Tunisia CVE Prison Project

Narrative Quarterly Report

Award number: DSH-4000000984

Reporting Period:

January 1– March 31, 2019

Contact:

Hilde Deman

Country Director

Search for Common Ground-Tunisia

15, rue Khalifa Ben Jeddou, Manar 3, Tunis

Tel +216 98 743 803, hdeman@sfcg.org

Bouraoui Ouni

Senior Project Manager

Search for Common Ground-Tunisia

15, rue Khalifa Ben Jeddou, Manar 3, Tunis

Tel +216 98 743 805, bouni@sfcg.org

Acronyms

Search Search for Common Ground

Search-Tunisia Search for Common Ground-Tunisia

DGPR Tunisian Directorate General for Prisons and Re-education

DCAF Geneva Center for Democratic Control on Armed Forces

CDC Child Detention Center

MoJ Tunisian Ministry of Justice

CSO Civil society organization

NGO Non-governmental organization

INGO International non-governmental organization

ISSAT International Security Sector Advisory Team

CT Commission National Commission on Counter-Terrorism

VE Violent Extremism

VEP Violent Extremist Prisoner

RFTF Returning foreign terrorist fighter

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

ToRs Terms of Reference

Contents

Acronyms 2

Executive Summary 4

Activities of this Quarter 6

1. The selection of the sub-grantees for the small-grants program (February 2019) 6

2. Participation in the DCAF-ISSAT five-day training course on SSR’s contribution to PVE (The

Hague, Feb 4-8, 2019) 11

3. The technical training for grantees (February 21-23, 2019) 12

4. The finalization of the CDC pilot training trainer selection process. 14

5. Coordination with MoJ-DGPR on the first regional study visit to Morocco 16

6. Additional assistance (fields visits) for grantees (March 2019) 17

7. Coordination with the Dutch NGO “Young In Prison” (March 2019) 19

8. Preparing ToRs for the DGPR training (March 2019) 20

Challenges and Lessons Learned Error! Bookmark not defined.

Next Steps 21

Annexes 23

Annex 1 - CSO and Media selection criteria Error! Bookmark not defined.

Annex 2 - Small Grants Technical Training Agenda 23

Annex 3 - ToRs of the CDC Pilot Training on Conflict Transformation 24

Executive Summary

On December 4, 2017, Search for Common Ground-Tunisia (Search-Tunisia) and the Dutch

Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Stabilisation and Humanitarian Aid Department signed a Grant

Decision to fund a second phase of the prison project implemented by Search-Tunisia from

December 1, 2015 to October 31, 2017. The overall objective of this second phase is to prevent

engagement with violent ideologies amongst adult and young Tunisian detainees during and

after their period of detention through improved rehabilitation and reintegration programming.

This objective will be achieved through the following specific outcomes:

1. Enhance the capacity of the staff of the Directorate General for Prisons and Re-education

(DGPR), of prisons, and of Child Detention Centers (CDCs) to manage, rehabilitate, and

reintegrate adult and young detainees, including violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) and

imprisoned returning foreign terrorist fighters (RFTFs), in line with international human

rights standards for treatment of detainees.

2. Increase cooperation and coordination between state and non-state stakeholders in efforts

to rehabilitate and reintegrate detainees, including violent extremist prisoners and

returning foreign terrorist fighters.

The activities of this second phase of the project will revolve around the main themes of

rehabilitation and reintegration of adult detainees and juveniles in prisons and CDCs, in respect

of international human rights standards. This will include a particular reference to the

management and rehabilitation of VEPs and RFTFs in prisons, which have been identified as

priority issues by the DGPR and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) during activities of the first phase.

These themes will be tackled through four main activity components with the following

respective expected results:

➢ Capacity building of the personnel of the DGPR and of 27 Tunisian prisons and 5

CDCs.

Expected results:

At the level of the DGPR:

1. Two five-day training workshops completed (a total of ten days of

training) and 60 staff trained;

2. One manual produced for the management and rehabilitation of VEPs and

RFTFs;

3. Nine five-day training sessions completed (for a total of 45 days of

training) and a total of 270 staff trained (with 30 per training session); and

4. Two study visits, one regional in Morocco and one international to Jordan

or Saudi Arabia.

At the level of CDCs:

1. One five-day training program on conflict transformation completed and

40 participants trained;

2. One five-day training of trainers completed (a total of five days of

training) and ten trainers certified;

3. Five two-day training workshops for 100 detained children between the

ages of 13 and 18 (girls and boys), with 20 per each CDC; and

4. One study visit to a juvenile facility in the Netherlands.

➢ Dialogues and workshops to promote engagement and synergies between governmental

and non-governmental stakeholders (including business and private enterprises) around

issues related to the rehabilitation, reintegration, and socio-economic reinsertion of

former detainees.

Expected results:

1. One national workshop on the management, rehabilitation, and the

reintegration of VEPs;

2. One national retreat on societal engagement in the rehabilitation and the

reintegration of the former prisoners including VEPs;

3. One national dialogue forum on juvenile offenders; and

4. One national dialogue on the rehabilitation and sustainable socio-

economic reintegration of all categories of inmates, including VEPs and

RFTFs.

➢ The development of locally contextualized content that will support the management,

rehabilitation, and reintegration of vulnerable categories of detainees, including VEPs,

RFTFs, and children released from CDCs, in respect of international human rights

standards and practices regarding detainees.

Expected results:

The training on management, rehabilitation and reintegration of VEPs that will

target the DGPR level, which will enable the production of a draft manual on

managing, rehabilitating, and reintegrating this category of inmates in Tunisia’s

specific context.

➢ Micro-grants to support initiatives by civil society organizations (CSOs), private sector

actors, and media in the fields of rehabilitation, reintegration, and the socio-economic

reinsertion of adult and juvenile detainees.

Expected results:

Eight Tunisian NGOs and two local media outlets will benefit from a small grant

(with an average of 5000 euros per grantee) in order to support programs for the

rehabilitation and reintegration of former detainees (including juveniles).

Search-Tunisia believes that when we strengthen the capacities of the DGPR through training

staff members, initiating dialogue around these themes, improving communication and synergy

with relevant stakeholders, this administration would be better able to 1) improve their capacities

about these concepts, 2) identify both the main challenges and opportunities for cooperation and

collaboration, and 3) deliver improved rehabilitation and reintegration programming that is in

line with international human rights norms and standards.

In this reporting period, Search-Tunisia completed the following activities: (1) Selected the CSO

and media grantees for the small-rant program in February; (2) Participated in the Geneva Center

of Democratic Control on Armed Forces (DCAF) and the International Security Sector Advisory

Team (ISSAT) Course on security sector reform (SSR)’s contribution to preventing violent

extremism (PVE) at The Hague in early February; (3) Organized a technical training for selected

CSOs and media outlets on administrative, financial, and M&E aspects in February; (4)

Finalized the CDC training participants’ selection process; (5) Coordinated with the MoJ and

DGPR regarding the first regional study visit to Morocco; (6) Organized additional assistance

through field visits to selected grantees in March; and (7) Coordinated with the Dutch NGO

“Young in Prisons” on the facilitation of the CDCs directors’ visit in the Netherlands; (8)

Prepared the terms of reference (ToRs) for the DGPR training.

Activities of this Quarter

1. The selection of the sub-grantees for the small-grants program (February 2019)

On December 16, Search-Tunisia launched a closed, competitive process for the small-grants

program. The call for applications was sent to the 33 CSOs that were identified during the

previous stakeholders mapping (during the months of September and October), the National

Workshop (held October 9-10, 2018), and the National CSO Retreat (held November 24-25,

2018).

