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Title:

2025 Strong Cities Network Summit Canada

Agreement Number:

7471540 P016904001

Agreement Value:

$199,956.40

Agreement Date:

Oct 13, 2025 - Jun 30, 2026

Description:

This Project will support the participation of 34 elected officials and municipal staff from cities and municipalities across Africa, the Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia in the Strong Cities Sixth Global Summit, taking place in Toronto, Canada in December 2025. The Strong Cities Global Summit serves as the premier global convening for local leaders working to prevent and respond to hate, extremism, and polarization. Through a dynamic agenda of keynote addresses, high-level panels, practitioner workshops, and peer-learning sessions, the Summit will provide a unique opportunity for participating officials to: Share local innovations in prevention and safeguarding social cohesion; Engage in in-depth discussion on strengthening national-local coordination; Explore inclusive responses to online hate and digital radicalisation; and Connect with peers, civil society actors, and international institutions to build sustained partnerships.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected results for this project include:1) Increased delivery of gender-informed, municipal-led local prevention strategies, policies or action plans in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, which prioritise collaborative (national-local) approaches to addressing hate, violent extremism and polarisation. 2)Increased dissemination globally of prevention-related learnings within and between cities, reinforcing Strong Cities’ global and local ecosystems of municipal leaders committed to addressing hate, violent extremism and polarisation, including online harms and radicalisation. 3) Strengthened national-local coordination in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as participating cities engage.

Location:

Mayfair, GB

Reference Number:

064-2025-2026-Q3-0005

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Program:

Cont Counter-Terrorism Cap Build Program

Program Purpose:

The Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program provides assistance to foreign states to enable them to prevent and respond to terrorist activity. It supports global efforts to fight terrorism and address terrorist threats to Canadians and Canadian interests throughout the world.