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International Guide to NGO Activities in Conflict Prevention and Resolution
December 1996
The International Guide to NGO Activities in Conflict Resolution and Prevention and other projects of the Conflict Resolution Program and International Negotiation Network are supported through the generous contributions of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Conflict Resolution Program Staff
Director: Harry Barnes
Associate Director: Joyce Neu
Assistant Director for Projects: Sue Palmer
Program Coordinator: Sara Tindall
Program Coordinator: Kirk Wolcott
Administrative Assistant: DiAnn Watson
We would like to express our appreciation to Christopher L. Burdett, an intern with the Conflict Resolution Program (Fall 1996), who was responsible for updating, editing, and redesigning the 1996 Guide.
Editor's note: The organizations listed in this Guide provided all excerpts and descriptions. While we have sought to be comprehensive, there are many organizations for which we list no information. For example, we excluded organizations whose main focus is human rights or humanitarian work but we recognize their commendable contributions to conflict prevention and resolution. Despite these exclusions, we hope this publication is useful to a variety of professionals in many disciplines.
AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (AAPS)
Region: Africa
Activities: AAPS conducts research on internal conflicts and organizes seminars and workshops on conflict resolution.
Contact Information:
African Association of Political Science
P.O. Box MP III
Mt. Pleasant
Harare
ZIMBABWE
Tel: (263-4) 790815
Fax: (263-4) 732735
E-mail: sapes@mango.apc.org
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR THE CONSTRUCTIVE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES (ACCORD)
Regions: Africa, Somalia, Sudan
Activities: ACCORD encourages and promotes resolution of disputes by the peoples of Africa and tries to achieve political stability, economic recovery, and peaceful coexistence within just and democratic societies. The Centre operates three major training programs: Conflict Resolution, Preventive Diplomacy, and Peacekeeping. ACCORD's Conflict Resolution Policy and Research Group draws its research capacity from 15 universities in southern Africa, and the Preventive Diplomacy Forum manages intervention capacity. ACCORD conducts training in preventive diplomacy and peacekeeping for personnel from the ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs of southern African countries as well as for NGOs in the subregion.
Annually, the Centre awards the Africa Peace Award to candidates who commit themselves to the protection of human rights, good governance, and the peaceful settlement of disputes. South African President Nelson Mandela was the 1995 recipient.
In Somalia, ACCORD presently operates a local capacity-building program to train 40 women in conflict resolution skills.
Contact Information:
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes c/o University of Durban-Westville
Private Bag x54001
Durban, 4000
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: (27-31) 820-2816
Fax: (27-31) 820-2815
E-mail: info@accord.udw.ac.za
Vasu Gounden, Director
AMERICAS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (ADF)
Regions: Benin, Burkina Faso, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Nicaragua, New Independent States, Panama, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zaire
Activities: ADF, a private, nonprofit, voluntary organization, works with other private, nongovernmental organizations dedicated to the development of democracy and respect for human rights. ADF believes that a strong civil society comprised of diverse and autonomous economic, political, social, and cultural institutions must be the foundation of a democracy. ADF also assists with the building of international networks of democratic and human rights organizations to strengthen cooperation through the sharing of information and materials.
Contact Information:
Americas Development Foundation
101 North Union St., Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-703) 836-2717
Fax: (1-703) 836-3379
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE (AFSC)
Region: Global
Activities: The New York Metropolitan Region of AFSC, a 77-year-old Quaker service organization, works with people with ethnic or religious connections to regional conflicts to find peaceful ways of achieving resolution and reconciliation. Through dialogues involving expatriates and others living in the New York metropolitan area, participants undergo a three-stage process: (1) speaking/listening to build understanding and trust; (2) problem-solving focused on core issues; and (3) joint action to express a common agenda. The program currently conducts structured dialogues with Sri Lankans and with expatriates from the former Yugoslavia. A third dialogue with Haitians is being explored.
Contact Information:
New York Metropolitan Regional Office
American Friends Service Committee
Conflict Resolution Program
15 Rutherford Place
New York, NY 10003
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-212) 598-0950
Fax: (1-212) 529-4603
Jack Patterson
(or)
1501 Cherry St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-215) 241-7141
Fax: (1-215) 241-7026
E-mail: asfcid@igc.apc.org
Sudan Gunn
ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN INITIATIVE
Regions: Armenia, Azerbaijan
Activities: The Armenia/Azerbaijan Initiative, an ongoing facilitated dialogue, brings together a diverse group of prominent citizens from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the disputed area, Nagorno-Karabakh. The Initiative's public peace talks enable citizens to participate in shaping their common future.
Contact Information:
Armenia/Azerbaijan Initiative c/o Foundation for Global Community and Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation
222 High St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-415) 328-7756
ASSOCIATION FOR NONVIOLENCE
Region: Cameroon
Activities: In Cameroon, the Association for Nonviolence promotes human rights, nonviolent conflict resolution, and peacebuilding.
Contact Information:
Association for Nonviolence
BP 2988 Yaounde
CAMEROON
Tel: (237) 31-5038
Michael A. Fonkem
BERGHOF RESEARCH CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Regions: Global; Europe, Hungary, Moldova, New Independent States, Romania
Activities: The Berghof Research Center provides training and supervision to NGOs dealing with ethno-political disputes and cleavages. The Center has held conflict management workshops with representatives from Romanian and Hungarian youth organizations to develop and verify different methods and models of third-party intervention in ethno-political majority-minority conflicts by using problem-solving workshops with government representatives from Moldova and Transdnestria.
In cooperation with the University of Minnesota and the Université Paris Dauphine, the Conflict Cultures and Intercultural Mediation Project researches the influence of different conflict cultures on the development of intercultural conflicts and mediation efforts.
Contact Information:
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Altensteinstrasse 48a
D-14195 Berlin
GERMANY
Tel: (49-30) 8-31-80-90/99
Fax: (49-30) 8-31-59-85
E-mail: berghof@ipn-b.comlink.apc.org
Norbert Ropers, Director
BURMA ACTION GROUP (BAG)
Region: Burma
Activities: BAG works to restore human rights, peacefully resolve civil war, and promote humanitarian aid in Burma. BAG also briefs the press, lobbies the British Parliament, and organizes campaigns.
Contact Information:
Burma Action Group
Collins Studios
Collins Yard
Islington Green
London N1 2XU
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: (44-171) 359-7679
Fax: (44-171) 354-3987
E-mail: bagp@gn.apc.org
Sarah Sutcliffe
Vicky Bamforth
CARNEGIE COMMISSION ON PREVENTING DEADLY CONFLICT
Region: Global
Activities: The Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict examines the principal causes of mass violence within and between states and the circumstances that foster or deter its outbreak. Using a long-term, worldwide view of violent conflicts, the Commission attempts to determine the functional requirements of an effective system for preventing conflict and the ways such a system could be implemented.
Contact Information:
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Carnegie Corporation of New York
2400 N St. N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20003
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 429-7979
Fax: (1-202) 429-9291
E-mail: PDC%carnegie@mcimail.com
CENTER FOR APPLIED STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS (CASIN)
Regions: Africa, Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia
Activities: CASIN's Advanced Programme on Training Trainers in Conflict Prevention and Resolution, with special reference to southeast Europe, builds on recent training initiatives in conflict prevention and resolution by other NGOs. In cooperation with the East-East Programme of the Soros Foundations of Yugoslavia and Macedonia and the Ethnic Conflict Resolution Project of Skopje, the Programme trains local southeast Europeans on skills, techniques, and use of pedagogical tools in order to establish a corps of conflict management and resolution trainers. The project empowers local people to play an active role in the management/resolution of their own conflicts, strengthens the nongovernmental sector, enhances the development of civil society, and promotes further understanding of conflict and ways it can be managed peacefully.
CASIN offers educational programs concerning negotiation and conflict resolution for professionals from disputing regions of the former Yugoslavia. Their Programme in Conflict Management and Resolution in sub-Saharan Africa, with special emphasis on Francophone countries, reinforces the capacity of Africans to manage and resolve conflicts at local, subnational, and national levels of African societies. The project helps strengthen African organizations capable of acting on a pan-African scale.
Contact Information:
Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations
11a, avenue de la Paix
CH - 1202 Geneva
SWITZERLAND
Tel: (41-22) 734-89-50
Fax: (41-22) 733-64-44
Jean F. Freymond, Director
Brook Boyer, Program Manager
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Regions: Israel, West Bank
Activities: The Center for International Cooperation initiated the Children's Peace Garden project in Israel and the West Bank in December 1994 and is planning a pilot project for The Givat Haviva Institute. The program combines environmental and peace education in areas of conflict and is expected to be adopted in other areas of the world.
Contact Information:
Center for International Cooperation
P.O. Box 488
Washington, VA 22747
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-703) 937-9815
Fax: (1-703) 937-4039
E-mail: pchuse@igc.apc.org
Patricia Jepsen Chuse
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND POLICY (CISTP)
Regions: Global; Middle East
Activities: CISTP works with business, governmental, and academic institutions around the world to develop policy recommendations on a range of international issues. CISTP hosts conferences and conducts research in three primary fields: the Pacific Rim and Asia; Europe; and global media and communications.
Through the Successor Generation Program (SGP), the Center recognizes its responsibility to lay the foundation for an optimistic future by working with tomorrow's leaders. The SGP also focuses on security and development in the Middle East. Young professionals work with their counterparts in business, industry, academia, and government to research, analyze, and catalyze ideas to advance regional security and development.
In February 1992, CISTP undertook an unofficial Track II effort to establish a new cooperative regional security system in order to help Asia prepare for the transition to the 21st century. The Center proposed the creation of a limited nuclear free zone (LNFZ) in the region and the creation of a verification and administrative infrastructure to implement it. Currently, CISTP is establishing an Expanded Senior Panel of specialists from each country interested in the LNFZ proposal.
Contact Information:
Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-404) 894-9451
Fax: (1-404) 894-1903
E-mail: john.endicott@inta.gatech.edu
John Endicott
CENTER FOR PREVENTIVE ACTION (CPA)
Regions: Africa, Albania, Burundi, Kosovo, Macedonia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zaire
Activities: CPA, an initiative of the Council on Foreign Relations, will study and test conflict prevention to learn whether and how preventive action can work. CPA uses the Council on Foreign Relations to fill the voids of action and understanding created by the failure to avert or ameliorate today's most serious international problems with effective early attention to them. Teams visit conflict areas for two-week periods to investigate possible terms of a settlement and methods of bringing about a settlement by combing incentives, sanctions, and mediation.
