Investment Area 1.2 Empowering Communities

All citizens, communities and organisations across the Programme Area have a role in creating a more peaceful and prosperous society and should be empowered to fulfil this potential. 

The Empowering Communities Programme will enable organisations of all sizes to engage in peacebuilding activities and contribute to the creation of a more cohesive society. 

There are three strands within this programme, which are distinct and yet are interlinked:

• Strand 1: The Empowering Communities to Embed Peace Small Grants Programme
• Strand 2: The Institutional Capacity Development Programme
• Strand 3: The Community-Based Safety Interventions Programme

This area of the Programme will promote positive relations characterised by respect, where cultural diversity is celebrated and people can live, learn and socialise together, free from prejudice, hate and intolerance. 

It will result in communities and organisations at all levels across the Programme Area, empowered to fulfil their potential in the creation of a more peaceful and prosperous society.