The small-grants program, one of the main components of this project, proposes to support

initiatives or projects that may emerge from civil society or the media and that would carry out

concrete actions in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration of former adult or minor prisoners.

The pre-selection of the projects that would benefit from the small-grants program was based on

their strengths according to the following criteria: (1) the feasibility and sustainability of the

proposed action or initiative, (2) the positive engagement of public authorities and communities

and the readiness to collaborate with the CSOs and the media, (3) the relevance of the proposal

to identified needs, (4) their level of awareness and the nature of the impact the proposed project

will have on the targeted population, (5) based on a do no harm and conflict sensitivity approach,

and (6) the programmatic and technical capacity of the implementer to implement the proposed

project, which would include a good understanding of small-grants financial management

systems and processes. The team received 21 project proposals in total (with two projects from

the same NGO1). Generally, all projects received contained good ideas. The proposed activities

1 “Psychologue du monde” Tunisie sent two projects for the call for applications.

have a high degree of relevance to the terms of reference. A brief summary of the proposals

received is included below:

- Radio Mesk, Laaroussa: The newly established online radio in the Youth Centre of

Laaroussa (in the Governorate of Siliana) proposed a project under the name “Rise.” Its

objective is bringing a message of hope through the media to help reduce the risk of

recidivism. The project would target a group of 10 young people newly released from the

Center of Reeducation of Juveniles in Siliana. The project would consist of diverse

activities such as public debates within the governorate, radio sessions, and meeting with

the local authorities.

- Diwan FM: The first private radio in the region of Sfax, they proposed a project, under

the name of “Tansawnech” (Do Not Forget Us), targeting young detainees and their

families. It proposed to talk about the problems they might face after their release, and

their perception and solutions to find a better integration system back into society.

- Tunisian Association of Al-Jarid Media Tozeur: A radio channel produced by the

NGO Tunisian Association of Al-Jarid Media proposed a project entitled “Aid Tunisia,”

which targets journalists with the goal of training them on communication tools and

covering subjects related to ex-prisoners.

- The International Institute for Human Development: A national NGO that proposed a

project entitled “Women and Youth for Peace” which plans to provide capacity-building

trainings to women and youth from the region. The project aims to prevent violent

extremism in order to reduce the risk of radicalization in their community by

strengthening women and youth as peacebuilding actors in Tunisia.

- Ben Guerdane Future Association of Investment and Development: A local NGO in

Medenine in the region of Ben Guerdane, this organization proposed a project aiming to

facilitate the social and economic reintegration of target population of ex-detainees, by

providing training sessions to the ex-detainees on communication, psychology, and

project formulation and management.

- Rawafed for Development: A local NGO from Sidi Bouzid, located in the region of

Regueb, this organization proposed a project that will contribute to the psychosocial and

professional reinsertion of 10 selected young ex-detainees through the support and

development of small initiatives.

- INSAF, El Kef: A local NGO from the governorate of Kef, INSAF proposed a project

that would work on the sensitization of vulnerable youth to the dangers of extremism,

radicalization and delinquency while providing them with capacity-building trainings on

communication (soft skills), project management, and business planning.

- “Trust Me” Association: A new NGO from Tunis, Trust Me proposed a project entitled

“Trust Me and Help Me” targeting ex-detainee children, and providing them with the

interventions needed for facilitating their rehabilitation and social integration by

providing psychological care, and preparing training sessions on communication and

conflict management.

- Irada Association, Benguardane: A local NGO in Medenine in the region of

Benguardene, this organization proposed a project under the name of “All Together” that

proposes to involve different stakeholders working in the field of rehabilitation and socio-

economic reintegration of juvenile and adult detainees in the process of their reintegration

into society, and thus by organizing dialogue sessions, with the different involved

stakeholders (the prisons agents, the CSOs from the region, and the ex-detainees), by

providing training sessions to the ex-detainees on communication and project

management, and by organizing debate sessions that will be aired through their radio

channel.

- MAZAM: MAZAM’s proposed project aims to organize a bootcamp with trainings on

entrepreneurship to 40 selected ex-detainees from the regions of Gammarth, Mourouj,

and Mjez Elbeb, followed by the support in the development of their own small projects

to be presented to micro-credit institutions for financing.

- The Voice of the Rural Child: A new NGO from the governorate of Medenine, this

organization proposed a project entitled “Back to Life,” which would target 15 ex-

detainees from the region and would provide a tailoring training, a pastry-making

training, and organize a “Voice of Youth” camp for education in the culture of peace and

the peaceful transformation of conflicts.

- “Psychologues du Monde” Tunisia: An NGO based in the region of Tunis, this

organization submitted two proposals: The first proposal would provide psychological

care through a family therapy program and accompanying young minors in their

reintegration both in their families and in their social environments, which would be a

first in Tunisia. The second project they proposed would focus on violence and its

management within the CDCs. The aim of the project is to reduce this climate of violence

in the centers, so that this structure is perceived by young people as an educational

structure and not a punitive structure.

- Scouts without Borders: A local NGO focusing its work on the governorate of Sousse,

Scouts without Borders proposed a project under the name of “Take-Off Youth” which

proposes psychological care and training for young ex-detainees in the region to facilitate

their reintegration with society.

- Tunisia Theater Forum: A new NGO, the Tunisia Theater Forum sent a project entitled

“The Will to Act,” which proposes an employability and financial empowerment training

for the targeted population of ex-detainees from Tunis. In addition, the project would

include the implementation of micro-projects for each selected participant in the project,

which would generate income that can enable them to integrate into the socio-economic

fabric of their communities. Finally, the project would culminate in the making of a

documentary.

- Tunisia Plus: An NGO operating in the governorate of Tunis, Tunisia Plus proposed a

project entitled “Tanfidh” (Execution) which will accompany about 30 young ex-

detainees in their individual professional projects through trainings on project

management and market research, a personalized coaching program for the development

of their business plans, legal creation (incorporation) and implementation of their

projects, and post-launch support

- We Youth: A youth-led NGO from the governorate of Sfax, We Youth’s proposed

project aims to reintegrate young ex-detainees into structured, community economic

entities in order to improve the cohesion of ex-prisoners from Sfax in the society.

- Association Dance Theater Music: This NGO proposed to organize an artistic caravan

that would move every month for three days to a prison (touring all the prisons in

Tunisia) to make artistic workshops such as Theater, Art, Dance, and Cinema and to

produce artistic projects by the end of each visit.

- Al Karama Association: An NGO operating in the governorate of Tunis, Al Karama

proposed a project entitled “A New Chance.” Al Karama will organize individual

programs and training sessions on communication and other soft skills to help young ex-

detainees from the prison of Mornaguia in their search for jobs. In addition, the initiative

will aim to provide them with the technical help needed to create their own projects and

business plans.

- Tunisian Organization for Social Cohesion: A NGO operating in Tunis governorate,

this organization proposed “Tomorrow is Better.” The project’s goal is to strengthen the

resilience of 15 ex-prisoners from the community in setting up social and solidarity

economic initiatives, through a cycle of capacity-building workshops on the themes of

social and solidarity economy (SSE),2 community participation, and project management.

- IIDebate: An NGO base in Tunis, IIDebate proposed a project to sensitize young people

to the problem of the social and economic reintegration of prisoners and to reduce

discrimination and build critical thinking skills among youth through cafe talk sessions.

