementation of reintegration programs. The NGO works inside and outside juvenile centers through a team of artists, coaches, and underground culture activists who train the youth and equip them with soft skills through a variety of artistic, sport, and cultural activities.
project in Tunis and added that the Embassy has showed interest in their work of reintegrating youth in conflict with the law and advised him to find ways to partner with Search.
Given the fact that Search-Tunisia has provided a technical training for the grantees on the different cycles of the management, monitoring, and evaluation of the projects, the conversation touched on the possibility to complement this training by organizing an additional training that could focus on the design of rehabilitation and reintegration programs for former prisoners, including juveniles. Search-Tunisia believes that grantees targeting youth released from CDCs could benefit a lot from information and lessons learned through the exploration of their particular methodology in this field.
Young In Prison confirmed its readiness to give this training to the grantees in collaboration with Search-Tunisia. Search-Tunisia is currently coordinating with the grantees and with Young In Prison to organize this training by June 10.
Finally, Young In Prison proposed to offer a one-day training to the Directors of the CDCs when they will be in the Netherlands on a study visit to a juvenile detention facility. They proposed also to boost the coordination with a juvenile detention center in Rotterdam (The Hartelborgt Center) with which Search-Tunisia is currently coordinating.
8. Preparing ToRs for the DGPR training (March 2019) Phase 1 of the project demonstrated a real need for additional training on the management and the rehabilitation of VEPs as well as RFTFs. Before starting this second phase of the project, the DGPR confirmed in an official letter of request for support sent to Search-Tunisia its strong need to be supported in this field and to build on the pilot training and the ToT session that Search- Tunisia has implemented for prison staffs.24 To build on this, Search-Tunisia will implement a comprehensive training program for prison administrations and staff members on the management and rehabilitation of VEPs and RFTFs in respect of international human rights standards. Search-Tunisia will provide its own expertise for the delivery of some of the sessions and will identify and establish strategic partnerships with local or international organizations to leverage their expertise for the delivery of other sessions. The program will include the following workshops:
● Two five-day workshops for 60 representatives of the prison administration (including 28 high-level senior members of staff of the DGPR, 27 prison directors, and 5 directors of CDCs) on the management and rehabilitation of VEPs and RFTFs;
24 During the first phase of the project, Search provided a first training (in collaboration with Penal Reform International) for the high level senior management of the DGPR (40 high ranked officials attended a training on the management, rehabilitation and reintegration of the VEPs), a technical workshop in collaboration with UNODC- Geneva to present its Handbook on the management of VEPS and the prevention of radicalization leading to violence in the prisons, four (4) training session for 100 Prisons Guards, and, finally, a ToT sessions for 25 participants.
● Nine five-day workshops for 270 staff in total (including prison guards and mid-level staff managing the prisons’ daily activities) from all of the 27 Tunisian prisons (10 staff per prison, for a total of 30 participants per workshop) on managing and rehabilitating VEPs and RFTFs in the prison context; ● Three five-day trainings of trainers (ToT) for 54 prison staff (with two staff per prison and limited to 18 participants per ToT). These trainings will be for two staff members selected by facilitators and Search staff from each of the 27 target prisons, who will receive additional training on pedagogical tools related to the management and rehabilitation of VEPs and imprisoned RFTFs. Search-Tunisia is currently preparing ToRs in order to launch a competitive call and hire appropriate experts to deliver these trainings. Regarding the high technical nature of this training (since it will be presenting the most important international tools, guidances, and best practices in this field), the local context seems to not currently present the necessary level of expertise that could enable hiring local experts in this field. Search will relay in great part on its own global expertises and resources, but will also work on hiring an international expert(s) who could facilitate the successful running of these activities.25 During a call (in February 2019), the Director General of Prisons re-confirmed the need to have these trainings focusing on the different best practices, guidance, and principles in this field.
