About Mediothek Afghanistan
As a non-governmental and non-profit organization, Mediothek Afghanistan was founded by the initiative of a group of Afghan intellectuals in 1993 in Germany with aim of promoting education, preserving cultural heritage, strengthening rule of law and good governance and ensuring a peaceful and prosperous future for the people of Afghanistan.
Following the start of the Petersberg peace process (in Bonn, Germany) in 2001 and the establishment of a new government in Afghanistan, Mediothek formally established its own community and media centers in Kabul and other parts of the country. Primarily Mediothek’s activities focused on peacebuilding initiatives, civil society and media development, promoting democracy and its values and freedom of expression.
Project Brief Introduction and Goal
The project of “Civil Society Cohesion Building on Afghan Peace Process” is implemented by the Mediothek Afghanistan during 2020-2020 across16 provinces and funded by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). The overall goal of the project is to train and empower members of civil society organizations as influential social figures to assume productive roles in peace processes at local and national levels.
Core project activities
To achieve the goal, a two-day training of trainers (ToT) is organized in Kabul for trainers and members of civil society organizations from 16 provinces
In each province, 20 active members of civil society organizations will supported and equipped with proper tools to reach out to diverse groups of society and community activist include religious scholars, human rights activists, women, academics, students, influential figures and heads of district and district councils. They will be interviewed and asked to fill pre-prepared questionnaires about challenges facing the peace process.
A series of two day training workshops “Strengthening the Solidarity of Civil Society Institutions on the Peace Process” will be held in all target provinces. Twenty active members of leading civil society organizations will participate in each of the workshop. During the two-day provincial workshops opinions reflected in the questionnaires will be analyzed and incorporated by participants, and an action plan as well as a provincial plan of civil society leaders will be developed based on the analysis of views arisen in the questionnaires.
Finally, the findings and assessments of the representatives and trainers from local communities and the core essence of views of the interviewees from different walks of life and the results of the two-day provincial workshops will be shared at a national conference after analysis, evaluation and incorporation by a team of peace experts. The conference will be attended by representatives of the civil society institutions from provinces, high-ranking government officials, representatives of embassies and non-governmental organizations based in Kabul.
The 16 target provinces of the project are
North: Balkh, Jawzjan, Faryab, Samangan and Sar-e Pul
North-east: Baghlan, Kunduz, Takhar and Badakhshan
South: Kandahar, Urozgan, Helmand and Zabul
West: Herat, Farah and Badghis