According to the selection criteria, and considering the budget limitation,3 and the quality of

the received proposals, the team narrowed the proposals down to the following pre-selected ones

to advance to the next stage:

● Two media outlets: Radio Misk Laaroussa (Siliana) and Diwan FM (Sfax) and

● Eleven CSOs/associations: Future Association of Investment and Development

(Medenine), Rawafed for Development (Sidi Bouzid), We Youth (Sfax), Scouts Without

Borders (Sousse), the Tunisian Organization for Social Cohesion (Tunis), Psychologists

of the World Tunisia (specifically their second project), Insaf El Kef (Kef), Trust Me

(Sousse), Mazam (Tunis), Tunisia+ (Tunis), and Irada (Medenine).

2 “SSE refers to enterprises and organizations (cooperatives, mutual benefit societies, associations, foundations and

social enterprises) which produce goods, services and knowledge that meet the needs of the community they serve,

through the pursuit of specific social and environmental objectives and the fostering of solidarity.” (ILO’s definition

and additional resources is available here:

https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/cooperatives/projects/WCMS_546299/lang--en/index.htm) 3 The budget allocated to the small-grant program was around 50.000 Euros (an average of 5000 per grant).

On the basis of the table annexed to this report (Annex 1) containing the different criteria for the

associations as well as for the media outlets, Search made the final selection of nine small grants

as follows:

● Media: Radio Mesk Laaroussa (Siliana)

● Associations: Future Association of Investment and Development (Ben Guerdane),

Rawafed for Development (Sidi Bouzid), We Youth (Sfax), Scouts Without Borders

(Sousse), the Tunisian Organization for Social Cohesion (Tunis), Insaf El Kef (Kef),

Tunisia+ (Tunis), and Irada (Ben Guerdane).

And as such, the selected projects for the small-grants programme will be covering seven

governorates out of the 24 in Tunisia.

Selected Subgrantee Targeted population Region

Radio Mesk Laaroussa Ten young ex-detainees (eight male and two

female, from the ages of 18-26) and their

families

Siliana

Future Association of

Investment and Development

Eight young ex-detainees (five male and three

female)

Ben Guerdane

Rawafed for Development Staff of the Centre of Defense and Social

Education in Sidi Bouzid and five juvenile

ex-detainees between the ages of 15-18 years

Sidi Bouzid

We Youth Ten young ex-detainees (five male and five

female, between the ages of 20-30) and their

families, the administration of the prison of

Sfax, 20 prisoners (all male), and different

companies based in Sfax

Sfax

Scouts Without Border Five male ex-detainees between the ages of

18-30

Sousse

The Tunisian Organization

for Social Cohesion

Ten ex-detainees (five male and five female,

between the ages of 25-30)

Tunis

Insaf El Kef Five male ex-detainees between the ages of

25-30

Kef

Tunisia Plus Five ex-detainees (three male and two female,

between the ages of 20-30) and their families

Tunis

Irada Benguadene Local security committee, prison

administration, prisoners (undefined number,

depending on the requirements of the prison

Ben Guardene

administration), ten ex-detainees (eight male

and two female), and their families

In total, these nine small-grant projects will target to engage 68 ex-detainees (44 male, 19

female, and five more with a currently unspecified gender) and at least 20 prisoners, in addition

to businesses, prison staff, and families. Before contracting the subgrantees, the team organized a

technical training for the selected CSOs and media outlets for the small-grants programme on

M&E, finance, reporting, and Search’s small-grant management procedures and documentation

(see Activity 3 below).

2. Participation in the DCAF-ISSAT five-day training course on SSR’s contribution to

PVE (The Hague, Feb 4-8, 2019)

Following a recommendation by the Dutch Embassy in Tunisia, Search’s Senior Project

Manager of the Prison project and the SSR Project Manager were both invited to the DCAF-

ISSAT training course on “SSR’s contribution to PVE” held in The Hague on February 4-8,

2019 in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Representatives from the

Tunisian Counter-Terrorism Commission and the Ministry of the Interior were also invited to

this training course for professionals engaged in SSR processes in contexts involving violent

extremism.

The five-day training course included a specific component on the prevention of VE and covered

dimensions related to human security, peacebuilding, and the engagement of local communities.

It also touched upon holistic, human and psychosocial dynamics of the security and justice

sectors at both the state and non-state levels. The course provided a broad perspective on the

drivers of VE in order to address the issues of state and community resilience and of the impact

of prevention programs.

The organizers provided a course booklet and other documents in order to use and work on (such

as UNDP’s “Journey to Extremism in Africa”4 and the Malian National Strategy on Security

Sector Reform). Search’s attending staff successfully completed the “pre-course” on

“Introduction to SSR,” which was a condition to the acceptance of the participation to the course.

Search’s presentation of this prison project’s exhaustive approach, besides the specific approach

of the SSR project, were part of the Search-Tunisia delegation’s contribution to this training. In

fact, there was a great interest from the participants (from Switzerland, Belgium, Norway,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Austria, France, the EU) in the specific

characteristics of the Tunisian context with regards to understanding how vulnerabilities, social

exclusion and marginalization, security and justice, and weak governance are conducive

conditions to the increase of violent extremism. Through discussions and presentations of what

4 www.http://journey-to-extremism.undp.org//content/downloads/UNDP-JourneyToExtremism-report-2017-

english.pdf

are currently the main issues that prison and SSR projects are tackling within this context, it

becomes more obvious how SSR processes could be considered as ways to prevent radicalization

and violence in contexts of violent extremism. Ideally, effective, and accountable SSR processes

should be driven by a locally based approach, be conceived in a holistic way and cover all actors

involved in the delivery of the public services, in particular, security, justice and defense. These

key characteristics allow the SSR process to ensure effective security and justice, as the two

major conditions to facilitate development, encourage opportunities to grow and as a result,

reduce vulnerabilities and marginalization, the key drivers of violent extremisms.

Through Search-Tunisia’s participation here, it is evident that if this project aims to prevent

radicalization that leads to violence in the prisons, channels of synergy and mutual coordination

must be built between the related approaches of SSR and PVE. Rehabilitation and reintegration

programs should be more visible and well planned in order to benefit from both fields and their

respective, complementary approaches.

3. The technical training for grantees (February 21-23, 2019)

Insuring the technical training for the selected CSOs and media outlets within the small-grant

program is a major component of the prison project. This training aimed at equipping the

grantees with necessary capacities and tools in order for them to manage, monitor, and evaluate

their projects well. Regarding the particularity of this project’s small-grant program, aiming at

supporting initiatives by CSOs and media outlets in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration of

former prisoners, the training was meant to introduce this particular topic to the participants.

Given the fact that most of the selected grantees are engaging for the first time in this sensitive

field, this training put the necessary emphasis on issues related to how to deal with this category

of prisoners, how to communicate around the rehabilitation and the reintegration programs, and

how to involve local actors in this effort.

Search invited 25 participants (13 female and 12 male) representing the nine CSOs and the two

media outlets preselected for the small-grant program.5 The agenda prepared for this training

(Annex 2, in French) focused on the following aspects: presentation of the whole program and a

review of the previous activities in relation with the small-grant program (the majority were

already involved in the National Workshop6 and the National Retreat7—see below),

administrative and financial protocols, M&E, and general considerations in terms of dealing with

the topic, communicating around the activities, and involving both local and national actors.