Next Steps During the next quarters, Search-Tunisia aims to implement the following activities: ● Continue assisting the grantees in terms of implementation and M&E. Search will schedule field missions for the Sub-Grant Officer and the M&E Coordinator. The field visits during March revealed a clear need in terms of ensuring necessary preparations and coordination to start implementing activities and to start setting performance indicators and measurement tools. Search’s team will revisit the sub-grantees and will also focus on the financial and reporting aspects. ● Organizing the CDC pilot training in the Conflict Transformation field. Search will accelerate the coordination with the DGPR, which promised to provide the lists of participants after receiving MoJ approval. ● Launching the call for applications for the DGPR training program in the field of management, rehabilitation, and reintegration of former prisoners. Search will coordinate closely with other Search’s offices implementing prison programs in order to identify an expert trainer in this field. ● Organizing the second training for the grantees in collaboration with the Young In Prison organization. Search will prepare an agenda for this one-day training, which will cover the
25 For example, the “Rome Memorandum on Good Practices in Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremist Offenders” and the UNODC “Handbook on the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners and the Prevention of Radicalisation to Violence in the Prisons,” and any additional best practices in this field.
methodological aspects and issues CSOs have to take into consideration when engaging in the rehabilitation and the reintegration of ex-detainees, including juvenile offenders and VEPs. ● Organizing the fourth meeting of its coordination mechanism. Search-Tunisia will try to involve all the relevant actors with a specific focus on the MoJ and the DGPR in order to provide the mechanism a needed institutional dimension. ● Continue coordination with the DGPR and the MoJ in order to organize the visit to Morocco. ● Continue coordination with the Dutch counterparts in order to identify the appropriate date for the CDC study visit to the Rotterdam juvenile facility.
Annexes
Annex 2 - Small grants Technical training Agenda
AGENDA Mercredi le 20 Février 2019 18h00 Accueil des participants et Enregistrement 20h00 Dîner et réseautage Jeudi, le 21 Février 2019 8h00-9h30 Petit déjeuner Session de présentation du programme des Small Grant et rappels des activités 9h30-10h00 précédentes du projet Aspects de communication et de relations avec les autorités 10h00-11h00 Gestion des cycles de projet 11h00-11h30 Pause café
Atelier de discussion pratique sur la gestion de Small Grant et mise en oeuvre 11h30-12h30 des activités
12h30-13h30 Déjeuner
13h30-15h30 Session de formation sur les aspects de finances
15h30- 15h45 Pause café 15h45-18h00 Workshop de gestion de budget et discussion 19h00 Dîner et réseautage Vendredi le 22 Février 2019 8h00-9h00 Petit déjeuner Première session de formation sur les outils de M&E (monitoring and 9h00-10h30 evaluation) 10h30-11h00 Pause-Café et Check out Deuxième session de formation sur les outils de M&E (monitoring and 11h00-13h00 evaluation) 13h00 Fin de Formation et Déjeuner
Annex 3 - ToRs of the CDC pilot training on conflict transformation
« Prévention de la Radicalisation et de l’Extrémisme Violent dans les Prisons et les Centres de Rééducation des Mineurs Délinquants en Tunisie et assurance d’une réhabilitation et une réintégration durable des prisonniers »
Termes de Références pour une consultance Programme Pilote de Formation dans le domaine de la Transformation des Conflits
«Appel à Candidature compétitif» Généralités Search For Common Ground (SFCG) est une organisation internationale non lucrative qui promeut la résolution de conflit de manière non violente. Avec un siège à Washington DC et un bureau européen à Bruxelles, la mission de SFCG est de transformer la façon dont les individus, les organisations et les gouvernements gèrent les conflits – en abandonnant les confrontations et en transitant vers des solutions coopératives. SFCG cherche à aider les partis en conflit à comprendre leurs différences et à agir sur leurs points communs. Avec un effectif de plus de 600 personnes autour du monde, SFCG met en œuvre des projets dans 34 pays, y compris en Asie, en Europe, au Moyen Orient, aux Etats-Unis et en Afrique. La mission