Building Confidence through Dialogue between Security Forces and Society

Donor:

UNDP

Three focus group sessions were held in Mosul, Tal’Afar and Bartla. In each session, 15 participants took part, and they were from the power movers in the society and commanders of the security forces in the three regions. The discussion was about the problems experienced by the community to communicate with the security forces and to clarify the ways to increase trust between the two parties.
- Three sessions were conducted in Mosul, Tal’Afar and Bartla. 240 power mover figures from those areas participated in these sessions. The discussion concentrated on the importance of increasing the rapports between security forces and the society and what are the reasons of non-cooperation of the society with the security forces.
- Fifteen lectures were organized on the role of society in cooperation with the security forces in achieving the stability of society and the role of youth in supporting security through communication with the security forces and the community police in Ninawa.