5 CSOs were Insaf Kef (El Kef), We Youth (Sfax), Scouts Without Borders (Sousse), Rawafed (Sidi Bouzid), Irada

(Ben Guerdane), Abfid (Medenine), Tunisia+ (Tunis), OTCS (Tunis), Psychologue du Monde (Tunis). 6 “The National Workshop on the Management, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of VEPs” (Tunis, Oct 9-10, 2018) 7 “The Retreat on societal engagement in the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners” (Tunis, Nov 24-25, 2018)

“Insaf El Kef engaged in a pilot initiative with a group of

juvenile delinquents released from the Kef Child Detention

Center. We helped some of them to set up small commercial

activities after a lot of coordination with local agencies (i.e.,

CDIS, micro-credit institutions, the municipality, etc.). I

believe we still need to engage collectively in this field… for

me it’s about reducing recruitment to violence and reducing

the number of those who try incessantly to immigrate

illegally to Europe.”

Abdelwahhab Nasri, Former Director of the Regional

Development Agency of Kef, President of “INSAF El Kef”

(a CSO specialized in local development)

Search’s team involved in this training drew on the experiences and the lessons learned

following the implementation of its SSR small-grant program. Search’s former SSR project

manager (now a MENA Program Associate) presented an introductory presentation on all the

aspects related to the whole cycle of project management, which also included lessons learned

from Search’s past experiences in this field and the most important things managers have to take

into consideration during the implementation of their activities. The training included two

workshops on budgeting and financial reporting on projects activities, given by Search Tunisia’s

finance and administration team. On the final day of the training, the M&E Coordinator gave an

introductory presentation on the theoretical and practical aspects of M&E. Trainees participated

in two exercises on how to set “SMART” objectives (Specific, Measurable, Achievable,

Relevant, and Time-bound) for each activity of the project, prepare key indicators of

performance and success, and how to measure the realized impact through the implementation of

the activities. Techniques and models of reporting were a major part of the training. Search

prepared a whole kit composed of administrative, financial, compliance, and due diligence forms

as well as models of reporting and financial reports.

The training was also an opportunity to engage in some discussions around the rehabilitation and

reintegration of prisoners and how this is presenting a big challenge to the CSOs and media

outlets participating in the training. Some of the CSO participants had already encountered issues

related to the rehabilitation and reintegration of formers prisoners (especially in case of juveniles

released from reeducation centers). Their experiences in terms of dealing with local authorities

(i.e., CDIS, Municipalities) but especially with micro-credit institutions,8 were interesting to

many of the other CSOs who have similar activities in their projects.

8 Starting in the 2000s, the Tunisian government launched a public mechanism that is specialized in helping small

and medium enterprises (the BFPME: Banque de Financement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises). Few years

before the revolution, the BFPME started covering private initiatives and funding small projects with guarantees. In

parallel, the Tunisian government has allowed, starting in the 2000s, private institutions to provide small loans to

individuals and small enterprises. Most well-known cases include the following: Micro Cred, ENDA, and Tayssir.

Many of the participant CSOs have already dealt with these.

“This is the first time we engaged in a project where

we will be working with former violent extremist

prisoners; I could say the main issue won't

necessarily be with them, but with those who should

help us in providing opportunities to these people. I

believe we should really believe in the utility of any

second chance.”

Dr. Chokri El Fidha, President of “Tunisia+” (a

CSO based in Tunis working on the concept of the

“Second Chance” and a member of the CAFA

network [Civic Activists in the Fight Against Violent

Extremism])

It is important to mention that part of the training was dedicated to help some of the CSOs (either

those who are working with Search or acting in the PVE field for the first time) in well adapting

their work to Search’s models and templates. In fact, Search’s Grant Officer had already

provided grantees with a set of templates in order to write their proposals, prepare their Budgets,

and their Action Plans. Search also provided templates for narrative and financial reports.

Finally, Search’s Senior Project Manager emphasized issues related to communication around

the project activities with regard to the sensitivity of the projects and of the targeted populations.

Participants were asked to aim at maximum reach and communication about the activities

through wider inclusion of local actors and the media. However, this should be in consideration

of all principles of Do No Harm, which should be rigorously taken into consideration when

dealing with vulnerable targets or talking about activities done with them. It was also

emphasized that one of the most strategic objectives of this small-grant program is to increase

awareness around the rehabilitation and the reintegration of former prisoners in a perspective of

reducing recidivism and preventing violent extremism.

In response, participants flagged that surely the most challenging issue for them will be how to

communicate about their initiatives. Some of the participants suggested that the implementation

of the sub-grant activities could be part of the communication strategy on the whole initiative,

with separate strategies developed by grantees in coordination with Search. Search-Tunisia will

follow through with these requests through its Media and Communications Officer, who will

provide technical assistance in the coming weeks to the grantees in order to capture the most

significant and important moments of the project cycle.

4. The finalization of the CDC pilot training trainer selection process.

A pilot Training Program on conflict transformation within CDCs and the CDIS (Centers for

Defense and Social Integration which are under the supervision of the Ministry of the Social

Affairs),9 is a major part of the project in its current second phase.10 The pilot program, targeting

9 CDIS are regional institutions that play a key role in the rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders in

Tunisia and with which Search-Tunisia has established a good relationship through several of its projects.

the Directors of CDCs and some of their staff members, in addition to directors from the CDIS,

will aim to provide refreshers on children’s rights through partnerships between Search-Tunisia

and local or international children’s rights CSOs.

Search-Tunisia published an open, competitive process in order to hire experts who could

provide this pilot training based on the description of the tasks detailed in the ToR document

(Annex 3) and following Search’s guidance and assistance.

The pilot program will include:

● One five-day training workshop for 40 participants in total (comprising of an

estimated 5 CDC directors, 25 CDC staff, and 10 CDIS directors).11

● One five-day residential training of trainers (ToT) for 10 CDC staff selected from the

25 CDC staff previously trained.12

Search-Tunisia has also initiated coordination with some of the local CSOs who are known for

their good engagement and activism in the field of children’s rights. In fact, “Ado+”13 and the

“Association Tunisienne de Défense des Droits de l’Enfant”14 (Tunisian Association for the

Defense of Children Rights), were approached by the Senior Project Manager in order to

introduce the project to them and to explain in what way Search and its project partners could

benefit from their potential involvement in this training. Discussions with both associations have

confirmed a great interest from their side on the badly needed rehabilitation and reintegration of

children upon release from the CDCs. Ado+ and the Tunisian Association for the Defense of the

Children Rights stressed the particular need to revise the national legal framework (still

considered as a pioneer in the Arab world) to update it with the new constitutional principles and

to further consolidate all the existing tools and instruments available to facilitate and guarantee

maximum protection and the inclusive rehabilitation and reintegration for the children.15

Considering the lack of local expertise in the field of conflict transformation inside the

penitentiary system, Search received only one candidacy from an international expert: Mrs Maya

10 Within the first phase of this project (2015-2017), the project did not provide specific trainings targeting the

CDCs’ staff. The projects was mainly focusing on DGPR staff. 11 This workshop will foresee both plenary sessions as well as breakout group sessions, some of which will gather a

mix of participants and others which will be for a specific target group. It will focus on the institutionalization of

conflict prevention and transformation within CDCs.It will be an occasion to train different persons involved with

CDCs on techniques of conflict resolution, mediation, non-violent communication, detection and management of

high-risk radicalized behavior, as well as key international human rights standards relating to protection of children

in conflict with the law, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Beijing Rules, and the UN Rules

for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Liberty 12 Staff trained by Search-Tunisia during the ToT will facilitate five two-day training workshops for 100 children in

total between the ages of 13 and 18 (girls and boys), 20 per each CDC. 13 www.facebook.com/Association-ADO 14 http://www.enfant.tn/ 15 Tunisia was a pioneer in drafting a whole code called “Children’s Rights Code.” The Code established the

concept of the “Best Interests of the Child” and set a lot of legal measures and instruments to guarantee children’s

protection. The Code create also the institution of the “Judge of the Child.”