de SFCG en Tunisie est de promouvoir la culture du dialogue et de la diversité par l'implication de toutes les composantes de la société tout en renforçant leurs capacités. SFCG œuvre en Tunisie pour aider les membres de la société tunisienne à aborder les conflits et les différences de manière constructive, par la coopération et le dialogue. SFCG - Tunisie travaille à travers de multiples chaînes, principalement avec des jeunes, des représentants des OSCs dans les 24 gouvernorats, le secteur des médias tunisiens et les autorités locales afin de renforcer les capacités des individus et des institutions pour aborder les défis en comprenant les différences et agissant sur des points communs. Grâce à cette approche et à ces partenariats, SFCG-Tunisie poursuit quatre objectifs stratégiques principaux : i) créer et développer des espaces de confiance pour le dialogue ; ii) accroître et renforcer la participation des jeunes et développer leurs capacités ; iii) soutenir les réformes du secteur de la sécurité ; et vi) prévenir l'extrémisme violent. Pour plus d’information : https://www.sfcg.org/tunisia Mise en contexte général : Search for Common Ground Tunisie (SFCG-Tunisie) est en phase de démarrage d’une deuxième phase de son projet «Prévention de la radicalisation et de l’extrémisme violent dans les prisons et
les centres de rééducation des mineurs à travers les programmes de réhabilitation et de réintégration» qui s’étale sur deux ans et dont l'objectif global est de prévenir l’engagement des détenus adultes ou mineurs avec les idéologies violentes et ce durant et après leurs périodes de détention à travers la promotion de programmes de réhabilitation et de réintégration.
La réalisation de cet objectif contribuera à l’atteinte des résultats suivants : ● Renforcer les capacités des agents des prisons ainsi que des centres de rééducation dans les domaines de gestion, réhabilitation et réintégration des détenus adultes et mineurs y compris les prisonniers de l’extrémisme violent dans le cadre du respect des standards des Droits de l’Homme dans le domaine du traitement des détenus. ● Accroissement de la coopération et de la coordination entre les acteurs étatiques et non étatiques dans les domaines de réhabilitation et de réintégration des détenus y compris les prisonniers de l’extrémisme violent.
Dans le cadre de la réalisation du projet susmentionné, Search Tunisie se propose par le biais de cet appel, d’assurer la délivrance d’une Formation Pilote dans le domaine de «Transformation des Conflits au profit du personnel des Centres de Rééducation des Mineurs Délinquants (CRMD) et des Centre de Défense et d’Intégration Sociale (CDIS)». En effet, sous la supervision du Senior Project Manager pour le projet susmentionné, et dans la stricte prise en considération des exigences des principes de « Do No Harm » (les principes de « Ne Pas Nuire »), le (les) formateurs spécialistes en « Transformation des Conflits » est appelé (sont appelés) à :
Au niveau de la facilitation et la nature des formations à dispenser : 1. Dispenser un workshop de formation sur la transformation des conflits au profits de catégories bien déterminées de personnel travaillant dans des Centres de Rééducation des Mineurs Délinquants (CRMD) et des Centres de Défense et d’Intégration Sociale (CDIS). Les formateurs se réfèreront aux thématiques qui seront détaillées dans les présents Termes de Références pour assurer les formations requises; 2. Assurer une formation de formateurs sur les thèmes qui seront détaillés dans les présents Termes de Références.
Au niveau du développement de contenu : 1. Développer les modules de formation pour les workshops précités; 2. Développer les modules pour la formation des formateurs sur les thèmes précités.
Au niveau du reporting : 1. Assurer le rapportage de qualité des formations dispensées; 2. Rédiger un rapport final sur le déroulement des formations en y incluant toutes les remarques d’ordre méthodologiques et d’évaluation des capacités.
Au niveau du support et de la coordination : 1. Fournir, dans la limite du possible, une assistance aux bénéficiaires des formations de formateurs quand ils seront appelés à dispenser eux même des formations pour les enfants des centres de rééducation; 2. Assurer une étroite coordination avec le responsable du Monitoring &Evaluation à Search Tunisie en vue de procéder à des pré/post test et recueillir les données méthodologiques nécessaires pour la bonne marche des formations.
