BEST (Beda and Setara: Different yet Equal): Program for Empowering Youth and Religious Actors to Promote Tolerance and Diversity

In October 2021, Bani Abdurrahman Wahid Foundation (YBAW) began to implement a project entitled BEST (Beda and Setara: Different yet Equal): Program for Empowering Youth and Religious Actors to Promote Tolerance and Diversity, supported by The State of Netherlands. The goal of this project is cultivating an inclusive and tolerant society founded on a strong constitutional paradigm in ensuring freedom of religion and beliefs. Outcomes include: • Improving the capacity of agents of change in organization, community mobilization, and advocacy at the quantitative and qualitative levels. • Strengthening the network of young people and religious leader who are active and capable advocates for equality and diversity. • Strengthening collaboration among interfaith groups in facilitating dialogue and advocacy in disseminating principles of Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB). • Mainstreaming of the constitutional paradigm of FoRB in the Indonesian sociopolitical sphere, including through advocacy to decrease discriminatory regulations and to increase the number of regulations supporting FoRB, and to raise public awareness and understanding of FoRB from a constitutional paradigm.