A group working on the South Balkans, specifically Kosovo, Macedonia, and Albania, recommended policies to prevent the spread of the ex-Yugoslav conflict into that area and create a more enduring framework for peace and security in the region.
In Burundi, CPA seeks to prevent social and political conflict from escalating again into mass violence. Its efforts will provide exemplary experiences for the collaboration of NGOs, international organizations, and governments for conflict prevention, as proposed in the Agenda for Peace.
Currently, the Center is forming a working group to address the prevention of widespread violence in Nigeria while supporting and coordinating similar existing peace efforts there.
Contact Information:
Center for Preventive Action
58 East 68th St.
New York, NY 10021
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-212) 734-0400
Fax: (1-212) 861-1916
E-mail: brubin@email.cfr.org dkew@email.cfr.org
Barnett Rubin, Director
Darren Kew, Program Associate
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - PROGRAM ON PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY (CSIS)
Regions: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Yugoslavia
Activities: In the former Yugoslavia, CSIS provides training seminars in conflict resolution for clergy and lay representatives in the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Muslim community, the Jewish community, and various Protestant churches in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia. The religiously inclusive workshops emphasize the common spiritual values of the participants to build trust-based relationships.
In Slovakia, the Program on Preventive Diplomacy at CSIS assists Slovaks and ethnic Hungarians in advancing the cause of democratic pluralism and economic development. Dialogues and problem-solving seminars and workshops focus on building trust and personal alliances among leaders. CSIS emphasizes the need for groups in conflict to understand and address the historical burdens of past violence and loss.
Contact Information:
Center for Strategic and International Studies - Program on Preventive Diplomacy
1800 K St. N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20066
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 775-3277
Fax: (1-202) 775-3199
Joseph V. Montville
CENTER FOR WAR, PEACE, AND THE NEWS MEDIA
Regions: Europe, New Independent States, United States
Activities: The Media and Conflict Program, an extension of the Center for War, Peace, and the News Media's original mission concerning the role of the media in the superpower conflict during the Cold War, was initiated to examine and develop positive roles that the media can play in de-escalating conflict. It explores media-based interventions, strategies, techniques, and approaches to prevent, manage, and resolve international, intranational, community, interpersonal, and other types of conflicts. Its sources include television, radio, print media, and multimedia systems.
Contact Information:
Center for War, Peace, and the News Media
New York University
10 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-212) 998-7960
Fax: (1-212) 995-4143
E-mail: marcusj@is2.nyu.edu
CENTER OF CONCERN
Region: Africa
Activities: The Center of Concern, an independent, interdisciplinary group, engages in social analysis, theological reflection, policy advocacy, and public education on issues of development, peace, and justice throughout countries in Africa. The Center works with a network of organizations to help transform unjust political, social, and economic structures that impoverish people and threaten the environment. It analyzes multitrack mediation, advocates enhancing international conflict resolution efforts in the Horn of Africa, and studies how aid can be used in peacebuilding in the Horn.
Contact Information:
Center of Concern
3700 13th St. N.E.
Washington, DC 20017
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 635-2757
Fax: (1-202) 832-9494
E-mail: jprender@vita.org
John Prendergast
CENTRE FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION (CENCOR)
Region: West Africa
Activities: CENCOR promotes peaceful approaches to the resolution of conflict in West Africa by researching alternative frameworks for addressing peace issues, training individuals to constructively settle disputes, participating in regional peace initiatives, and offering mediation services.
Contact Information:
Centre for Conflict Resolution
P.O. Box C385
Cantonments - Accra
GHANA
Tel: (233-21) 774192
Fax: (233-21) 774192
Arnold Quainoo
CENTRE FOR HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
Regions: Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa
Activities: The Centre for Human Environment's Kampala NGO Initiative employs more than 30 indigenous African NGOs to conduct peacemaking activities such as training, capacity-building, mediation, and diplomacy at the grassroots level in Rwanda and Somalia. The Centre also manages conflicts and psycho-social trauma in Rwanda.
Through multidisciplinary research and publications, training and institutional support, and networking over a range of activities with other institutions, NGOs, and community-based organizations, the Centre strives to be a focal point for human rights activities in South Africa.
Contact Information:
Centre for Human Environment
Africa Avenue
P.O. Box 8632
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA
Tel: (251-1) 513541/512879
Fax: (251-1) 513851
E-mail: costy@padis.gn.apc.org
Dr. Constantinos Berhe-Tesfu, Chief Executive Officer
CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Region: South Africa
Contact Information:
Centre for Human Rights
University of Fort Hare
Private Bag x1314
Alice
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: (27-404) 22216
Fax: (27-404) 31173
Professor Nasila Rembre
CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT RESEARCH
Region: Global
Contact Information:
Centre for Peace and Conflict Research
Fredericiagade 18
DK-1310 Copenhagen K
DENMARK
Tel: (45-33) 32-64-32
Fax: (45-33) 32-65-54
Dr. Wolfgang Biermann, Project Manager
COMMUNICATIONS/DECISIONS/RESULTS (CDR) ASSOCIATES
Regions: Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Hungary, Israel/West Bank, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Independent States, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey
Activities: In 1989, CDR Associates promoted effective cross-cultural problem-solving and dispute resolution by instituting International and Cross-Cultural Decision-Making and Conflict Management, an initiative providing consultation, dispute systems, design assistance, and training seminars in decision-making and conflict management to individuals and organizations in North America and abroad.
CDR's training and consulting services operate with four major goals: 1) the design and development of culturally relevant and appropriate democratic decision-making and conflict management concepts, systems, structures, procedures, and skills for specific national, racial, or ethnic groups; 2) the transfer of information about democratic decision-making and dispute resolution principles and procedures; 3) the provision of neutral, third-party services to assist in cooperative decision-making dispute resolution; and 4) the provision of custom-designed training programs in democratic decision-making and conflict management procedures.
Contact Information:
Communications/Decisions/Results Associates
100 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 12
Boulder, CO 80302
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-800) MEDIATE
(1-303) 442-7367
Fax: (1-303) 442-7442
CONCILIATION RESOURCES (CR)
Regions: Global; Fiji, Ghana
Activities: CR publishes ACCORD, a bulletin of international peace initiatives which aims to make available a usable and authoritative source of precedents of successful negotiation and peacemaking to practitioners and policymakers. CR's War Reporting Pilot Project will serve as the basis for an ongoing effort to increase the overall professional capabilities of journalists in situations of armed conflict by improving their knowledge of conflict analysis and resolution issues; providing information on the nature, scope, ambiguities, and limitations of the existing laws of war and human rights; and developing and supporting voices of moderation within the media in regions of conflict and potential conflict.
CR's Citizens' Constitutional Forum supports a nonpartisan, multiethnic initiative based at the University of the South Pacific. CR hopes the proposals and environment created there will substantially contribute to a just and lasting constitutional accord acceptable to all sectors of Fijian society.
In response to a request by local organizations, CR is forming a team to consult with Ghanaians affected by inter-communal violence in Northern Ghana to provide an assessment of the conflict and possible constructive responses.
Contact Information:
Conciliation Resources
Lancaster House
33 Islington High St.
London NI 9LH
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: (44-171) 713-7130
Fax: (44-171) 713-7140
Andy Carl, Co-Director
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT GROUP (CMG)
Regions: Global; Canada, Cyprus, El Salvador, Europe, New Independent States, South Africa, United States
Activities: CMG, an international, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, engages in negotiator training, consulting, diagnostic research, process design, conflict analysis, facilitation, consensus-building, and mediation. CMG also facilitates the building of institutions for the prevention and management of conflicts. The Group takes no stand on the substantive issues of a dispute.
CMG completed a diagnostic study of the negotiations between the government of Canada and the governments of Newfoundland and Labrador over cost-sharing for two aboriginal land claims in Labrador. The Group conducted a series of interviews for a report that contained diagnoses for the current impasses and general approaches for restructuring the negotiation process. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the department that commissioned the study, used CMG's suggestions as the bases for the approach the Canadian negotiation team recommended to the Minister of Indian Affairs.
CMG joined with the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD) and the NTL Institute to form the Cyprus Consortium. The Consortium provides conflict resolution training to members of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. In an attempt to encourage bicommunal dialogue and to create a broad-based network of "citizen peacebuilders" on Cyprus, CMG and other Consortium members have trained Cypriot University students, community leaders, and senior policy-makers. Because feedback has been positive, the Consortium has conducted further workshops and has continued to work for a more advanced transfer of skills to Cypriot conflict resolution trainers.
CMG has offered advice and facilitation to members of the negotiating teams of the Frente Farabundo Martí de la Liberación Nacional and the Government of El Salvador on negotiating an end to internal strife. CMG provides ongoing advice and facilitation to members of the business community, labor unions, and government on issues relating to the implementation of economic and social provisions of the Peace Accords, including negotiation of a new labor code and development of an economic plan for El Salvador.
CMG helps the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) develop institutional methods for conducting early warning and preventive action and managing emerging ethnic, environmental, and other types of disputes threatening European security. CMG consultants facilitated a seminar for high-level diplomats involved with the OSCE on new ways to prevent conflict escalation and designing mechanisms for third-party assistance in managing disputes. CMG also assists in the definition and implementation of the preventive diplomacy function of the High Commissioner of National Minorities.
CMG works with members of the Russian Federal Government and governments of former Soviet republics to improve their skills and processes for managing ethnic conflict. CMG has conducted programs in Moscow and the United States to train government, parliamentary, and executive officials in negotiations and dispute resolution systems design. Participants have included the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and the former Minister of Nationalities. At the request of the former Minister of Nationalities, CMG helped organize and lead a joint Russian-U.S. working group to develop a system for monitoring and mitigating ethnic tensions and to review national policy and legislation on ethnic relations. The Group also developed a manual and a training program for journalists on how the media can play a constructive role in ethnic conflicts in the former Soviet Union.
For more than a decade, CMG professionals have worked with South African leaders from all sides of the national conflict, including labor organizations, churches, the community, businesses, the political arena, and the government. On the local level, CMG has trained South Africans to use negotiation and conflict management skills to assist communities in the reconciliation process. On the national level, the Group has advised the highest leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha, and half of the former National Party Government who negotiated the transition to a democratic South Africa. CMG-trained South Africans helped launch and facilitate the negotiations between ANC and Inkatha partisans that led to the suspension of violence in the Meadowlands District of Soweto and to the creation of the Joint Monitoring Committee to prevent further violence there.
