Indonesia is experiencing an increasing trend of violent extremism and radicalization, with terrorist attacks in various places of the country. A growing phenomenon of intolerant, radical, and violent extremist interpretation of religious teachings has also been observed in Indonesia, permeating divisive identity politics as Intolerant and radical religious views have seeped into communities through various channels, such as mass organizations, social media, entertainment, and even formal and non-formal education. With funding from the Government of Japan, UNDP Indonesia in collaboration with the State Islamic University (UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta) will implement the project called “Foster tolerant religious education to prevent violent extremism in Indonesia”. The project aims to foster tolerant and inclusive society in Indonesia to prevent violent extremism. The project activities aim at filling knowledge gap with research on the relevance of religious education and radicalism and influencing stakeholders of religious education to enhance its role for CVE through policy advocacy. This project also seeks to increase community resilience with empowered youth and women and creating enabling environment for educators to teach peaceful religious education at schools and universities. These objectives will be pursued through four components: research& survey and policy advocacy, Empowerment of Youth and pubic engagement and regional networking and quality assurance and coordination.