Le programme Pilote de formation dans le domaine de la Transformation des Conflits:
Le background
1. Les Centres de Rééducation des Mineurs Délinquants (CRMD) sont une partie intégrante du système pénitentiaire tunisien. Ils sont le deuxième pilier du système de la privation de liberté et de la rééducation à côté des prisons. Une Arrêtée du Ministre de la Justice en date du 16 Avril 2004 a opéré des changements sur l’appellation originale de ces Centre : en effet ils ne seront plus appelés «Centre d’Action Educative» mais désormais «Centre de Rééducation des Mineurs Délinquants». En opérant ainsi, il s’avérait claire que l’approche serait plus tôt axée sur la question du conflit avec la Loi.
Les Centres accueillent actuellement une population de «mineurs délinquants» (dont l’âge est entre 13 et 18 ans) qui sont logés sur jugement du Juge de l’Enfance (Article 99 du Code de l’Enfance, .(مراكز إصالح «point 5 «Centre de rééducation
Les mineurs délinquants libérés deviennent une cible des plus facile pour la dynamique de recrutement pour la violence et l’extrémisme violent ce qui compliquerait davantage cette question et fournirait des raisons additionnelles pour des taux augmentés et alarmants de récidive (39% selon les dernières déclarations officielles).
2. Les Centres de Défense et d’Intégration Sociale (CDIS) dépendent du Ministère des Affaires Sociales. Ils sont un des piliers de la politique de «Défense et d’intégration sociale» qui est à son tour, une composante de la politique sociale. Les CDIS travaillent avec les « Centre de réhabilitation et d’Orientation Sociale ». Ces derniers « orientent » les mineurs libérés des CRMD ou les autres mineurs délaissés ou issus de familles divorcées, vers les CDIS pour une mission de prise en charge limitée dans le temps. Les CDIS travaillent avec les CRMD et y réalisent des activités d’animation et d’éducation. Ils assurent une mission de continuité qui vise à limiter les possibilités de récupération de ces enfants par la dynamique de violence et les réseaux de délinquance et de crime.
3. Search-Tunisie, a organisé en Octobre (9 et 10) et Novembre (24 et 25) 2018 un Workshop national sur la gestion, la réhabilitation et la réintégration socioéconomique des prisonniers, et une Retraite sur l’engagement sociétal dans la réhabilitation et la réintégration des prisonniers. Il était assez clair qu’il y aura besoin de plus de coordination, de collaboration mais surtout de beaucoup d’inclusivité et de concertation par rapports au développement et la mise en œuvre de toute politique ou action dans ce domaine. La re-socialisation des mineurs « délinquants » a été au cœur des débats avec les représentants des CRMD et des CDIS. Ces derniers signalaient le besoin imminent de renforcement des capacités en termes de compréhension des dynamiques de violence, des techniques de gestion des comportements à haut risque, de la résolution des conflits, de la communication non violente et de la réhabilitation de cette catégorie vulnérable de personnes.
Le programme pilote de formation ? (Pilot Training Program on Conflict Transformation):
1. Visant le renforcement des capacités du staff des CRMD et des CDIS dans le domaine de la gestion des mineurs en situation de vulnérabilité et de marginalité, ainsi qu’un impact indirect sur les mineurs dans les centres, Search-Tunisie, se propose d’organiser un programme pilote de Formation dans le domaine de la transformation des conflits qui va cibler des niveaux différents du personnels des deux structures susmentionnées.
2. Ce programme pilote, donnera lieu aussi à présenter (Par le biais d’une Association locale spécialisée dans ce domaine) les droits accordés aux enfants par la législation tunisienne et ce à titre de rappel et de contextualisation à l’égard de toutes les dynamiques liées à l’extrémisme violent, à la montée de la violence, aux vulnérabilités et à la stabilisation sociale en générale.