CMG has established a staff development program for conciliators involved in managing and resolving racial and ethnic conflict in communities throughout the United States. The program has institutionalized and enhanced conflict resolution practices within the Community Relations Service of the U.S. Department of Justice. CMG provided an overall staff development design, a five-day basic skills workshop including a student text and a trainer's manual, and a train-the-trainer workshop.
Contact Information:
Conflict Management Group
Harvard Negotiation Project
20 University Road
Cambridge, MA 02138
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-617) 354-5444
Fax: (1-617) 354-8467
E-mail: cmg@igc.apc.org conflict@world.std.com
Keith M. Fitzgerald
Ellen Ezorsky
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES (CMI)
Regions: Nigeria, South Africa
Activities: CMI, a nonprofit organization formed in 1990, encourages the use of mediation and negotiation in the resolution of community conflicts.
In January 1993, the Africa Leadership Forum conducted training for students from Nigerian universities.
At the request of several NGOs, CMI trained groups such as the Independent Mediation Service of South Africa (IMSSA) and affiliates of the Community Dispute Resolution Trust (CDRT) of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of Witswatersrand in mediation and conflict management. CMI also consulted in mediation and conflict management with trainers from IMSSA, CDRT, and the Centre for Intergroup Studies in Cape Town, South Africa; prepared training for IMSSA and the Wits-Vaal Regional Peace Committee; and served as a facilitator at the Thokoza Peace Conference.
Contact Information:
Conflict Management Initiatives
1225 Oak Ave.
Evanston, IL 60202
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-708) 869-2244
Fax: (1-708) 328-2064
Richard A. Salem, President
CONFLICT PARTNERSHIP CENTER
Region: Global
Activities: The Conflict Partnership Center offers training in conflict partnership skills of conflict resolution, relationship-building, peacebuilding, and nonviolent social change. The Center also offers services in conflict resolution, facilitation, and mediation.
Contact Information:
The Conflict Partnership Center
2400 41st St. N.W., #100
Washington, DC 20007
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 337-7574
Fax: (1-202) 337-7574
Dudley Weeks
CONFLICT RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
Regions: Global
Activities: The University of Colorado Conflict Research Consortium seeks constructive ways to address difficult, long-term conflicts through a multidisciplinary program of research, teaching, and application. The Consortium joins university researchers and educators with community practitioners from many disciplines to build, test, and apply new conflict management techniques in an effort to improve understanding of conflict dynamics and promote better methods for confronting and managing intractable conflicts.
Contact Information:
Conflict Research Consortium
CB 327
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-303) 492-1635
E-mail: crc@colorado.edu
Heidi Burgess, Guy Burgess, Paul Wehr
CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER INTERNATIONAL (CRCI)
Regions: Global; Africa, Northern Ireland, Spain
Activities: CRCI provides information and support for practitioners, especially those working on racial, ethnic, or religious conflicts and manages an extensive resource library of written materials on conflict resolution. The Center maintains a data base and directory of conflict resolvers, trainers, and researchers around the world, and it publishes Conflict Resolution Notes, a quarterly periodical updating people in 42 countries on the latest developments in the field of conflict resolution.
CRCI helped an Ethiopian émigré build a network of European and African specialists to focus on the peaceful resolution of the Ethiopian civil war resulting in the establishment of the Nairobi Peace Initiative in Kenya to promote resolution of civil wars in Africa.
The Center united key Ulster community leaders with American and Israeli conflict resolution trainers to teach mediation skills in communities and schools. As a result, Northern Ireland increased public demand for a negotiated settlement of the conflict there.
CRCI worked with a Basque conflict resolver and a top advisor to the president of the Basque province to explore ways the government could encourage negotiations with the nationalist group. Negotiations began in September 1991.
Contact Information:
Conflict Resolution Center International
2205 East Carson St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-2107
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-412) 481-5559
Fax: (1-412) 481-5601
E-mail: crcii@igc.apc.org
Paul Wahrhaftig, President
CONFLICT RESOLUTION NETWORK (CRN)
Regions: Asia, Australia, New Zealand/Aotoaroa
Activities: Working in conjunction with several academic universities, CRN researches, develops, teaches, and implements the theory and practice of conflict resolution throughout a national and international network. CRN also distributes books, manuals, posters, brochures, and video and audio tapes and provides training and mediation services.
Contact Information:
The Conflict Resolution Network
P.O. Box 1016
Chatswood, NSW 2057
AUSTRALIA
Tel: (61-2) 419-8500
Fax: (61-2) 413-1148
Stella Cornelius
CONSEIL NATIONAL DES ORGANISATIONS NON-GOUVERNEMENTALES DE DEVELOPPEMENT DU ZAIRE (CNONGD) - NATIONAL COUNCIL OF DEVELOPMENT NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OF ZAIRE
Regions: Africa, Rwanda, Zaire
Activities: After the conference on Peace and Conflict Resolution and during the transition to democracy in Zaire, CNONGD, through its regional networks, began peace programs throughout the country. The Council lobbies for peace in Central Africa with Rwandan NGO leaders who have been refugees in Zaire since May 1994.
CNONGD conducted surveys on local ethnic conflicts in Shaba, Kasai, and North Kivu provinces to provide their local regional NGO Council with financial and/or technical support for conferences in 1993 on ethnic conflict issues in Butembo and Lubumbashi.
CNONGD held a national conference on "Ethnic Conflict, Human Rights, and Democratic Development in Zaire" in May 1994.
Contact Information:
Conseil National des Organisations Non-Gouvernmentales de
Developpement du Zaire
BP 5744
Kinshasa-Gombe
REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE
Tel: (243) 88-26707
Fax: (243) 88-40918
Hamuli Kabarhuza, Executive Director
Mukwa Toss, President
COVCAS CENTER FOR LAW AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Region: New Independent States
Activities: The Covcas Center examines the link between nationalities; conflicts; social, economic, and cultural rights; human rights abuses; and armed conflicts. It helps develop conflict resolution mechanisms and promotes law as a tool of conflict resolution and social concord. The Center encourages building democratic institutions in the Caucasus through consulting and organizing seminars and workshops to encourage respect for human rights and the rule of law. It also documents human rights conditions in the region and, since November 1991, has published the Covcas Bulletin, edited by Hrair Balian.
Contact Information:
Covcas Center for Law and Conflict Resolution
P.O. Box 5528
Arlington, VA 22205
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-703) 532-5636
Fax: (1-703) 532-5143
E-mail: 100034.2220@compuserve.com
Hrair Balian
CREATIVE ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL INC.
Regions: Angola, El Salvador, Haiti, Mozambique
Activities: Creative Associates International Inc. helps resolve conflicts and helps demobilize combatants in Angola and Mozambique.
The organization has supported communities in transition from the civil war in El Salvador.
Working in collaboration with the Center for Democracy, Creative Associates has supported efforts with the elected Haitian Parliament to facilitate nonviolent resolution through communication, negotiation, and reconciliation.
Contact Information:
Creative Associates International Inc.
5301 Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20015
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 966-5804
Fax: (1-202) 363-4771
Stephen A. Horblitt
EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY AND INTERNATIONAL CITIZENSHIP (EPIIC)
Regions: Asia, Middle East, New Independent States, Former Yugoslavia
Activities: EPIIC provides a forum for dialogue, creates simulations, distributes curricular materials, and runs professional workshops such as "Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, and Humanitarian Assistance in Areas of Conflict" and "Human Rights and Humanitarian Emergencies."
Contact Information:
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship
Miner Hall
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-617) 627-3314/3934
Fax: (1-617) 627-3940
E-mail: hbarry@emerald.tufts.edu
Sherman Techman, Heather Barry
ESTONIAN PEACE UNION (EPU)
Region: Estonia
Activities: EPU organizes workshops, seminars, peace walks, and charitable concerts to foster human rights, democratic changes, peace, and justice. The Union encourages cooperation and creative partnership between similar nonprofit organizations.
Contact Information:
Estonian Peace Union
Sakala 1
Tallinn EE0001
ESTONIA
Tel: (372-2) 232001
Jaan Vares, Chairman
ETHIOPIAWINET
Region: Ethiopia
Activities: ETHIOPIAWINET, a civic education project, strives to strengthen democratization and the rule of law, peace, and unity among diverse religious, social, economic, and ethnic groups in order to prevent differences from escalating into violence.
Contact Information:
ETHIOPIAWINET
P.O. Box 6447
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA
Tel: (251-1) 20-30-51
(or)
1289 Nepperhau Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10703
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-914) 963-1410
Zewde Gabre-Sellaise, President
Samuel Alemayehu, Secretary
ETHNIC CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROJECT (ECRP)
Region: Macedonia
Activities: ECRP attempts to increase understanding of the sources of present and potential conflicts between ethnic groups in Macedonia and provides training in conflict resolution techniques for peoples of different ethnic backgrounds. ECRP strives to understand and manage ethnic conflicts from the grassroots level up.
Contact Information:
Ethnic Conflict Resolution Project
Faculty of Philosophy
University of "St. Cyril and Methodius"
Bul. Krste Misirkov b.b.
91000 Skopje
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Tel: (389-91) 222-558
Fax: (389-91) 222-558
Violetz Petroska Beska, Director
INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE (FAFO)
Regions: Baltics, Middle East
Activities: FAFO conducts intensive research of living conditions in the Baltics to help shed useful light on ethnic tensions.
In May 1993, FAFO published a study of living conditions in the Occupied Territories that contributed to the breakthrough in the Middle East peace process. Director Terje Roo Larsen, now U.N. Under-Secretary-General Resident in Gaza, was instrumental in organizing the secret Oslo back-channel negotiations. FAFO founded and participates in the Common Security Forum.
Contact Information:
Institute for Applied Social Science
P.O. Box 2947 Töyen
0608 Oslo
NORWAY
Phone: (47-22) 67-60-00
Fax: (47-22) 67-60-22
FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE (FHRI)
Region: Uganda
Activities: FHRI conducts training workshops, seminars, and public lectures for peace education in local Ugandan communities and creates dialogue between conflicting parties to encourage mediation and negotiation.
Contact Information:
Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
Plot 77, Makerere Hill Road
P.O. Box 11027
Kampala
UGANDA
Tel: (256-41) 530095
Fax: (256-41) 540561
E-mail: FHRI@mukla.gn.apc.org
Livingstone Sewanyana, Executive Director
FOUNDATION ON INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS
Regions: Albania, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Activities: The Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations, a private, nonprofit organization established in 1993 in The Hague, Netherlands, promotes research and cooperation on inter-ethnic relations and coordinates specialized programs that support the work of the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Max van der Stoel, the current High Commissioner, serves in his private capacity as the Foundation's special adviser.
