Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) Contract related to: Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) - This action seeks to advance social cohesion in order to contribute to a more inclusive, peaceful and prosperous society in Sri Lanka. As social cohesion demands an ¿all-of-society¿ approach, this will be done by working with diverse stakeholders from government, civil society and the private sector to achieve three results:1. Strengthened community and institutional resilience and capacities to prevent and counter violence and address intersectional discrimination and exclusion2. A strengthened pluralist, inclusive and fact-based non-discriminative discourse3. Increased incentives and opportunities for inter-ethnic collaboration and equitable access to resources for men and women in all their diversity and with a focus on the green economic sector.These results are intended to advance social cohesion by contributing to its three core dimensions of social relations, connectedness, and a focus on the common good (Bertelsmann Stiftung 2013). In order to ensure sustainability of the action, enhancing institutional capacities will be a guiding principle of this actions¿ intervention logic.Groups and persons living in vulnerable situations, such as women and youths from minority communities as well as persons with disabilities and LGBTIQ+ who are often subject to intersectional discrimination and exclusion, will constitute primary target groups. By contributing to more inclusive institutions and a more inclusive, peaceful and prosperous society, this action contributes to Sustainable Development Goals 16, 5, 8, 1 and 10. Moreover, it contributes to consequent fulfilment of economic and social rights, and gender equality, in line with Sri Lanka¿s international human rights commitments.Additionally, the action contributes to the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III thematic areas of engagement 1) Promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women; and 2) - Ensuring freedom from all forms of gender-based violence.