Promoting Peace in Southern Thailand Combined Reports (FY18 Quarter 4 and Final Report) September 15, 2015 to September 14, 2018 Agreement Number: AID-486-A-15-00004 Activity Start Date and End Date: September 15, 2015 to September 14, 2018 Total Award Amount: $1,085,000 AOR Name: Ms. Potjamarn Bunkraisri Submitted by: Thomas Parks, Country Representative The Asia Foundation Suite 6D, Q. House Convent Building, 38 Convent Road, Silom Bangkok, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) 2233 1644 Email: [email protected] 1 Contents Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 3 Project Background ....................................................................................................................... 18 Activities and Accomplishments By Objectives ............................................................................ 19 Objective 1: Increase trust among community groups in support of the peace process. ..... 19 Objective 2: Increase understanding and engagement among local elites to address intra- communal conflict and develop a common platform of demands for a peace agreement ........ 31 Objective 3: Enhance the capacities of local elite and civil society groups to monitor the situation and exert pressure for a peace agreement ................................................................................. 47 Integration of Cross-cutting Issues and Advancement of USAID Forward ................................... 52 Problems Encountered During Implementation........................................................................... 53 Final Monitoring and Evaluation Results ...................................................................................... 54 Annex 1: Indicator 1.1 – Change in perception of others among direct project participants and change in level of knowledge of and support for the peace process ........................................... 57 Annex 2: Indicator 1.1.1 - Level of social cohesion in locality 3 months after the community event ....................................................................................................................................................... 79 Annex 3: Indicator 1.1.2 Level of changes in capacity of women to conduct advocacy activities related to reducing violence and conflict mitigation within their communities and 1.1.3 Number of women who feel empowered to reduce inter-communal tension .......................................... 92 Annex 4: Indicator 1.2.3 – Sentiment analysis of comments and engagement rate for video clips posted on You Tube and Facebook ............................................................................................... 99 Annex 5: Indicator 2.1.1 – Percentage of participants demonstrating increased knowledge of peacebuilding .............................................................................................................................. 102 Annex 6: Indicator 3.1.1 – Number of civil society actors who feel empowered to engage in the peace process.............................................................................................................................. 140 Annex 7: Indicator 3.2.1 – Sentiment analysis of comments and engagement rate for quarterly bulletins posted online ............................................................................................................... 153 2 | P a g e Executive Summary This final report covers project activities undertaken during September 15, 2015 to September 14, 2018 of the Promoting Peace in Southern Thailand program partnership between The Asia Foundation (TAF) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under Cooperative Agreement No. AID-486-A-15-00004. The project’s overarching goal was to increase trust and common understanding among conflicting groups at the community and local elite levels and to improve the prospect of higher- level peace talks succeeding by helping to ameliorate day-to-day violence and building sustainable bottom-up support for peace. The project aims were to: Objective 1: Increase trust among community groups in support of the peace process. Objective 2: Increase understanding and engagement among local elites to address intra- communal conflict and develop a common platform of demands for a peace agreement Objective 3: Enhance the capacities of local elite and civil society groups to monitor the situation and exert pressure for a peace agreement The project supported civil society actors, representing diverse groups including victims and/or widows, ex-detainees, Buddhists and Muslims, and respected secular community leaders. The project helped these leaders to apply people-to-people (P2P) approaches to transform