Contact Information:
The Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
Prinsessegracht 22
2514 AP The Hague
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: (31-70) 36-36-033
Fax: (31-70) 36-35-910
E-mail: CSCEHCNM@EURONET.NL
Arie Bloed, Director
Konrad J. Huber, Associate Director
FORUM OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC (FDL)
Regions: Asia, Burma/Myanmar
Activities: FDL supports a network of democratic leaders who seek to promote a democratic vision of Asian development, build civic and civil society, and promote democratic institutions and the free press. It also sponsors seminars on these themes.
FDL passed a resolution in support of U.N. and international action on Burma at its founding forum in December 1994. Letters issued by FDL co-presidents followed, deploring the military raid against a Korean ethnic group and urging ASEAN member countries not to invite the State Law and Order Restoration Committee to the 1995 ASEAN Ministerial Meetings in Brunei. In 1995, several FDL seminars and missions stressed democratization in Burma. Nobel Peace laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi acts as an honorary advisor to the Forum.
Contact Information:
Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia Pacific
Aryung Building, Suite 500
506-20, Changchun-Dong, Seodaemun-Ku
Seoul
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Tel: (82-2) 322-4491
Fax: (82-2) 322-4494
(or)
6110 Executive Blvd. #1000
Rockville, MD 20852
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-301) 231-5143
Fax: (1-301) 231-5276
Stephen Costello, Washington Representative
FUNDACIÓN ARIAS PARA LA PAZ Y EL PROGRESO HUMANO - ARIAS FOUNDATION FOR PEACE AND HUMAN PROGRESS
Regions: Central America, Colombia, Haiti
Activities: Fundación Arias Para la Paz y el Progreso Humano promotes dialogue as a complement to peace and/or political negotiation processes.
Contact Information:
Fundación Arias Para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
Avenida 3 y 5, Calle 38, Casa #388
P.O. Box 8-6410-1000
San José
COSTA RICA
Tel: (506) 233-6348
Fax: (506) 222-6782
E-mail: fundapas@sol.racsa.co.cr
Joaquin Tacsan Chen
GLOBAL FUTURELINKS
Region: Global
Activities: Global FUTURELINKS develops skills and services for youths and young adults worldwide in conflict resolution, peacebuilding, nation-building, and nonviolent social change.
Contact Information:
Global FUTURELINKS
2400 41st St. N.W., #100
Washington, DC 20007
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 337-7574
Fax: (1-202) 337-7574
Dudley Weeks
GLOBAL PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
Region: New Independent States
Activities: Global Peace and Conflict Studies focuses on the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict in the Caucasus and environmental conflict in the vicinity of nuclear weapon production sites in Chelyabrinsk, Tomsk, and Krasnoyarsk.
Contact Information:
Global Peace and Conflict Studies
Social Science Tower 418
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92715
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-714) 824-6410
Fax: (1-714) 824-8762
E-mail: pgarb@igc.apc.org
Paula Garb
GLOBAL SECURITY FELLOWS INITIATIVE (GSFI)
Regions: Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary), Southern Africa
Activities: GSFI addresses pivotal questions regarding the peace, security, and well-being of peoples in the post-Cold War era. The Initiative brings mid-career women and men from Central and Eastern Europe and Southern Africa to the University of Cambridge to spend a year examining environmental issues, economic dislocation, population and refugee movements, and ethnic identity and autonomy in their home regions. GSFI teaches negotiation and conflict resolution theory and practice to its fellows.
Contact Information:
Global Security Fellows Initiative
c/o Social and Political Sciences Faculty
Free School Lane
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, CB2 3RQ
GREAT BRITAIN
Tel: (44) 1223-303181
Fax: (44) 1223-351733
E-mail: jes1005@cus.cam.ac.uk
Dr. Jack Shepherd
GREENHILL YMCA
Region: Northern Ireland
Activities: Greenhill YMCA sponsors community relations programs and outdoor activities for peoples from all sides of the Irish community. The organization promotes reconciliation and conflict resolution, particularly among young people, as part of the healing process of bringing people together.
Contact Information:
Greenhill YMCA
Donard Park
Newcastle, Co. Down BT3 OGR
NORTHERN IRELAND
Tel: (44) 3967-23172
Fax: (44) 3967-26230
Tim Hodnett, Director
HAITIAN CENTER FOR CONCILIATION AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION INC. (CHACED)
Region: Haiti
Activities: CHACED is developing an autonomous, capable, and credible conflict resolution center in Haiti to address issues such as land disputes, environmental conflict, and labor management. The Center provides services, including civic education and assistance, in the development of alternatives for those who live in dysfunctional families and/or environments plagued by violence and intolerance. By stimulating working relationships between the diverse sectors of Haitian society and supporting the development of new democratic institutions, CHACED promotes democracy in a nonpartisan way.
Contact Information:
Haitian Center for Conciliation and Democratic Education
83 Ave. Martin L. King
Port-au-Prince
HAITI
(or)
P.O. Box 344
Cité de l'Exposition
Port-au-Prince
HAITI
Tel: (509) 48-0334
Gerard Grandchamps
INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION (ICAR)
Regions: Global; Liberia, Middle East, New Independent States, Sri Lanka
Activities: Working from their base in Fairfax, VA, and from several other sites throughout the world, ICAR faculty offer conflict resolution and problem-solving assistance to NGOs, private citizens, and government officials.
Together with the International Negotiation Network of The Carter Center, the Friends of Liberia, and the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, ICAR is conducting a series of problem-solving and reconciliation workshops involving members of the warring factions and influential civilians from Liberian society.
The Institute is assisting the University of Bethlehem in planning an undergraduate program in conflict studies that will include a clinical outreach component to assist with conflict resolution within local communities on the West Bank.
In conjunction with Partners for Democracy, ICAR is forming university-based conflict resolution centers which will offer faculty exchanges, student internships, and an outreach program.
In Transcaucasia, the Institute is developing a series of undergraduate programs on "conflictology" with several universities including Yerevan State University (Armenia), Khazar University (Azerbaijan), Bilkent University (Turkey), and Tbilisi State University through a grant from the United States Institute of Peace.
The Institute is exploring the establishment of a linkage with the University of Colombo to conduct conflict research.
Contact Information:
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
George Mason University
4103 Chainbridge Road, 3rd Floor
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-703) 993-1300
Fax: (1-703) 993-1302
E-mail: wwarfield@gmu.edu
E-mail: kclement@gmu.edu
Wallace Warfield
INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT STUDIES AND PEACEBUILDING (ICSP)
Regions: Global; Africa, Asia, Latin America, Northern Ireland, Philippines
Activities: ICSP collaborates with regional conflicting groups to conduct conflict resolution workshops and participates in peacebuilding efforts.
Contact Information:
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-703) 434-4490
Fax: (1-703) 432-4449
E-mail: catp@igc.apc.org
John Paul Lederach
INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE POLICY (IDP)
Region: South Africa
Activities: IDP holds conferences and seminars and offers research and policy input to South Africa.
Contact Information:
Institute for Defense Policy
P.O. Box 4167
Halfway House
SOUTH AFRICA
1685
Tel: (27) 315-7096/8
Fax: (27) 315-7099
E-mail: idp@cis.co.zo
JK Cilliers
INSTITUTE FOR MULTI-TRACK DIPLOMACY (IMTD)
Regions: Cyprus, Ethiopia, Israel/West Bank, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Nicaragua, Taiwan, Tibet
Activities: IMTD facilitates nonviolent resolution of international, national, ethnic, and regional conflicts through collaborative training and education projects that encourage creativity, participatory responsibility, and communication for peacemaking and peacebuilding. IMTD's projects put the skills of conflict resolution, intergroup relations, and systemic change into the hands of local peacemakers and peacebuilders in conflict areas around the world. IMTD acts as a catalyst in the multi-track diplomacy community to explore issues and activities that advance the field, encourage cooperation and creative partnerships, develop state-of-the-art methodologies in conflict transformation, and educate the public on the importance of nonviolent conflict resolution.
Since July 1991, the Institute has co-sponsored "Catalyst for Change" in Cyprus. This project creates a human infrastructure of communities who participate in a citizen-based, internal, and bicommunal process of peace and trust-building, and ultimately, reconciliation between peoples who have been in conflict for decades.
IMTD has been developing networks in the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities and has held preliminary discussions with media experts there. As part of IMTD's Rebuilding War-Torn Societies project, experts from Ethipia have written detailed background papers describing the region's history, current political and social situations, and immediate challenges. The Institute is preparing fund-raising proposals and organizing its first fact-finding team to go to Ethiopia/Eritrea.
With the International Negotiation Network of The Carter Center, IMTD is working to introduce interactive conflict resolution processes to Liberian peacebuilding/democratization efforts.
By request, the Institute provides skills training to enhance and catalyze the dialogue process in the Middle East.
IMTD is targeting Nicaragua and other countries where formal peace accords have been signed after decades of fighting. Fact-finding delegations are being sent to these countries to seek a deeper understanding of reconciliation and healing for individuals and groups; reintegration of exile, refugee, orphan, and wounded populations; reintegration of soldiers and warriors of all ages. The Institute will also direct attention to the needs of the children of war and to rapid changes in traditional roles and cultures as societies move from war to peace.
IMTD conducts regional training in conflict resolution in Taiwan in order to show support for that country's change agents.
In agreement with the Tibetan Government-In-Exile (TGIE), IMTD works to strengthen and professionalize the international diplomatic capacity of TGIE. The Institute is developing a Tibetan-Sino dialogue and facilitating discussion with the two communities and with funding sources.
Contact Information:
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy
1819 H St. N.W., Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20006
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 466-4605
Fax: (1-202) 466-4607
E-mail: imtd@igc.apc.org
James Notter, Program Director
INTER-AFRICA GROUP (IAG)
Regions: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda
Activities: Founded in 1989, IAG advances humanitarian principles, peace, and development in the Horn of Africa through programs combining research, dialogue, public education, and advocacy. It works closely with the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development to address cross-border issues such as refugees and the environment.
IAG has four major goals. First, it studies and analyzes problems and policies relating to peace in the region including economic and social development issues as well as environmental concerns. Second, it organizes conferences and seminars and produces monographs, journals, and newsletters to share the results of its research activities. IAG also serves as a forum for debate and reflection on peace and development issues. Third, the organization enhances peace efforts by encouraging the region's leaders to observe human rights principles, especially during armed conflicts. Fourth, IAG promotes cooperation among governments, political entities, the donor community, the United Nations, and other concerned parties to ensure prompt, adequate responses to humanitarian and economic needs in the region.