3. Le programme se composera de ce qui suit : ● Un Workshop de formation de 5 jours au profit de 40 participants (5 Directeurs des CRMD, 25 responsables des centres, et les 10 Directeurs ou autres responsables des CDIS) : Cet atelier doit prévoir des sessions plénières ainsi que des sessions en groupes de travail, dont certaines doivent être composées de participants et d'autres, destinées à un groupe cible spécifique. Il se concentrera sur l’institutionnalisation de la prévention et de la transformation des conflits au sein des CDC. L’atelier servira pour former différentes personnes à identifier dans les CRMD aux techniques de résolution de conflit, de médiation, de communication non violente, de détection et de gestion des comportements à haut risque. Les participants discuteront également des questions de réhabilitation et de réintégration des enfants vulnérables.
● Une Formation de Formateurs de 5 jours au profit de 10 représentants des CRMD (sélectionnés des 25 participants à la formation pilote sur la transformation des conflits) :
Il s’agit d’une formation supplémentaire qui fournira des outils pédagogiques au personnes sélectionnés leur permettant de diffuser les compétences et connaissances acquises à d’autres membres des CRMD n’ayant pas participé directement au projet, ainsi qu’aux mineurs dans les centres. Les thèmes de cette formation doivent inclure la résolution des conflits, la gestion du stress, l'estime de soi, la confiance en soi, la communication interpersonnelle et les techniques de médiation.
NB : -Cinq workshops de formation (deux jours chaque) pour 100 enfants (20 par Centre) vont être assurées par les bénéficiaires des Formations de Formateurs, et doivent être adaptées au niveau des bénéficiaires et aux exigences de chaque Centre en termes de capacités d’encadrement, de moyens, d’espaces disponible. Ces personnes vont adapter les informations acquises aux enfants et vont leur apprendre quelques informations en termes de résolution des conflits, de gestion du stress, de l'estime de soi et la confiance en soi, de communication non violente, dans le but de les rendre plus résilient face à la violence et à l'extrémisme violent.
-Apport méthodologique de Search-Tunisie Search-Tunisie va mettre à la disposition de ou des formateurs retenus, le Guide de formation dans le domaine de la transformation des conflits développé par Search-Maroc dans le cadre d’un projet similaire afin de le présenter aux participants comme contenu additionnel de formation et comme une opportunité de le contextualiser selon les exigences des institutions bénéficiaires.
Qualifications, durée du contrat et acheminement des candidatures
Qualifications : - Formateur expérimenté avec 3 à 5 ans d’expérience et des résultats démontrant la qualité de la formation; - Expérience dans l'élaboration de méthodologies de formation et d'outils pédagogiques; - Expérience professionnelle antérieure dans la médiation, la gestion pacifique de conflits, la résolution et la transformation de conflits; - Excellente connaissance des principes de sensibilité aux conflits et des approches Do not Harm; capacité à travailler avec des populations extrêmement vulnérables; - Expériences antérieures de travail avec des institutions pour la réhabilitation et la prise en charge des personnes vulnérables ; - Aptitude à l'écoute active, capacité à communiquer de manière non violente et non conflictuelle; - Souplesse et capacité d'adaptation face aux obstacles.
Durée prévue pour la réalisation des formations :
Il est prévu 30 jours (au cours du mois de février ou mars) pour la réalisation des workshops de formation ainsi que la formation de formateur. La rédaction du rapport finale aura un temps séparé de deux semaines.
Les dossiers de candidature devront comprendre : 1. Une description technique détaillant la méthodologie, l’approche, les ressources, les contenus et les outils à utiliser pour la réalisation des formations et de la formation des formateurs; 2. Une liste de formations assurée durant les deux dernières années dans ce domaine; 3. Curriculum vitae à jour des personnes à mettre à disposition pour assurer les formations; 4. Une offre financière qui doit couvrir les frais de consultation et tous les autres frais liés à la formation. Il est à noter que Search For Common Ground prendra en charge tous les frais logistiques nécessaires pour la réalisation de ces formations.
Les dossiers de candidature doivent parvenir à [email protected] avec mention: «Formation Transformation des Conflits/ CRMD/CDIS/projet Prison». Les candidatures devront parvenir à l’adresse susmentionnée le 09 février 2019 à 23h59.