This Toolkit has been prepared by participants, trainers, and facilitators of the EDIN project of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the United Nations Office of Coun- ter-Terrorism/UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNOCT/UNCCT) under the lead of Taras Dzyubanskyy.

The Empowering Interfaith Dialogue Networks project (“EDIN”) is an innovative platform of the UNAOC and the UNOCT/UNCCT that targets young religious leaders, representatives of fai- th-based organizations and young media makers in a peer-to-peer capacity building training. Through EDIN, participants

are equipped with knowledge and skills needed to prevent violent extremism and to create alternative narratives to hate speech on social media. The project aims at employing inter- faith dialogue on social media to defuse sectarian tensions, to counter terrorist narratives and to promote social cohesion.

Throughout EDIN’s modules, young religious leaders, representa- tives of faith-based organizations and young media makers areexposed to a variety of theoretical frameworks regarding interfaith dialogue.

As countering hate speech is one of the highest priorities of the international community, EDIN participants are also familia- rized with relevant international frameworks, United Nations docu-

ments and statements that deal with the theme of intersection of social media and interfaith as well as intercultural affairs. Human rights, Sustainable Development Goals, freedom of speech and

freedom of belief are some of the themes pertinent to EDIN.

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