In pursuing these goals, IAG works toward peaceful resolution of conflicts in the Horn and lobbies for strict observance of international humanitarian principles, protection of civilians, and observance of human rights standards. It seeks to achieve these objectives by actively encouraging governments to follow existing international methods of conflict resolution and by better informing the public to mobilize support for humanitarian activities.
As a center for research, exchange of ideas, public education, and advocacy, IAG helps promote economic recovery and development programs in the Horn. It works with academic and research institutions, policy-makers, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to come up with concrete and internationally acceptable reform policy packages designed to alleviate crises. Currently, IAG focuses on four areas: humanitarianism and peacebuilding; governance and democracy; economic reform and poverty alleviation; and NGO support service.
IAG operates a Resource Center under its NGO Networking Service Project. The Resource Center currently has more than 3,500 documents in its data base. Because it is a center of research and dialogue, IAG receives reports and policy papers from organizations around the world. IAG provides this information to groups and individuals upon request. Manuals on NGO management, training, and strategic planning as well as project implementation and evaluation are available.
Contact Information:
Inter-Africa Group
P.O. Box 1631
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA
Tel: (251-1) 51-87-90
Fax: (251-1) 51-75-54
E-mail: iag@padis.gn.apc.org
Jalal Abdel-Latif, Executive Director
INTERNATIONAL ALERT (IA)
Regions: Global; Africa, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caucasus, Dagestan, Kenya, Latin America, Middle East, Mozambique, New Independent States, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Togo
Activities: IA's global programs in conflict prevention and conflict resolution have brought the organization to the forefront in the establishment of dialogues between parties of violent international conflict. IA maintains consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
IA has convened an NGO working group on Burundi which seeks to prevent the outbreak of a tragedy similar to the one in Rwanda. The group meets regularly to discuss methods of de-escalating the situation, undertaking joint efforts to avoid the outbreak of violent conflict, and strengthening civil society in Burundi so that it can contribute to the prevention of violent conflict and the identification and implementation of confidence-building measures.
IA's Preventive Diplomacy Project in Cambodia seeks to contribute to a genuine and durable peace between conflicting political groups and between Cambodia and Vietnam. It focuses on two significant obstacles to peace in Indochina: the demarcation of the Cambodia/Vietnam border and the status of ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia and ethnic Cambodians in Vietnam.
IA will hold conferences focused on conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the North Caucasus which will play a constructive role in IA's wider strategy of conflict prevention by disseminating information and enhancing analytical and policymaking capacities. In collaboration with regional partners, IA is also developing initiatives which counter the potential for an escalation of conflict in the Caucasus. The organization will host a problem-solving seminar addressing critical issues raised by governmental and nongovernmental voices in order to assist in the development of pluralistic structures of governance that meet the needs of a multiethnic population.
In Kenya, IA will undertake a study by Kenyans to identify problems affecting the rule of law and the constitutional practices that undermine the democratic process. The study will identify the problems of making the transition to democracy, particularly regarding governance and the rights of nationalities and minorities under the new constitution and will circulate widely the results of the study before publication, involving government and government supporters in the process.
IA will convene a four-day conference followed by a one-day, public colloquium of high-level peacemakers from the region who will share their experiences in conflict resolution and prevention. The project will address the urgent need for new approaches to the resolution of violent conflict in Latin America.
IA conducted a workshop in Lebanon in 1995 to promote the dissemination of the Lebanese experience into other countries in the Middle East and establish linkages with similar initiatives and programs in the region.
In Mozambique, IA is planning a workshop which will review existing measures for reintegrating demobilized soldiers back into civil society and will explore other avenues by which this process can be enhanced. IA is also organizing a national peacebuilding conference in collaboration with the Association for the Development of the Community, a local organization directed by Graca Machel, the former first lady of Mozambique.
IA has established extensive contacts with major research institutes, scholars, and activists who are concerned about the situation in the former Soviet Union. The project for the New Independent States (NIS) has many objectives, including conducting a series of fact-finding missions to Tatarstan, the north Caucasus, and Siberia. IA promotes new initiatives and innovative frameworks for the resolution of ethnic conflict, elicits local formal and informal views on possible regional federated structures, analyzes the historically grounded and/or politically motivated arguments that cause animosity toward specific ethnic groups, and assesses the costs and benefits of sovereignty for former autonomous republics. IA has been requested to evaluate the work of the Network on Ethnological Monitoring and Early Warning of Conflict for its relevance to conflict prevention in the NIS.
At the request of the Secretary-General of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, Theogene Rudasingwa, IA will convene a forum in Rwanda addressing the need for establishing an environment of respect for human rights in Rawanda, reconciliation processes within Rwanda, and the encouragment of local people to participate in the decision-making process of their country.
In Sir Lanka, IA supported all attempts to obtain a cessation of hostilities, including the promotion of cease-fires and third-party monitoring of any cease-fire; promoted minimum humanitarian guarantees for those affected by the conflict; and collaborated with Sri Lankan initiatives for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
IA's secretary-general will visit Togo for high-level discussion with representatives from NGOs, the Togoan government, the business sector, and the military.
Contact Information:
International Alert
1 Glyn St.
London SE11 5HT
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: (44-171) 793-8383
Fax: (44-171) 793-7975
E-mail: intlalert@gn.apc.org
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR CONFLICT NEGOTIATION (ICCN)
Region: Republic of Georgia
Activities: The ICCN-Georgia, an independent, interdisciplinary, nonprofit, nongovernmental research and training center in the Republic of Georgia, studies causes and manifestations of conflicts; means of early prevention; and constructive management and peaceful resolution of the ethnic, religious, and social conflict, with particular attention to current circumstances there.
Contact Information:
International Center for Conflict and Negotiation
16 I. Chavchavadze Ave.
Tbilisi 380079
REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
Tel: (7-8832) 223618
(7-8832) 341195
E-mail: george@iccn.aod.ge
George Khutsishvili, Founder and Director
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP (ICG)
Regions: Global; Bosnia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Activities: Founded in mid-1995, ICG reinforces the capacity and resolve of the international community to avert potential crises before they develop into full-blown humanitarian disasters. ICG's board members, including former prime ministers and presidents, members of Parliament, journalists, and business leaders use their influence to focus the attention of governments, international organizations, and the private sector on impending crises and to bolster support for early preventive action.
In February 1996, the Group began a 12-month project, based in Bosnia, to monitor progress toward implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. ICG staff identifies potential obstacles to success, alerts the international community to the existence of such obstacles, and advocates strategies for overcoming them. ICG is assisting the international community by identifying and preempting any threats to the peace process before they reignite the conflict.
An ICG field team consulted local organizations and individuals to produce a comprehensive assessment report documenting the causes and consequences of unrest in Sierra Leone. ICG board members successfully urged international community decision-makers to take the steps needed to stave off an acceleration of the crisis and garner support for the country in its transition to democracy. The second phase of the project brings together major donors and indigenous NGOs to facilitate development of a strategic reconstruction plan.
Contact Information:
International Crisis Group
3 Catherine Place
London SW1E 6DX
GREAT BRITAIN
Tel: (44-171) 630-5673
Fax: (44-171) 931-8617
100557.2213@compuserve.com
INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE
Regions: Burundi, Kenya, Yugoslavia
Activities: International Dialogue works with the House of Dialogue in Gitega, Burundi, and collaborates with a center for conflict prevention in Nairobi, Kenya.
Contact Information:
International Dialogue
Rue Dupre 94
1090 Brussels
BELGIUM
Tel: (32-2) 474-74-48
Fax: (32-2) 474-75-77
Luc Reychler, President
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, LINGUISTIC, AND OTHER MINORITIES
Region: Eastern Europe
Activities: The International Federation has received global recognition for its work in the human rights field. It has been invited to monitor elections in different parts of the world, including Romania, Kosovo, and Kurdistan.
Contact Information:
International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic,
Religious, Linguistic, and Other Minorities
11-25 30th Ave.
Long Island City, NY 11102
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-718) 728-3330
Fax: (1-718) 956-9583
Menelaos G. Tzelios
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION (IFOR)
Regions: Global; Africa, Eastern Europe
Activities: IFOR's Nonviolence Education and Training Project helps grassroots organizations and local actors to develop educational and training programs in nonviolent conflict resolution. IFOR also trains people who work in areas of armed conflict.
Contact Information:
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Spoorstraat 38
1815 Bk Alkmaar
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: (31-72) 12-30-14
Fax: (31-72) 15-11-02
E-mail: ifor@gn.apc.org
Jill Sternberg, Coordinator
INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION NETWORK (INN): THE CARTER CENTER
Regions: Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Burma, Burundi, Ethiopia, Haiti, Korean Peninsula, Liberia, Sudan
Activities: In conjunction with the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction at the University of Virginia and The Kettering Foundation in Washington DC, the INN engages in preventive diplomacy efforts in Estonia. Conflict prevention workshops offer space for high-level governmental and nongovernmental representatives from the parties in conflict to explore the causes of the conflict, analyze obstacles to resolution, and collaborate on strategies to overcome these obstacles.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has met with all major parties associated with the Burmese conflict. INN members Oscar Arias Sanchez and Desmond Tutu traveled to the region in 1993 under the auspices of the International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development. The INN continues to develop strategies to promote human rights and democratization in Burma.
The INN co-sponsored a apreventive diplomacy mission to Burundi by former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Amadou Toumani Touré of Mali during the summer of 1994 under the aegis of Synergies, an African NGO. The INN also examined the situation in Burundi at a 1995 working session.
In 1989, President Carter began efforts to mediate the conflict in Ethiopia between the government of then-President Mengistu Haile Mariam and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front. Since that time, The Carter Center undertaken efforts to support Ethiopia's transition to democracy. In early 1994, the INN convened a meeting of the opposition parties to determine how to help make the transition process an inclusive one. The Carter Center's agricultural and health programs continue long-term projects in Ethiopia.
President Carter, INN member and Latin American and Caribean Program Fellow Robert Pastor, Gen. Colin Powell, and Sen. Sam Nunn traveled to Haiti in September 1994 representing U.S. President Bill Clinton in an effort to convince military leader Gen. Raoul Cédras to step down as Haiti's ruler. The team reached an agreement with Gen. Cédras that was accepted by Haitian and American leaders mere hours before a U.S. invasion on Haiti was to be launched. As a result, the military action was avoided.
