The project aims to develop or revive a sustainable ‘culture of dialogue’ bringing members from within a community around the issues they face. The change it seeks to achieve is that peaceful and inclusive dialogue eventually becomes the ‘go-to’ mechanism when potential conflicts emerge in the community. By supporting an intra-communal dialogue capacity through a training curriculum, dialogue forums and bonding communal actions, the aim is to build knowledge on how to prevent and mitigate conflict peacefully and to create a potential for dialogue between the communities of Rakhine State. The project’s overall theory of change is that if a culture of inclusive dialogue is facilitated within communities, they will be able to peacefully prevent emerging conflicts and build resilience against conflict, polarizing narratives and hate speech. This will contribute in building a momentum towards challenging the structural causes of cultural and direct violence in Rakhine, as communities are able to respond to potential conflicts through dialogue and communal action.
