2021 Creating Impact - International Islamic University Malaysia - 2LEAD4PEACE - Malaysia

2021 Creating Impact - International Islamic University Malaysia - 2LEAD4PEACE - Malaysia

2LEAD4PEACE

International Islamic University Malaysia’s (IIUM) acknowledged Regional Centre of Expertise, Greater Gombak (RECG2) on Education for Sustainable Development, provides mission statements and goals that help to facilitate 2LEAD4PEACE’s (Capacity Building for Islam, Peace and Civilizational Development:  Engaging Extremism, Terrorism and Conflict through Education for Sustainability 2019-2022) quadruple helix model of partnerships.

In 2019-2021, 2LEAD4PEACE has: Empowered targeted vulnerable communities such as the youth to address the threat of Violent Extremism (VE) at the national level; Expanded baseline data, for example, of the Malaysia youth profile in Selangor in relation to VE risk and social media usage via internationally funded research grants; Collaborated with multiple Preventing Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) stakeholders on various PCVE activities; Contributed to national security and public safety plan of action as expert consultants for the National Action Plan (NAP) for PCVE (2022-2025) and developed content for long-term PCVE and nation-building efforts via education, engagement, training, funding and research by hosting the national level PCVE web portal (mycveguide.com) which is expected to be launched mid-2021.

Top 3 learnings:

1. The forging of peace is possible when we build bridges across people from various divides.
2. ESD is to create balance between global citizenship and nations building towards a resilient society.
3. The project highlights the connection between vision and mission of IIUM and all its building blocks.

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