In June 1994, with tensions between North and South Korea rising, President Carter met with President Kim Il Sung of North Korea and with President Kim Young Sam of South Korea to discuss compliance by the North Koreans with the regulations of International Atomic Energy Agency and a possible summit between the Korean presidents. President Carter's intervention defused tensions and opened a channel of communication between North Korea and the international community on the nuclear issue. The INN continues to seek ways to promote dialogue between North and South Korea.
The Network has acted as a third-party mediator in the Liberian conflict since 1991. Over the past three years, INN members Jimmy Carter, Lisbet Palme, Marie-Angélique Savané, and Desmond Tutu have met with leaders of the warring factors in an attempt to resolve the conflict and urge them to respect the Cotonou Accord. The Carter Center supported formation of the Liberian Network for Peace and Development, an umbrella NGO that operates as an instrument of civic education to prepare Liberians for elections. In conjunction with IMTD, George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, the Nairobi Peace Initiative, and the Friends of Liberia, the INN recently convened a series of conflict analysis and problem-solving workshops for parties involved in the Liberian conflict.
In 1989, President Carter convened negotiations with the government of Sudan and the Sudanese Peoples' Liberation Army in Nairobi, Kenya. President Carter has since been in frequent contact with the Sudanese disputing parties. In March 1995, President Carter successfully urged the parties to declare a ceasefire which allowed the expansion of health projects to alleviate the suffering of many Sudanese.
Contact Information:
International Negotiation Network
c/o Conflict Resolution Program
The Carter Center
One Copenhill
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-404) 420-5185
Fax: (1-404) 420-5196
Harry Barnes, Conflict Resolution Program Director
E-mail: stind01@emory.edu
INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACADEMY (IPA)
Regions: Global
Activities: IPA conducts international, regional, and internal preventive peacekeeping activities as well as research and workshop projects in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. The Academy conducts public and off-the-record seminars and forums and leads training seminars.
Contact Information:
International Peace Academy
777 United Nations Plaza, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-212) 949-8480
Fax: (1-212) 983-8246
Olara A. Otunnu, President
Kate Brooks, Director of Development
INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU (IPB)
Region: Global
Activities: IPB maintains ACCORD, a bulletin/data base of conflict settlements; holds action alerts and regional conferences with NGOs, U.N. staff, researchers, and others; and networks with other peace organizations.
Contact Information:
International Peace Bureau
41 Rue de Zurich
1201 Geneva
SWITZERLAND
Tel: (41-22) 731-6429
Fax: (41-22) 738-9419
E-mail: ipb@gn.apc.org
Colin Archer, Secretary-General
INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Region: Macedonia
Contact Information:
International Peace Research Institute
Fuglehauggata 11
N-0260 Oslo
NORWAY
Tel: (47-22) 55-71-50
Fax: (47-22) 55-84-22
E-mail: malvern@prio.no
Malvern Lumsden
INTERTECT RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
Regions: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Georgia, Somalia, Sri Lanka
Activities: Working with the International Rescue Committee under a grant from the Soros Foundation, INTERTECT manages several relief programs in Sarajevo.
INTERTECT has conducted an assessment mission in the Republic of Georgia for the International Organization for Migration to outline emergency needs and suggest roles for humanitarian and international organizations as well as for the government of Georgia. INTERTECT continues working in Georgia, particularly in Abkhazia, areas of the Abkhazian/Georgian border, and Ossetia.
The Corporation has found that encouragment of meaningful commercial activities in Somalia reduces conflict and that normal socioeconomic regeneration in a society in conflict is at least as important, if not more important, than relief activities per se. In 1992, INTERTECT used these findings for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Somalia, where it relied upon indigenous Somali commercial networks to provide food in dangerous and hard-to-reach interior areas, increased employment in noncombatant sectors of the tensest areas, and increased commercial interaction across feuding clan lines. INTERTECT conducts training for humanitarian intervention forces and develops training materials for military forces in peace-keeping and humanitarian intervention situations.
INTERTECT has advised the USAID and CARE in Sri Lanka, where it developed programs to encourage quick regeneration of commercial and agricultural activity and addressed the underlying social and economic problems that have exacerbated the conflict. These programs also promote commercial activity across ethnic lines and between ethnic groups and held reduce social and political polarization.
Contact Information:
INTERTECT Relief and Reconstruction Corporation
3511 North Hall St., Suite 302
Dallas, TX 75219
UNITED STATES
Telephone: (1-214) 521-8920
Fax: (1-214) 522-9332
Richard Hill, Projects Coordinator
IOWA PEACE INSTITUTE
Regions: Bulgaria, New Independent States, Poland, Tibet, Ukraine
Activities: The Iowa Peace Institute provides conflict resolution training for Bulgarians.
Contact Information:
Iowa Peace Institute
917 Tenth Ave.
P.O. Box 480
Grinnell, IA 50112
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-515) 236-4880
Fax: (1-515) 236-6905
C. Gregory Buntz, Executive Director
JOURNALISTS' ORGANISATION OF TANZANIA (JOT)
Regions: Africa, Tanzania
Activities: JOT seeks ways to re-establish the East African Economic Community. The Organisation resolves conflicts in the neighboring nations of Rwanda and Burundi, and in collaboration with the Media Institute of Southern Africa, JOT helps to resolve conflicts in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zaire, and others.
Contact Information:
Journalists' Organization of Tanzania
P.O. Box 45526
Dar Es Salaam
TANZANIA
Tel: (255-51) 22400
Fax: (255-51) 46106
Ludovick A. Ngatara, General-Secretary
KETTERING FOUNDATION
Regions: New Independent States, Tajikistan
Activities: The Kettering Foundation works with the Dartmouth Conference Task Force on the Overall Russia-U.S. Relationship.
Since March 1993, the Foundation has facilitated a bimonthly dialogue among Tajiks representing different regions, political movements, and minorities.
Contact Information:
The Kettering Foundation
444 North Capitol St. N.W. #434
Washington, DC 20001-1512
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 393-4478
Fax: (1-202) 393-7644
E-mail: kfdc@ohionet.org
Harold H. Saunders, Director of International Affairs
KIM DAE-JUNG PEACE FOUNDATION FOR THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION (KPF)
Regions: Asia, Korea
Activities: In March 1995, KPF published an intensive study of strategies for Korean reunification, which explored political, economic, cultural, regional, and geostrategic aspects of the issue. KPF Academy classes and lectures for the public on the topic of reunification brought top scholars from Korea, the United States, and other countries to Seoul. Kim Dae-Jung, chairman of KPF, discussed the dynamics of reunification with leading scholars, policy-makers, and government officials during visits to the United States, Europe, Russia, China, and the Nordic countries in 1994 and continued these activities in Japan and the United States in 1995.
Contact Information:
Kim Dae-Jung Peace Foundation, Seoul Headquarters
Aryung Building, Suite 701
506-20, Changchun-Dong, Seodaemun-Ku
Seoul
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Tel: (82-2) 322-0291
Fax: (82-2) 322-0295
Dong-won Lim, Secretary-General
(or)
Kim Dae-Jung Peace Fundation, Washington Office
16110 Executive Blvd. #1000
Rockville, MD 20852
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-301) 231-5143
Fax: (1-301) 231-5276
Stephen Costello, Washington Representative
LIFE AND PEACE INSTITUTE (LPI)
Regions: Global; Africa
Activities: LPI, an international peace research institute, engages in basic, empirical, and action research in nonviolent conflict transformation; economic justice and human rights; and the role of religion in conflict and peace. LPI is connected to a variety of networks emphasizing nonviolent conflict transformation and peacebuilding.
In addition to its global research, LPI has a region-specific program in the Horn of Africa. In this area, especially in Somalia, LPI has worked with intergovernmental agencies such as the United Nations to strengthen local, district, and regional councils. The Institute emphasizes local-level peacebuilding based on the traditional cultural structure of elders.
Contact Information:
Life and Peace Institute
S-75170
Uppsala
SWEDEN
Tel: (46-18) 16-95-00
Fax: (46-18) 69-30-59
Bernt Johnsson, Director
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF (LWR)
Regions: Africa, El Salvador, Guatemala, Latin America, Middle East, Salvadoran-Honduras border, Sudan
Activities: LWR works through counterpart agencies in conflictridden areas worldwide. It supports local nongovernmental organizations' efforts including peacemaking, reconciliation, and conflict resolution, most recently in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. In El Salvador and along the El Salvador-Honduras border, LWR supported the work of the Foundation for Self-Reliance and Solidarity among Salvadoran Workers. LWR also backed Guatemala's Council of Evangelical Churches in promoting values and actions that contribute to peace and justice.
LWR has funded the Beit Sahour-based Rapprochement Center which enhances dialogue, understanding, and relationship-building, particularly between Palestinians and Israelis.
In Sudan, LWR granted money in support of the "Symposium on the Role of Religious Leaders in Peacemaking and Change in Africa," held in 1993. The Symposium discussed, documented, analyzed, and evaluated the role of church leaders in peacemaking.
Contact Information:
Lutheran World Relief
390 Park Ave. South
New York, NY 10016
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-212) 532-6350
Fax: (1-212) 213-6081
E-mail: lwr@igc.apc.org
Jeff Whiseenant - Latin America projects
Gene Thiemann - Middle East projects
Frank Conlon - Africa projects
MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (MCC)
Regions: Global; Burundi, Colombia, El Salvador, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Thailand
Activities: MCC maintains operations in over 50 countries in ministries of relief, development, and peacemaking. While many of these countries' programs may not specifically involve conflict resolution, MCC tries to include such principles in all its missions. Because MCC operates according to a peace-church tradition, integration of peacemaking concepts is integral to the success of the projects.
In Burundi, the Committee supported Peace Presence volunteers in communities where tensions were high.
MCC worked with JUSTAPAZ, an agency of the Mennonite churches based in Bogota, Colombia, on a program to train school-age students in peer mediation.
The Committee provided a trainer to the Baptist churches in El Salvador for mediation skills training. MCC worked with the American Friends Service Committee to train local government officials in mediation and conflict resolution.
With the Christian Council of Mozambique, MCC developed "Preparing People for Peace," a series of seminars conducted throughout the country discussing war trauma and teaching reconciliation skills.
MCC provided conflict resolution training to churches and to reconciliation teams throughout Nicaragua as organized by CEPAD, a Protestant relief and development agency. In the early 1980s, an MCC worker was central to mediation between Miskito Indians and Sandinista authorities.
For the past 15 years, the Committee has engaged in mediation and conflict resolution training programs, many of which have been interreligious or interethnic. Recently, the programs have included police training workshops in Northern Ireland to increase awarness of community needs.