Jizzini, a former Search staff from Lebanon, who presented a strong experience working in this

field and particularly with prison administrations. The decision taken by Search was not only

based on her technical skills and experience in this particular field, but also on the fact that

Jizzini could offer the training in Arabic, as that is preferable for most public officials belonging

to the prisons administration.

5. Coordination with MoJ-DGPR on the first regional study visit to Morocco (planned

for May 2019)

During the previous quarter, Search initiated a closer coordination with the Embassy of Morocco

in Tunisia in order to facilitate the organization of the first regional study visit the project has

envisioned under Phase II. The visit aims to enable Tunisian DGPR officials to meet with their

counterparts in the Moroccan prison administration and share good practices and learn from each

other's experiences and programs in the field of the management, rehabilitation, and reintegration

of VEPs and RFTFs.

The Moroccan Embassy has welcomed Search’s request with a lot of enthusiasm, already

subscribing this visit in a perspective of materializing the Cooperation agreement signed between

the two countries in October 2018 during the official visit by the Moroccan Minister of Justice to

Tunisia.16 Following the Embassy’s request, Search-Tunisia sent an official letter to the Tunisian

Ministry of Justice asking for its approval of the visit and explaining its objectives.

At the end of February, the DGPR informed Search-Tunisia that the study visit to Morocco was

one of the main subjects discussed during the visit of the Moroccan Minister of Justice to the

prison of Mornaguia (which detains those on terrorism charges). In fact, the two delegations

considered that the visit could be an opportunity for both the Tunisian and the Morocco prison

administrations to exchange experiences, programs, and best practices in the most challenging

issues, such as the management and rehabilitation of prisoners. DGPR confirmed also that the

Tunisian MoJ is approving Search’s request.17 The Director General of the Prisons and

Reeducation has confirmed to Search-Tunisia that he will be the head of the delegation which

will be composed of four Directors (including directors of prisons). DGPR proposed to hold this

visit during the second week of May. Following this approval, Search-Tunisia has re-initiated the

coordination with the Moroccan prison administration in order to prepare the visit well. The

program Search-Tunisia will be preparing,18 in close collaboration with the international

relations department in the Morocco prison administration,19 will focus on the following mains

aspects:

16 The Morocco Minister of Justice has visited the prison of Mornaguia during this visit accompanied by his

homologue and the Tunisian Director General of Prisons and reeducation. 17 A representative of the Ministry could be probably part of the delegation. 18 Search-Tunisia will coordinate for this visit with the Search office in Rabat, which is already working with the

penitentiary administration and has a very good relationship with it. 19 An exchanges of emails has already been initiated since January 2019.

- Sharing and discussing practices and programs in the field of the management,

rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremist prisoners including the returnees.

This first pillar of the visit will include all the aspects related to the classification of

prisoners including, VEPs and RFTFs, in the prisons. The exchange will also provide

opportunities to discus prisons security, the securitization of the transport of VEPs to

courts, and the programs of rehabilitation and disengagement of violent extremist

prisoners.

- Field visits to prisons which hold prisoners or detainees with violent extremism or

terrorism charges in order to exchanges good practices in this field.20

- Meeting, after close coordination with the Morocco prison administration and Search’s

Rabat office, with state and non-state actors dealing with the issue of the rehabilitation

and the reintegration of violent extremist prisoners.21

6. Additional assistance (fields visits) for grantees (March 2019)

After the technical training on micro-grant management that Search-Tunisia held for the selected

NGOs and media outlets, and within the process of designing their contracts, Search-Tunisia’s

team noticed that the selected sub-grantees are in need of further technical capacity building

regarding narrative proposal writing, financial management, and still lack a good understanding

of the Search’s procedures for sub-grantees.

Therefore, the program team (composed of the Senior Project Manager and Project Assistant

along with the Search-Tunisia Sub-Grants Officer and Media Officer) decided to organize a

series of field visits to the selected sub-grantees in order to work on better developing their

project narratives, action plans, budget and timelines, and agree on the next steps to follow

regarding contracts, projects management, and communication issues. The tour lasted from

March 19 until March 30, in which the team visited the nine selected sub-grantees in the

governorates of Tunis, Kef, Siliana, Sidi Bouzid, Sfax, Sousse, and Medenine.

Search-Tunisia’s team organized a meeting with each sub-grantee in their respective offices in

which Search worked with their project teams on developing the narrative proposals, defining the

projects’ objectives, and designing the costed work plans. Search’s team also explained the

procedures for sub-grantees, gave comments on the activities, developed the risk mitigation

strategies, and provided recommendations regarding their potential partners.

20 The September 2017 study visit to the Netherlands (Vught Prison) organised within the first phase of this project

for high level officers from the DGPR, was the first opportunity to share and learn from foreign experiences and

programs in dealing with VEPs. 21 Search-Tunisia will facilitate, in collaboration with Search-Rabat, meetings with the Fondation Mohammed VI

pour la réinsertion des prisonniers, and the Rabita Mohammedia of Ulémas (active in the development of alternative

narratives and known for its program of education by peers in the Morocco prisons).

Search-Tunisia team meeting with Scout Without Borders, an NGO based in Sousse,

working mostly on social reintegration. Sub-grants officer explaining the Search-Tunisia

procedures regarding fund requests, financial and narrative reporting and required

supporting documents for Sub-grantees to the finance officer of the NGO.

As Search-Tunisia finds capacity building for its sub-grantees essential, the program team was

accompanied by Search-Tunisia’s Media Officer in order to produce photo and video

documentation all along the capacity building process, starting with the trainings, through the

field visits, project implementation activities, and finally the project evaluations. The aim of

these measurements is the production of a final video that will report the journey of assisting the

Sub-grantees as well as serving as a tool of comparison and evaluation.

On the other hand, Search-Tunisia’s team identified the different challenges that the sub-grantees

will face in their project and aims to build their capacities in preventing the project’s risks and

overcoming the challenges, as they engage for the first time in the field of socio-economic

rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-detainees. The most common challenges for the sub-

grantees are the following:

● Narrative development: as they engage for the first time in this field, Search-Tunisia

team noticed clear difficulties in terms of designing activities and describing ways of

involvement and implementation. For example, CSOs tend to not “quantify” and make

more operational their language when describing the activities. It was also noticed that

they lack capacities in terms of risk mitigation and overcoming practical difficulties. A

great deal of the job by the Search team was oriented to address these specific issues.

● Access to the target beneficiaries: Detainees, prison and CDC staff, and ex-detainees

are hard to reach targets that are often resistant to mentoring and orientation.

Furthermore, access requires institutional approval. To be most successful, the trajectory

of a detainee’s overall rehabilitation and reintegration requires that interventions begin

prior to their release, meaning that these barriers to access can hinder the effectiveness of

programming.

● Stakeholder relation-management: Throughout their projects, sub-grantees will have to

maintain a strong relationship with the different stakeholders related to their projects,

such as the targets’ families, the administrations of prisons, the CDCs, the CDIS, and so

forth.

● Target engagement: As mentioned above, ex-convicts are a hard-to-reach target, but

also hard to engage. This is one of the biggest challenges for the sub-grantees, since their

projects will have an approximate duration of 6-8 months during which they will engage

the target in its socio-economic integration process, a process which may necessitate

more time to have sustainable impact.