social relationships to collectively exert pressure on state actors and insurgent groups to resume peace talks. Overview of activities and participants: # Date Organization Activity Location Muslim Buddhist Other1 F2 M O4 F M O F M O 3 Objective 1: Increase trust among community groups in support of the peace process 1 Jan 24- Wartani Capacity Pattani 8 25, organized with building 2016 TAF 1 Respondents, neither Muslim nor Buddhist put only “other” in the registration forms 2 Female 3 Male 4 Other 3 | P a g e # Date Organization Activity Location Muslim Buddhist Other1 F2 M O4 F M O F M O 3 workshop for Wartani 2 Mar WePeace 1-day Yala 35 2 17 1 29, community 2016 dialogues 3 Mar WePeace 1-day Saiburi 31 20 29, community Pattani 2016 dialogues 4 Apr 6, WePeace 1-day Pattani 9 17 1 2016 community dialogues 5 Apr 7, WePeace 1-day Narathi- 42 2016 community wat dialogues 6 Apr WePeace One 1-day Pattani 28 5 1 11, policy 2016 formulation workshop for 40 women 7 Apr WePeace Campaign Pattani 216 13 43 6 1 28, activities on 2016 International Women’s Day 8 Jul 24, ISTF Memorable Ruesoh, 575 382 22 26 1 2016 organized with Ruesoh Narathi- TAF wat 9 Jul 30, ISTF K-School Narathi- 3 16 2016 organized with activity wat TAF 10 Sep PAOW Building public Pattani 15 1 3 24-25, organized with presentation 2016 TAF capacity for PAOW member 11 Jan 27, YMW A-one-day Pattani 30 1 2 1 2017 partnership building forum 12 Jan 28, YMW Door knock Pattani 3 2017 campaign visit #1 13 Feb 16, YMW Door knock Yala 1 3 2017 campaign visit #2 14 Feb 18, YMW A one-day Pattani 3 7 1 2017 dialogue forum with CCSO members 15 Mar 8, PAOW The Int'l Yala 180 9 27 1 2017 organized with Women’s Day TAF 2017 4 | P a g e # Date Organization Activity Location Muslim Buddhist Other1 F2 M O4 F M O F M O 3 16 Mar YMW Door knock Songkhla 1 24, campaign visit 2017 #3 17 Mar YMW Door knock Pattani 1 26, campaign visit 2017 #4 18 Mar 30 TAF All partner Chiang 8 15 5 4 – Apr meeting #2 Mai 3, 2017 19 Apr 9, YMW Door knock Pattani 1 2017 campaign visit #5 20 Apr YMW Door knock Pattani 1 10, campaign visit 2017 #6 21 Apr YMW A one-day Pattani 4 3 2 22, advocacy forum 2017 with 25 politicians 22 May ISTF Wayang Kulit: Srisa- 2 28 1 14, organized with Memorable khorn, 2017 TAF Srisakhorn Narathi- wat 23 May YMW A one-day Pattani 8 3 17, dialogue forum 2017 with 40 CCSO members 24 May Saiburi Looker Slip on Way of Mueng, 20 65 6 8 2 20, & RISK RISK Pattani 2017 Skateboard 25 Jun 18, YMW Platform for 23 Pattani 9 7 2017 women organizations 26 Jul 22- PAOW PAOW Pattani 7 5 24, organized with Capacity- 2017 TAF Building Workshop on Project Development using People- to-People Approach (Year 3) 27 Jul 29, Saiburi Looker Melody of Saiburi, 79 81 26 26 1 1 2017 Saiburi Pattani 28 Sep 9- Saiburi Looker De Talubin 2: Saiburi, 1 44 2 10 1 10, Skateboard and Pattani 2017 Camping at Wasukree Beach 5 | P a g e # Date Organization Activity Location Muslim Buddhist Other1 F2 M O4 F M O F M O 3 29 Sep 14, Saiburi Looker The Glue Pattani 2 7 2017 organized with Project TAF 30 Oct 15, Saiburi Looker The Glue Pattani 3 9 2017 organized with Project TAF 31 Nov PAOW A Two-day Pattani 32 4 18-19, organized with training on 2017 TAF social media and women’s campaign 32 Nov PAOW The Campaign Pattani 100 2 7 25, organized with for Public 2017 TAF Safety Zone through Social Media on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 33 Dec WePeace Training Pattani 24 12 20 3 13-05, workshop - To 2017 develop community proposal on public safety zone 34 Dec PAOW Women's Pattani 16 5 23-24, Forum for 2017 Peace in the Deep South 35 Jan 12- PAOW Two-day Pattani 16 11 1 13, training 2018 workshops for 40 participants 36 Jan 30, WePeace Seed grant Narathi- 202 86 21 3 2018 workshop wat 37 Feb 3, WePeace Seed grant Pattani 18 8 70 20 2018 workshop 38 Feb 5, WePeace Seed grant Yala 50 17 20 3 2018 workshop 39 Feb PAOW Forum on Pattani 16 5 1 10-11, Women and 2018 Peace Process: Experiences from other countries 40 Feb 17, Saiburi Looker The Face of Mueng, 62 42 8 5 3 2018 Hope Pattani 6 | P a g e # Date Organization Activity Location Muslim Buddhist Other1 F2 M O4 F M O F M O 3 41 Mar 2, WePeace A focus-group Pattani 18 2 11 1 2018 meeting for validating communities’ proposal 42 Mar 6- TAF International Pattani 10 6 8, 2018 Women's Day 43 Mar PAOW Two-day forum Narathi- 15 5 17-18, lesson-learnt wat 2018 workshop 44 Apr TAF with Women’s Mueng, 100 39 10 6 1 29, NITA Dialogue on Art Yala 2018 and Peace 45 May 9, Saiburi Looker The Face of Mueng, 53 75 1 2018 organized with Hope Narathi- TAF Narathiwat wat Objective 2: Increase understanding and engagement among local elites to address intra- communal conflict and develop a common platform of demands for a peace