MCC sent teams to Rwandan refugee camps in Tanzania and Zaire to aid in reconciliation and trauma-healing. The Committee supported meeting with pastors from within Rwanda and within the refugee community.
MCC backed the work of the Ergada, an organization of Somalis living in North America who envision a new societal organization for Somalia. It helped the Life and Peace Institute in its training programs for local authorities and supported local initiatives to hold peace conferences in several regions.
MCC trained people at the local level in conflict resolution for the Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre's community reconciliation program. The Committee developed a conflict resolution curriculum for the Quaker Peace Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, for use in South African schools. A longtime MCC worker has served as director of training in the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town and has helped form a national network of conflict resolution trainers.
Recently, MCC engaged long-term Thai partners in a discussion of culturally appropriate conflict resolution models in order to establish Thai programs and institutions for engaging in conflict resolution.
Contact Information:
Mennonite Central Committee
International Peace Office
21 South 12th St.
Akron, PA 17501
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-717) 859-1151
Fax: (1-717) 859-2171
Robert Herr
Judy Zimmerman Herr
MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP
Region: Global
Activities: Minority Rights Group, an international, nongovernmental organization, works to secure justice for minority groups and peaceful coexistence of minorities and majorities. The Group publishes and distributes research on minorities, develops education projects to reduce prejudice and promote peaceful coexistence, and advocates minority rights to draw attention to problem areas and to prevent the escalation of dangerous, destructive conflicts.
The Group tries to persuade decision-makers in governments that the promotion of minority rights is essential for the stability of a country as well as for local regions.
Contact Information:
Minority Rights Group
379 Brixton Road
London SW9 7DE
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: (44-171) 978-9498
Fax: (44-171) 738-6265
MOBILE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL (MOI)
Region: Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda
Activities: In Uganda, MOI has prepared the ground for mediation between the government and the political parties. In Rwanda, Burundi, and Swaziland, MOI practices preventive diplomacy and encourages the democratization process.
Contact Information:
Mobile Outreach International
P.O. Box 76096
Nairobi
KENYA
Tel: 2-542-570188
2-542-570696
2-542-568547
Fax: 2-542-560767
2-542-560741
Rev. Gabriel Odima
MOBILE OUTREACH MINISTRY (MOM)
Region: Uganda
Activities: MOM attempts to identify the most effective role for churches in facilitating peaceful democratic change and reconciliation in Uganda. The Ministry is working toward a long-term program for the Uganda Peace Mission to bring together the leaders of all churches in Uganda in order to promote peace, reconciliation, and a democratic future. MOM prepares ground for mediation between the government and political parties and encourages and supports justice, human rights, and democracy in Uganda.
Contact Information:
Mobile Outreach Ministry Africa Office
P.O. Box 3442
Manzini
SWAZILAND
Tel: (268) 52937 (office)
(268) 54980 (residence)
Fax: (268) 52937
Gabriel Odima, Executive Director
NAIROBI PEACE INITIATIVE (NPI)
Regions: Africa, Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan
Activities: NPI engages in political mediation, conciliation, and Track II diplomacy; peacebuilding at the grassroots level with religious organizations, NGOs, and community organizations; conflict resolution training in 16 African countries; problem-solving workshops; reconciliation seminars; research; and publication.
In Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Malawi, NPI has facilitated dialogue between the leadership of warring parties and has worked with grassroots organizations assisting in reconciliation. The Initiative has organized conflict resolution training workshops and seminars to ameliorate the reconciliation process in the above countries.
In Burundi, Sudan, and Rwanda, NPI has helped facilitate dialogue between the leaders of these countries' warring parties and has organized conflict resolution training workshops and seminars.
In Liberia, NPI has engaged with grassroots organizations assisting in reconciliation. Together with the International Negotiation Network of The Carter Center, IMTD, and George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, the Institute has organized conflict resolution training workshops and seminars to help in the process of reconciliation.
In Somalia, NPI has organized conflict resolution workshops and seminars.
In South Africa, the Initiative has assisted grassroots organizations and has organized conflict resolution training workshops and seminars to help in the process of reconciliation.
Contact Information:
Nairobi Peace Initiative
P.O. Box 14894
Nairobi
KENYA
Tel: (254-2) 441444/440098
Fax: (254-2) 442533/445177/440098
E-mail: mbea@elci.gn.apc.org
Hizkias Assefa, Director
NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (NCDO)
Region: Global
Activities: More than 20 organizations, including development NGOs, humanitarian NGOs, human rights and peace organizations, and research institutes participate in NCDO. The Committee conducts training and research as well as country initiatives related to conflict prevention. NCDO acts as a clearinghouse for information and activities on conflict prevention, as is available in organizations and documentation centers, and with experts both within and outside the Netherlands. The Committee builds and broadens general expertise on preventive action and techniques. It also functions as a liaison with similar institutes in other countries and maintains information on these institutes for distribution.
Contact Information:
National Committee for International Cooperation and
Sustainable Development
Nieuwe Keizersgracht 45
Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: (31) 20-550-35-55
Fax: (31) 20-620-87-16
E-mail: NCDO@knoware.nl
Paul van Tongeren
NATIONAL PEACE FOUNDATION
Regions: Armenia, Azerbaijan, New Independent States, Republic of Georgia
Activities: The Transcaucasus Women's Dialogue, an outgrowth of the first Women's Forum on Democracy and Development held in Armenia in 1991, was facilitated by National Peace Foundation board members Sarah Harder and Deborah Welsh. All members have agreed to continue the Dialogue as a means of building peace in the Transcaucasus to develop strategies for conflict resolution and democracy-building and to help create rehabilitation centers for children as a means of addressing critical human needs. The National Endowment for Democracy and the Eurasia Foundation provide major funding for this project.
In a program sponsored by the Eurasia Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy and directed by Sarah Harder of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, teams of Russian and American women trainers traveled to six cities in Russia in 1996 to organize regional women activists in planning and defining campaign issues for the 1996 Russian presidential elections. Trainers assisted women in defining election platforms that emphasized the needs of women, children, and families in social transition and encouraged constructive democratic alternatives to ultra-nationalist agendas.
Contact Information:
National Peace Foundation
1835 K St. N.W., Suite 610
Washington, DC 20006
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 223-1770
Fax: (1-202) 223-1718
E-mail: npifnatl@igc.apc.org
Stephen P. Stickland
NAUTILUS INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: NORTHEAST ASIA PEACE AND SECURITY NETWORK
Regions: Korea, North America, Northeast Asia
Activities: The Nautilus Institute, launched in November 1993, is a transnational, nongovernmental network of nonproliferation specialists, regional security experts, and nongovernmental organizations from Northeast Asia and North America. An international group of eminent persons from China, Europe, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and the United States advise the Network. The Institute also provides daily news summaries of peace and security issues in the region to its e-mail participants, commissions papers from scholars around the world, and distributes the papers electronically.
Contact Information:
The Nautilus Institute
746 Ensenada Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94707
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-510) 526-9296
Fax: (1-510) 526-9297
E-mail: npr@igc.apc.org
Peter Hayes
NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (THE CLINGENDAEL INSTITUTE)
Region: Global
Activities: The Clingendael Institute specializes in workshops on diplomatic negotiations to provide diplomats and military officers with tools to handle conflicts in peaceful ways. The Institute organizes these training exercises at its headquarters in The Hague as well as throughout Central/Eastern Europe, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Oman, Palestine, and South Africa.
Contact Information:
Netherlands Institute of International Relations
(The Clingendael Institute)
Clingendael 7
P.O. Box 93080
2597 VH The Hague
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: (31-70) 32-453-84
Fax: (31-70) 32-820-02
E-mail: info@clingendael.nl
P.W. Meerts, Deputy Director
NONVIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL
Regions: Asia, Macedonia, Middle East, New Independent States, South Africa
Activities: Nonviolence International provides workshops and training in nonviolent action and political campaigns.
Contact Information:
Nonviolence International
P.O. Box 39127
Friendship Station, N.W.
Washington, DC 20016
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 244-0951
Fax: (1-202) 244-6396
E-mail: nonviolence@igc.apc.org
Mubarak Awad
Michael Beer
PAZ Y COOPERACION (PEACE AND COOPERATION)
Regions: Colombia, Middle East
Activities: Paz Y Cooperacion focuses on education and culture in regions where guerrillas, drug traffickers, and civil society coexist and works closely with all actors of this social drama in hopes of achieving a genuine culture of peace based on nonviolence. The organization also helps street children, combats drug abuse, and promotes human rights and peace education.
In Palestine, Paz Y Cooperacion backs social projects and emphasizes the use of Christian Palestinians as a possible third-party bridge of understanding between Muslims and Jews. It also supports Bethlehem 2000, a project that will extend into the whole region.
Contact Information:
Paz y Cooperacion (Peace and Cooperation)
Meléndez Valdés, 68, 4 IZQ
28015 Madrid
SPAIN
Tel: (34-1) 543-5282
Fax: (34-1) 543-5282
Joaquín Antuña, President
PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL
Regions: Central America, Colombia, Haiti, North America
Activities: Peace Brigades International volunteers provide protective nonviolent support to people whose lives have been threatened because they are working toward peace or social justice in areas of extreme conflict.
Contact Information:
Peace Brigades International
2642 College Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-510) 540-0749
(1-510) 849-1247
Fax: (1-510) 540-0749
E-mail: pbiusa@igc.apc.org
Kara Hooper or Ken MacLean
PEACEWORKERS
Regions: Global; Mexico
Activities: Peaceworkers seeks to implement effective nonviolent peacemaking in conflict areas around the world. Peacemakers recruits, trains, and organizes teams of volunteers who offer their services as nonviolent peacemakers through such groups as Witness for Peace and Peace Brigades International. The organization promotes acceptance and credibility for nonviolent peacemaking methods and encourages regional and world bodies, such as the United Nations, to sponsor nonviolent peacemaking.
At the invitation of Bishop Samuel Ruiz, Peaceworkers has organized an international team to live in Chiapas, Mexico, in order to support the peace process between the Mexican government and the Zapatistas. Peaceworkers seeks ways the international community, especially the religious international community, can support this peace process.
Contact Information:
Peaceworkers
721 Shrader St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-415) 751-0302
Fax: (1-415) 751-03022
E-mail: peaceworkers@igc.org
David Hartsough
PEACE STUDIES NETWORK
Regions: India, South Asia
Activities: The Peace Studies Network fosters dialogue among scholars and practitioners concerned with conflict prevention and resolution.