● Local stakeholder involvement: One of the biggest aspects of the sub-grantees’ projects

is the involvement of local stakeholders such as the administrators of prisons, the prisons

themselves, the private sector, social actors, and so forth. This challenge is tangible but a

majority of the grantees has already signed MoUs with in particular CDIS and prisons in

order to facilitate implementation of activities. Some other grantees have also initiated

closer coordination with training centers, small enterprises, families of certain former

detainees (especially when it comes to female ex-detainees), and finally with local

representatives of central administrations and ministries.

During the field visits, we received constructive and mostly positive feedback from the sub-

grantees regarding the efforts and measures that Search-Tunisia has put on the ground to make

the process successful and fruitful. The selected sub-grantees admired that Search-Tunisia gave

them the opportunity to work on such sensitive issue, especially because the targeted CSOs and

media outlets have worked previously on rehabilitation and/or socio-economic integration

programs, but rarely with this kind of fragile target group.On the other hand, they also expressed

their appreciation of Search-Tunisia’s dedication in providing all the needed tools for the

projects’ success; the sub-grantees were grateful that the project team gave them further capacity

building through these visits in proposal writing, financial management, stakeholder

engagement, and time and project management.

After the review and approval of the narrative proposals and action plans by the team, the

contracts have been designed and are on hold awaiting the approval of Search’s MENA office

given the size of these grants and Search’s internal protocols. The next steps following the

signing of the contracts are the design of the projects’ M&E strategies and the follow-up on their

project implementation processes as well as assisting the sub-grantees in the field of project and

financial management. A greater focus on M&E plans and on more financial reporting

procedures will be the focus of a second series of field visits to be carried out during the coming

quarter.

7. Coordination with the Dutch NGO “Young In Prison” (March 2019)

The President of the Dutch NGO Young In Prison (Mr. Raoul Nolen) approached the Senior

Project Manager of the prison project in early February after having received our contact details

from the Dutch Embassy in Tunisia. Young In Prison22 is working in the field of rehabilitating

and reintegrating youth in conflict with the Law. The NGO has developed a specific

methodology23 in order to design and implement reintegration programs targeting youth in

conflict with the law. The conversation was an opportunity for Search-Tunisia to talk about the

work being done with the penitentiary administration and CDCs. A particular focus was on the

small-grant program. Mr. Nolen presented the NGO and they discussed opportunities for

collaboration. During a Skype call (held on February 26), Mr. Nolen expressed the wish to start a

22 Young In Prison works in Morocco, South Africa, Kenya, Albania. 23 Young In Prison is specialized in the design and the implementation of reintegration programs. The NGO works

inside and outside juvenile centers through a team of artists, coaches, and underground culture activists who train the

youth and equip them with soft skills through a variety of artistic, sport, and cultural activities.

project in Tunis and added that the Embassy has showed interest in their work of reintegrating

youth in conflict with the law and advised him to find ways to partner with Search.

Given the fact that Search-Tunisia has provided a technical training for the grantees on the

different cycles of the management, monitoring, and evaluation of the projects, the conversation

touched on the possibility to complement this training by organizing an additional training that

could focus on the design of rehabilitation and reintegration programs for former prisoners,

including juveniles. Search-Tunisia believes that grantees targeting youth released from CDCs

could benefit a lot from information and lessons learned through the exploration of their

particular methodology in this field.

Young In Prison confirmed its readiness to give this training to the grantees in collaboration with

Search-Tunisia. Search-Tunisia is currently coordinating with the grantees and with Young In

Prison to organize this training by June 10.

Finally, Young In Prison proposed to offer a one-day training to the Directors of the CDCs when

they will be in the Netherlands on a study visit to a juvenile detention facility. They proposed

also to boost the coordination with a juvenile detention center in Rotterdam (The Hartelborgt

Center) with which Search-Tunisia is currently coordinating.

8. Preparing ToRs for the DGPR training (March 2019)

Phase 1 of the project demonstrated a real need for additional training on the management and

the rehabilitation of VEPs as well as RFTFs. Before starting this second phase of the project, the

DGPR confirmed in an official letter of request for support sent to Search-Tunisia its strong need

to be supported in this field and to build on the pilot training and the ToT session that Search-

Tunisia has implemented for prison staffs.24

To build on this, Search-Tunisia will implement a comprehensive training program for prison

administrations and staff members on the management and rehabilitation of VEPs and RFTFs in

respect of international human rights standards. Search-Tunisia will provide its own expertise for

the delivery of some of the sessions and will identify and establish strategic partnerships with

local or international organizations to leverage their expertise for the delivery of other sessions.

The program will include the following workshops:

● Two five-day workshops for 60 representatives of the prison administration

(including 28 high-level senior members of staff of the DGPR, 27 prison directors, and 5

directors of CDCs) on the management and rehabilitation of VEPs and RFTFs;

24 During the first phase of the project, Search provided a first training (in collaboration with Penal Reform

International) for the high level senior management of the DGPR (40 high ranked officials attended a training on the

management, rehabilitation and reintegration of the VEPs), a technical workshop in collaboration with UNODC-

Geneva to present its Handbook on the management of VEPS and the prevention of radicalization leading to

violence in the prisons, four (4) training session for 100 Prisons Guards, and, finally, a ToT sessions for 25

participants.

● Nine five-day workshops for 270 staff in total (including prison guards and mid-level

staff managing the prisons’ daily activities) from all of the 27 Tunisian prisons (10 staff

per prison, for a total of 30 participants per workshop) on managing and rehabilitating

VEPs and RFTFs in the prison context;

● Three five-day trainings of trainers (ToT) for 54 prison staff (with two staff per

prison and limited to 18 participants per ToT). These trainings will be for two staff

members selected by facilitators and Search staff from each of the 27 target prisons, who

will receive additional training on pedagogical tools related to the management and

rehabilitation of VEPs and imprisoned RFTFs.

Search-Tunisia is currently preparing ToRs in order to launch a competitive call and hire

appropriate experts to deliver these trainings. Regarding the high technical nature of this training

(since it will be presenting the most important international tools, guidances, and best practices

in this field), the local context seems to not currently present the necessary level of expertise that

could enable hiring local experts in this field. Search will relay in great part on its own global

expertises and resources, but will also work on hiring an international expert(s) who could

facilitate the successful running of these activities.25 During a call (in February 2019), the

Director General of Prisons re-confirmed the need to have these trainings focusing on the

different best practices, guidance, and principles in this field.

Next Steps

During the next quarters, Search-Tunisia aims to implement the following activities:

● Continue assisting the grantees in terms of implementation and M&E. Search will schedule

field missions for the Sub-Grant Officer and the M&E Coordinator. The field visits during

March revealed a clear need in terms of ensuring necessary preparations and coordination to

start implementing activities and to start setting performance indicators and measurement

tools. Search’s team will revisit the sub-grantees and will also focus on the financial and

reporting aspects.

● Organizing the CDC pilot training in the Conflict Transformation field. Search will

accelerate the coordination with the DGPR, which promised to provide the lists of participants

after receiving MoJ approval.

● Launching the call for applications for the DGPR training program in the field of

management, rehabilitation, and reintegration of former prisoners. Search will coordinate

closely with other Search’s offices implementing prison programs in order to identify an

expert trainer in this field.

● Organizing the second training for the grantees in collaboration with the Young In Prison

organization. Search will prepare an agenda for this one-day training, which will cover the

25 For example, the “Rome Memorandum on Good Practices in Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent

Extremist Offenders” and the UNODC “Handbook on the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners and the

Prevention of Radicalisation to Violence in the Prisons,” and any additional best practices in this field.

methodological aspects and issues CSOs have to take into consideration when engaging in the

rehabilitation and the reintegration of ex-detainees, including juvenile offenders and VEPs.

