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Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) is an\u00a0independent<\/strong>\u00a0non-profit organisation working on peace promotion. We focus on tensions and polarisations in all societies where Muslims live, and aim to enhance theoretical and practical conflict transformation resources in Muslim majority countries. Founded in 2002, we promote a\u00a0methodology of conflict transformation<\/strong>\u00a0adapted to and accepted by local peace actors, parties to conflict and communities. With\u00a020 years of experience<\/strong>, CPI is well-established in Geneva, Switzerland, and has developed unique access and networks in the Muslim-majority world.\u00a0Our multi-cultural, diverse team<\/strong>\u00a0of dedicated professionals has enabled us to build relations in both the Western policy and Muslim-majority worlds, guided by our core values of\u00a0Non-violence, Inclusiveness, Impartiality, Empathy<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Independence<\/strong>. CPI has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Tunisia, the political, social and intellectual transformations that resulted from the Jasmine Revolution in 2011 continue to unfold. The nation\u2019s political agenda is dominated by several controversial political issues that reflect the ideological divisions<\/strong> between different groups. These include 1) internal regional development and national economic progress, 2) personal freedoms and gender equality, 3) the identity of the state and the legitimacy of religiously-inspired political tendencies, and 4) the fate of returnees from conflict zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In line with the significant political changes that have taken place in North Africa since 2011, CPI has carried out several initiatives bringing together actors with different ideological backgrounds from across the region to dialogue and to develop working relations. These efforts stem from our analysis that the entrenched ideological polarisation between \u2018Islamist\u2019 and \u2018Secularist\u2019 actors jeopardises the potential for developing a nationally-relevant democratic system that responds to the aspirations of people in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our project in Tunisia consists of facilitating the adherence to a\u00a0consensual framework<\/strong>\u00a0on the country\u2019s governance among political and civil society actors of different world views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CPI has facilitated\u00a0track 1.5<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0track 2 mediations<\/strong>, with positive outcomes for establishing jointly-implemented initiatives between an array of ideologies, to alleviate the political exclusion of young people and of conservative Tunisian constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Government and political actors, academics, civil society activists and conservative figures, agreed on the need for a dialogue<\/strong> on inclusion of all religious and political constituencies and on government policies and their impact on conservative religious communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Promoting inclusive political participation and civic engagement PDF Who are we? Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) is an\u00a0independent\u00a0non-profit organisation working on peace promotion. We focus on tensions and polarisations in all societies where Muslims live, and aim to enhance theoretical and practical conflict transformation resources in Muslim majority countries. Founded in 2002, we promote a\u00a0methodology of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpi-20-twenty-years-in-the-service-of-peace"],"yoast_head":"\nContext<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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