Following the close of KAICIID Fellows first year of training, graduates join a vibrant community of hundreds of global changemakers through the programme’s alumni network. KAICIID regularly hosts continuing education opportunities and workshops for Fellows alumni, and fosters an environment of opportunity and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The Network has helped Fellows expand and deepen the impact of their initiatives, allowing them to share best practices with one another and find funding and resources. The Network also provides professional development opportunities to reinforce lasting outcomes in the field.

Launched in 2021 by graduates of KAICIID’s Social Media as a Space for Dialogue Programme, the Social Media Regional Network brings together a diverse group of young activists and influencers from across the Arab Region.

Members of the Network have launched numerous digital campaigns which are dedicated to promoting peaceful coexistence, upholding the values of pluralism and common citizenship, contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and building partnerships with policymakers.

The Network also uses interreligious and intercultural dialogue to promote peace online and celebrate religious, ethnic and cultural diversity from across the Arab region. Their efforts have additionally strengthened the resilience of faith-based and community groups to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16.

The Network for Dialogue was officially launched in March 2019 in Bologna, Italy, and brings together European faith-based, secular organizations and other experts to jointly promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue for the social inclusion of refugees and migrants. Members come from around Europe, including Austria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Supported by KAICIID, the Network for Dialogue aims to foster social inclusion, peace and coexistence in Europe within the context of migration, the Network also works to reduce hate speech and prejudice towards refugees and migrants in Europe. In gathering both faith-based and secular organizations that use dialogical approaches in their work, the Network effectively promotes the use of intercultural and interreligious dialogue by policymakers in developing policy recommendations.

To learn more about the Network for Dialogue, visit network4dialogue.eu

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The Network of Policymakers and Religious Leaders in Nigeria convenes high level government representatives and senior religious leaders from across the country to address ethno-religious conflict and build peaceful coexistence between adherents of Nigeria’s two main faiths, Islam and Christianity.

Participants of the Network recognize that policymaking and implementation need religious voices in order to deescalate the interreligious and intercultural conflicts which threaten the country’s stability. The Network intends to foster better informed and more inclusive policies which take into account the sensitivities and needs of Nigeria’s diverse community groups.

Rather than engaging in conflict resolution and post-conflict processes, the Network will work to formulate preventive measures that address tensions before they erupt into violent confrontation.

KAICIID and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) support the Network in carrying out their policy review by facilitating regular meetings and ensuring that religious actors provide inputs to the policy briefs.

11-12 December 2019

120 KAICIID Fellows from around the world discussed in Vienna, Austria the role of interreligious dialogue in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The sustainable development goals address challenges such as education, gender equality, sustainable communities, peace and justice. The conference was centred on five panels of experts, composed of 33 Fellows alumni and members of KAICIID’s interreligious Board. The initiative reflected KAICIID's aim of making the grassroots experience of activists and religious leaders relevant to the wider human development goals at policymaking level. The event culminated in the graduation of 93 new Fellows from the International, Arab, Europe and South South-East Asia cohorts.