● Organizing the fourth meeting of its coordination mechanism. Search-Tunisia will try to

involve all the relevant actors with a specific focus on the MoJ and the DGPR in order to

provide the mechanism a needed institutional dimension.

● Continue coordination with the DGPR and the MoJ in order to organize the visit to

Morocco.

● Continue coordination with the Dutch counterparts in order to identify the appropriate date

for the CDC study visit to the Rotterdam juvenile facility.

Annexes

Annex 2 - Small grants Technical training Agenda

AGENDA

Mercredi le 20 Février 2019

18h00 Accueil des participants et Enregistrement

20h00 Dîner et réseautage

Jeudi, le 21 Février 2019

8h00-9h30 Petit déjeuner

9h30-10h00

Session de présentation du programme des Small Grant et rappels des activités

précédentes du projet

Aspects de communication et de relations avec les autorités

10h00-11h00 Gestion des cycles de projet

11h00-11h30 Pause café

11h30-12h30 Atelier de discussion pratique sur la gestion de Small Grant et mise en oeuvre

des activités

12h30-13h30 Déjeuner

13h30-15h30 Session de formation sur les aspects de finances

15h30- 15h45 Pause café

15h45-18h00 Workshop de gestion de budget et discussion

19h00 Dîner et réseautage

Vendredi le 22 Février 2019

8h00-9h00 Petit déjeuner

9h00-10h30 Première session de formation sur les outils de M&E (monitoring and

evaluation)

10h30-11h00 Pause-Café et Check out

11h00-13h00 Deuxième session de formation sur les outils de M&E (monitoring and

evaluation)

13h00 Fin de Formation et Déjeuner

Annex 3 - ToRs of the CDC pilot training on conflict transformation

« Prévention de la Radicalisation et de l’Extrémisme Violent dans les Prisons et les Centres de

Rééducation des Mineurs Délinquants en Tunisie et assurance d’une réhabilitation et une

réintégration durable des prisonniers »

Termes de Références pour une consultance

Programme Pilote de Formation

dans le domaine de la Transformation des Conflits

«Appel à Candidature compétitif»

Généralités

Search For Common Ground (SFCG) est une organisation internationale non lucrative qui

promeut la résolution de conflit de manière non violente. Avec un siège à Washington DC et un

bureau européen à Bruxelles, la mission de SFCG est de transformer la façon dont les individus,

les organisations et les gouvernements gèrent les conflits – en abandonnant les confrontations et

en transitant vers des solutions coopératives. SFCG cherche à aider les partis en conflit à

comprendre leurs différences et à agir sur leurs points communs. Avec un effectif de plus de 600

personnes autour du monde, SFCG met en œuvre des projets dans 34 pays, y compris en Asie, en

Europe, au Moyen Orient, aux Etats-Unis et en Afrique.

La mission de SFCG en Tunisie est de promouvoir la culture du dialogue et de la diversité par

l'implication de toutes les composantes de la société tout en renforçant leurs capacités. SFCG

œuvre en Tunisie pour aider les membres de la société tunisienne à aborder les conflits et les

différences de manière constructive, par la coopération et le dialogue. SFCG - Tunisie travaille à

travers de multiples chaînes, principalement avec des jeunes, des représentants des OSCs dans

les 24 gouvernorats, le secteur des médias tunisiens et les autorités locales afin de renforcer les

capacités des individus et des institutions pour aborder les défis en comprenant les différences et

agissant sur des points communs. Grâce à cette approche et à ces partenariats, SFCG-Tunisie

poursuit quatre objectifs stratégiques principaux : i) créer et développer des espaces de confiance

pour le dialogue ; ii) accroître et renforcer la participation des jeunes et développer leurs

capacités ; iii) soutenir les réformes du secteur de la sécurité ; et vi) prévenir l'extrémisme

violent.

Pour plus d’information : https://www.sfcg.org/tunisia

Mise en contexte général :

Search for Common Ground Tunisie (SFCG-Tunisie) est en phase de démarrage d’une deuxième

phase de son projet «Prévention de la radicalisation et de l’extrémisme violent dans les prisons et

les centres de rééducation des mineurs à travers les programmes de réhabilitation et de

réintégration» qui s’étale sur deux ans et dont l'objectif global est de prévenir l’engagement des

détenus adultes ou mineurs avec les idéologies violentes et ce durant et après leurs périodes de

détention à travers la promotion de programmes de réhabilitation et de réintégration.

La réalisation de cet objectif contribuera à l’atteinte des résultats suivants :

● Renforcer les capacités des agents des prisons ainsi que des centres de rééducation dans

les domaines de gestion, réhabilitation et réintégration des détenus adultes et mineurs y

compris les prisonniers de l’extrémisme violent dans le cadre du respect des standards

des Droits de l’Homme dans le domaine du traitement des détenus.

● Accroissement de la coopération et de la coordination entre les acteurs étatiques et non

étatiques dans les domaines de réhabilitation et de réintégration des détenus y compris les

prisonniers de l’extrémisme violent.

Dans le cadre de la réalisation du projet susmentionné, Search Tunisie se propose par le biais de

cet appel, d’assurer la délivrance d’une Formation Pilote dans le domaine de «Transformation

des Conflits au profit du personnel des Centres de Rééducation des Mineurs Délinquants

(CRMD) et des Centre de Défense et d’Intégration Sociale (CDIS)».

En effet, sous la supervision du Senior Project Manager pour le projet susmentionné, et dans la

stricte prise en considération des exigences des principes de « Do No Harm » (les principes de «

Ne Pas Nuire »), le (les) formateurs spécialistes en « Transformation des Conflits » est appelé

(sont appelés) à :

Au niveau de la facilitation et la nature des formations à dispenser :

1. Dispenser un workshop de formation sur la transformation des conflits au profits de

catégories bien déterminées de personnel travaillant dans des Centres de Rééducation des

Mineurs Délinquants (CRMD) et des Centres de Défense et d’Intégration Sociale (CDIS).

Les formateurs se réfèreront aux thématiques qui seront détaillées dans les présents

Termes de Références pour assurer les formations requises;

2. Assurer une formation de formateurs sur les thèmes qui seront détaillés dans les présents

Termes de Références.

Au niveau du développement de contenu :

1. Développer les modules de formation pour les workshops précités;

2. Développer les modules pour la formation des formateurs sur les thèmes précités.

Au niveau du reporting :

1. Assurer le rapportage de qualité des formations dispensées;

2. Rédiger un rapport final sur le déroulement des formations en y incluant toutes les

remarques d’ordre méthodologiques et d’évaluation des capacités.

Au niveau du support et de la coordination :

1. Fournir, dans la limite du possible, une assistance aux bénéficiaires des formations de

formateurs quand ils seront appelés à dispenser eux même des formations pour les

enfants des centres de rééducation;

2. Assurer une étroite coordination avec le responsable du Monitoring &Evaluation à

Search Tunisie en vue de procéder à des pré/post test et recueillir les données

méthodologiques nécessaires pour la bonne marche des formations.

Le programme Pilote de formation dans le domaine de la Transformation des Conflits:

Le background

1. Les Centres de Rééducation des Mineurs Délinquants (CRMD) sont une partie intégrante du

système pénitentiaire tunisien. Ils sont le deuxième pilier du système de la privation de liberté et

de la rééducation à côté des prisons. Une Arrêtée du Ministre de la Justice en date du 16 Avril

2004 a opéré des changements sur l’appellation originale de ces Centre : en effet ils ne seront

plus appelés «Centre d’Action Educative» mais désormais «Centre de Rééducation des Mineurs

Délinquants». En opérant ainsi, il s’avérait claire que l’approche serait plus tôt axée sur la

question du conflit avec la Loi.

