For the second year in a row, Search for Common Ground will use film to bring Syrian perspectives to the discussions of the conference. Through videos, participants will be given a tour of the reality of peacebuilding work in Syria, and they will hear from some of the same people that shared their perspectives on a peaceful Syria in June 2020. How has the pandemic shifted their perspectives? What are Syrian civil society’s needs, successes, and hopes?

Representatives of Syrian civil society will demonstrate how a peacebuilding approach empowers Syrian civil society and protects civil society space – particularly during the pandemic, and Search’s Gender Advisor in the MENA Region, Syrian-Tunisian Rim Aljabi, will guide participants through a discussion about Civil Society, Gender dynamics, and COVID-19.

Agenda

14:00  Welcome and Introduction – Ms Charline Burton
14:05  Empowering Civil Society in Syria – Priorities and Achievements – Ms Rim Aljabi, Regional Gender Advisor – MENA, Search from Common Ground

• Video:  Search in Syria – Focus on Civil Society
• The importance of protecting civil society space
• Civil Society, Gender dynamics, and COVID
• Q&A

14:25 Syrian Voices  - Civil Society needs, successes, and hopes - facilitated by Ms Charline Burton

• Video: Syrian Voices II
• Experience from the ground – Intervention by Syrian CSO representative (name tbc)
• Q&A

14:55 Closing remarks - Ms Charline Burton

Organiser: Search for Common Ground

Date: 24/03/2021  14:00

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