Les Centres accueillent actuellement une population de «mineurs délinquants» (dont l’âge est entre

13 et 18 ans) qui sont logés sur jugement du Juge de l’Enfance (Article 99 du Code de l’Enfance,

point 5 «Centre de rééducation» مراكز إصلاح).

Les mineurs délinquants libérés deviennent une cible des plus facile pour la dynamique de

recrutement pour la violence et l’extrémisme violent ce qui compliquerait davantage cette

question et fournirait des raisons additionnelles pour des taux augmentés et alarmants de récidive

(39% selon les dernières déclarations officielles).

2. Les Centres de Défense et d’Intégration Sociale (CDIS) dépendent du Ministère des Affaires

Sociales. Ils sont un des piliers de la politique de «Défense et d’intégration sociale» qui est à son

tour, une composante de la politique sociale. Les CDIS travaillent avec les « Centre de

réhabilitation et d’Orientation Sociale ». Ces derniers « orientent » les mineurs libérés des CRMD

ou les autres mineurs délaissés ou issus de familles divorcées, vers les CDIS pour une mission de

prise en charge limitée dans le temps. Les CDIS travaillent avec les CRMD et y réalisent des

activités d’animation et d’éducation. Ils assurent une mission de continuité qui vise à limiter les

possibilités de récupération de ces enfants par la dynamique de violence et les réseaux de

délinquance et de crime.

3. Search-Tunisie, a organisé en Octobre (9 et 10) et Novembre (24 et 25) 2018 un Workshop

national sur la gestion, la réhabilitation et la réintégration socioéconomique des prisonniers, et

une Retraite sur l’engagement sociétal dans la réhabilitation et la réintégration des prisonniers. Il

était assez clair qu’il y aura besoin de plus de coordination, de collaboration mais surtout de

beaucoup d’inclusivité et de concertation par rapports au développement et la mise en œuvre de

toute politique ou action dans ce domaine. La re-socialisation des mineurs « délinquants » a été

au cœur des débats avec les représentants des CRMD et des CDIS. Ces derniers signalaient le besoin

imminent de renforcement des capacités en termes de compréhension des dynamiques de

violence, des techniques de gestion des comportements à haut risque, de la résolution des

conflits, de la communication non violente et de la réhabilitation de cette catégorie vulnérable de

personnes.

Le programme pilote de formation ? (Pilot Training Program on Conflict Transformation):

1. Visant le renforcement des capacités du staff des CRMD et des CDIS dans le domaine de la

gestion des mineurs en situation de vulnérabilité et de marginalité, ainsi qu’un impact indirect

sur les mineurs dans les centres, Search-Tunisie, se propose d’organiser un programme pilote de

Formation dans le domaine de la transformation des conflits qui va cibler des niveaux différents

du personnels des deux structures susmentionnées.

2. Ce programme pilote, donnera lieu aussi à présenter (Par le biais d’une Association locale

spécialisée dans ce domaine) les droits accordés aux enfants par la législation tunisienne et ce à

titre de rappel et de contextualisation à l’égard de toutes les dynamiques liées à l’extrémisme

violent, à la montée de la violence, aux vulnérabilités et à la stabilisation sociale en générale.

3. Le programme se composera de ce qui suit :

● Un Workshop de formation de 5 jours au profit de 40 participants (5 Directeurs des

CRMD, 25 responsables des centres, et les 10 Directeurs ou autres responsables des CDIS) :

Cet atelier doit prévoir des sessions plénières ainsi que des sessions en groupes de travail, dont

certaines doivent être composées de participants et d'autres, destinées à un groupe cible

spécifique. Il se concentrera sur l’institutionnalisation de la prévention et de la transformation

des conflits au sein des CDC.

L’atelier servira pour former différentes personnes à identifier dans les CRMD aux techniques de

résolution de conflit, de médiation, de communication non violente, de détection et de gestion

des comportements à haut risque.

Les participants discuteront également des questions de réhabilitation et de réintégration des

enfants vulnérables.

● Une Formation de Formateurs de 5 jours au profit de 10 représentants des CRMD

(sélectionnés des 25 participants à la formation pilote sur la transformation des conflits) :

Il s’agit d’une formation supplémentaire qui fournira des outils pédagogiques au personnes

sélectionnés leur permettant de diffuser les compétences et connaissances acquises à d’autres

membres des CRMD n’ayant pas participé directement au projet, ainsi qu’aux mineurs dans les

centres. Les thèmes de cette formation doivent inclure la résolution des conflits, la gestion du

stress, l'estime de soi, la confiance en soi, la communication interpersonnelle et les techniques de

médiation.

NB :

-Cinq workshops de formation (deux jours chaque) pour 100 enfants (20 par Centre) vont être assurées

par les bénéficiaires des Formations de Formateurs, et doivent être adaptées au niveau des bénéficiaires et

aux exigences de chaque Centre en termes de capacités d’encadrement, de moyens, d’espaces disponible.

Ces personnes vont adapter les informations acquises aux enfants et vont leur apprendre quelques

informations en termes de résolution des conflits, de gestion du stress, de l'estime de soi et la confiance en

soi, de communication non violente, dans le but de les rendre plus résilient face à la violence et à

l'extrémisme violent.

-Apport méthodologique de Search-Tunisie

Search-Tunisie va mettre à la disposition de ou des formateurs retenus, le Guide de formation dans le

domaine de la transformation des conflits développé par Search-Maroc dans le cadre d’un projet similaire

afin de le présenter aux participants comme contenu additionnel de formation et comme une opportunité

de le contextualiser selon les exigences des institutions bénéficiaires.

Qualifications, durée du contrat et acheminement des candidatures

Qualifications :

- Formateur expérimenté avec 3 à 5 ans d’expérience et des résultats démontrant la qualité

de la formation;

- Expérience dans l'élaboration de méthodologies de formation et d'outils pédagogiques;

- Expérience professionnelle antérieure dans la médiation, la gestion pacifique de conflits,

la résolution et la transformation de conflits;

- Excellente connaissance des principes de sensibilité aux conflits et des approches Do not

Harm; capacité à travailler avec des populations extrêmement vulnérables;

- Expériences antérieures de travail avec des institutions pour la réhabilitation et la prise en

charge des personnes vulnérables ;

- Aptitude à l'écoute active, capacité à communiquer de manière non violente et non

conflictuelle;

- Souplesse et capacité d'adaptation face aux obstacles.

Durée prévue pour la réalisation des formations :

Il est prévu 30 jours (au cours du mois de février ou mars) pour la réalisation des workshops de

formation ainsi que la formation de formateur. La rédaction du rapport finale aura un temps

séparé de deux semaines.

Les dossiers de candidature devront comprendre :

1. Une description technique détaillant la méthodologie, l’approche, les ressources, les

contenus et les outils à utiliser pour la réalisation des formations et de la formation des

formateurs;

2. Une liste de formations assurée durant les deux dernières années dans ce domaine;

3. Curriculum vitae à jour des personnes à mettre à disposition pour assurer les formations;

4. Une offre financière qui doit couvrir les frais de consultation et tous les autres frais liés à

la formation. Il est à noter que Search For Common Ground prendra en charge tous les

frais logistiques nécessaires pour la réalisation de ces formations.

Les dossiers de candidature doivent parvenir à contact.tunisia@sfcg.org avec mention:

«Formation Transformation des Conflits/ CRMD/CDIS/projet Prison». Les candidatures devront

parvenir à l’adresse susmentionnée le 09 février 2019 à 23h59.