Contact Information:
Peace Studies Network
G-13, Nivedita Colony
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi-221 005
INDIA
Tel: (91-542) 311-813
Fax: (91-542) 312-451
Priyankar Upadhyaya
PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
Region: Global
Activities: The Program for International Dispute Resolution and Global Development provides workshops and consultation services regarding win-win dispute resolution in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. The Program works with universities, governments, and the media and publishes books on dispute resolution, developing nations, and win-win decision analysis.
Contact Information:
Program for International Dispute Resolution and
Global Development
711 Ashton Lane South
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL 61820
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-217) 352-7700
(1-217) 333-4401
Fax: (1-217) 244-5712
Stuart S. Nagel
PROGRAM ON THE ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS
Regions: Global; Asia, Middle East, New Independent States
Activities: Through educational and consultative activities, the Program emphasizes culture, conflict resolution, cross-cultural negotiation, and mediation skills.
Contact Information:
Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts
Syracuse University
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse, NY 13244
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-315) 443-2367
Fax: (1-315) 443-3818
Robert A. Rubinstein, Director
PROJECT PLOUGHSHARES
Regions: Africa, Somalia, Sudan
Activities: Through the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Project Ploughshares coordinates the International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa which involves a number of nongovernmental humanitarian and policy organizations in North America, Europe, and Africa. The Project uses a Track II diplomacy model to stimulate a focused and sustained exploration of alternative security structures and disarmament measures.
Project Ploughshares works with Canadian Somali exiles who represent diverse clan communities and form the Somali Peace and Consultation Committee. Ploughshares acts as a nonpartisan facilitator for consultations involving Somali representatives from both Canada and Somalia. These talks address issues related to an alternative, peaceful future for Somalia with an emphasis on traditional conflict resolution methods and innovative state structures that serve the special needs of Somali society.
Contact Information:
Project Ploughshares
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
Conrad Grebel College
Waterloo, Ontario
CANADA
N2L 3G6
Tel: (1-519) 888-6541
Fax: (1-519) 888-0014
E-mail: plough@waterv1.uwaterloo.ca (internet)
plough@web.apc.org (web)
Ernie Regehr, Director, World Order and
Regional Security Programme
Grant Birks, Programme Assistant
REFUGEE POLICY GROUP (RPG)
Regions: Afghanistan, Bosnia, the Caucasus, Haiti, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan
Activities: RPG works with international organizations, NGOs, and governments to improve responsiveness to international refugees and to humanitarian and human rights crises.
Contact Information:
Refugee Policy Group
1424 16th St. N.W., #401
Washington, DC 20036
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 387-3015
Fax: (1-202) 622-5034
Diane Gallagher
RESOLVE INC.
Regions: The Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Nepal, Thailand
Activities: RESOLVE conducts training programs such as basic and advanced negotiation workshops, mediation training, and workshops on special topics, such as negotiations in an enforcement context, to a variety of peoples throughout the Caribbean. From 1993-1996, RESOLVE trained more than 300 grassroots, NGO, government, and private sector representatives. RESOLVE also provides technical assistance services such as organizing regional workshops on dispute resolution and community forestry, compiling articles and research on dispute resolution topics, assisting in curriculum development, facilitating conferences, and developing training curricula.
Contact Information:
RESOLVE Inc.
2828 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 402
Washington, DC 20007
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 944-2300
Fax: (1-202) 338-1264
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Region: Global
Activities: Rotary operates conflict resolution projects in Rotary districts worldwide.
Contact Information:
Rotary International
Conflict Resolution
c/o Michael Shaw
833 Rice St.
Highland Park, IL 60035
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-708) 432-0950
Fax: (1-708) 432-0951
Michael S. Shaw, Chairman
SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND
Regions: Macedonia, Middle East, New Independent States
Activities: Search for Common Ground, an independent, nonprofit organization, seeks solutions to divisive national and international problems in order to transform conflict into cooperative action. The Group opened an office in Macedonia and began implementing an initiative to help prevent ethnic warfare from erupting there.
Search for Common Ground is working to broaden its efforts throughout the Middle East rather than limiting them to the Arab-Israeli area. In March 1994, the Middle East Initiative's Core Working Group met in Marrakech and included representatives from Iran, Turkey, and the Persian Gulf.
In Russia, in association with the Conflict Management Group, Search for Common Ground produced the television series "Path to Agreement" featuring conflicts in Crimea, Tajikistan, Estonia, and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Contact Information:
Search for Common Ground
1601 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-202) 265-4300
Fax: (1-202) 232-6718
E-mail: searchcg@igc.apc.org
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
Region: Korea
Activities: Seton Hall maintains close contact with representatives of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as well as governments of the United States, Japan, and China in order to parley ideas across parties and keep communication channels open.
Contact Information:
Seton Hall University
292 Turrell Ave.
South Orange, NJ 07079
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-201) 762-7423
Fax: (1-201) 378-3322
E-mail: 75057.440@CompuServe.COM
Deborah Krisher
TARTU COORDINATION OFFICE OF THE UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION (UNPOTCO)
Region: New Independent States
Activities: UNPOTCO, the center of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization for regions of the former Soviet Union, assists its member nations and republics to fulfill their aspirations of self-determination and independence in nonviolent ways and resolve conflicts peacefully by organizing conferences, meetings, seminars, and fact-finding missions.
Contact Information:
Tartu Coordination Office of the Unrepresented
Nations and Peoples Organization
78 Tiigi St., Room 117
EE2400 Tartu
ESTONIA
Tel: (372-7) 430805
Fax: (372-7) 430805
Linnart Mäll, Assistant General-Secretary, UNPO
TRANSNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR PEACE AND FUTURE RESEARCH (TFF)
Regions: Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Macedonia
Activities: TFF mitigates conflict, conducts peace research, and organizes educational activities to improve understanding of conflict and to promote alternative security and global development based on nonviolent economics, sustainability, and ethnic of care. Since 1991, TFF has studied exploratory, field-specific, solution-oriented conflict mitigation techniques. The results of this research will form the basis for new theory formation and educational programs.
The Foundation analyzes, monitors, and researches the conflicts and problems, both external and internal, of the Republic of Georgia, including Abkhazia and South Osssetia. TFF will conduct conflict mitigation activities there, similar to those performed in Yugoslavia.
TFF has led 11 fact-finding missions in the former Yugoslavia and has conducted similar trips to Macedonia. Interviews were conducted with political leaders of the main ethnic groups, scholars, members of the media, and historians to produce reports including background information, analysis, techniques, and proposals for peace. Humanitarian organizations, media, NGOs, diplomats, and others use these reports regularly.
Contact Information:
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
Vegagatan 25
S-224 57 Lund
SWEDEN
Tel: (46-46) 14-59-09
Fax: (46-46) 14-45-12
E-mail: jan.oberg@mailbox.swipnet.se or joberg@nn.apc.org
Jan Oberg, Chief of the TFF Conflict Mitigation Mission to the Former Yugoslavia
TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Regions: Burma, New Independent States, Tibet, Yugoslavia
Activities: Transnational Perspectives, a journal of world politics and social policy, earned a reputation for conflict resolution during the 1980s with its articles and seminars on Afghanistan. Closely linked to activities undertaken at the United Nations in Geneva, the publication has continued its efforts in conflict areas that need a new constitutional order based on autonomy, popular participation, minority rights, and confederation.
Contact Information:
Transnational Perspectives
CP 161
CH-1211 Geneva 16
SWITZERLAND
Tel: (41-22) 04-74 06
Fax: (41-22) 04-74 52
René V.L. Wadlow, Editor
UGANDA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (UDS)
Region: Uganda
Activities: Operating out of Swaziland, UDS facilitates the work of the Uganda Conference on Peace and the Uganda Peace Mission. UDS has facilitated conferences outside the nation on peace in Uganda and has conducted two two-day workshops on conflict resolution in Kampala with doctors, medical students, pastors, teachers, and health workers.
Contact Information:
Uganda Development Services
Castle View Cottage
Smithy Lane
Mouldsworth
Cheshire CH3 8AR
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: (44-928) 740660
Fax: (44-928) 740660
J. M. Maitland
(or)
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Lweza Conference Center
P.O. Box 14123
Kampala
UGANDA
Nelson Onono-Onweng
UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION (UNPO)
Regions: Global; Albania, Georgia/Abkhazia, Nigeria
Activities: UNPO, a collective of peoples and minorities from all continents, seeks to prevent conflict by creating conditions conductive to dispute resolution through peaceful and democratic means, early detection of potentially violent conflict, and action to prevent, even at the eleventh hour, the outbreak of violent conflict. UNPO sends missions to its 48-member states to engage in fact-finding, monitoring, and/or diplomacy. Most missions include experts from nonmember regions.
Contact Information:
Office of the Secretary-General
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Javastraat 40A
2583 AP The Hague
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: (31-70) 360-3318
Fax: (31-70) 360-3346
Richard Boele and Robin Sluyk
Media and Information Center
WORLD PEACEMAKERS
Region: United States
Activities: A facilitator of The Washington Area Global Peace Service Working Group, World Peacemakers has become the principle focus of the U.S. contribution to the Global Peace Service Movement. Peacemakers develops small "inward-outward" journey groups throughout the United States and corresponds with World Council of Churches-designated "church-related peace groups" throughout the world.
Contact Information:
World Peacemakers
11427 Scottsbury Terrace
Germantown, MD 20876-6010
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-301) 916-0442
Fax: (1-301) 916-5335
Bill Price
WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL (WVI)
Regions: Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, Lebanon, Middle East, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Activities: WVI maintains a collaborative relationship with Saferworld, a U.K.-based NGO that seeks to reduce the arms trade in developing countries. WVI's projects include "True Cost of the Arms Trade," a working group on International Conflict Management, and a project on a code of conduct for arms exports. WVI endorses efforts to ban the production and export of landmines globally, and it has supported the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, and others in their campaign to strengthen current protocols and work for national bans on arms exports.
In conjunction with its main partner agency in Burundi, the Eglise Episcopal (Anglican Church), WVI supports the clergy's efforts to bring ethnic groups together. Working with an association of evangelical churches and building on relief work with displaced people, the organization recently began reconciliation efforts between Hutus and Tutsis in Bujumbura.
In Zimbabwe, WVI organizes community development projects, district assistance centers, and large-scale development programs.
Contact Information:
World Vision International
121 East Huntington Drive
Monrovia, CA 91016-3400
UNITED STATES
Tel: (1-818) 303-7715
Fax: (1-818) 301-7767
Don Brandt
Steve Commins
(or)
P.O. Box 2420
Harare
ZIMBABWE
Tel: (263) 727723/751373/4
Fax: (263) 729467
M.T. Chigwida, National Director
REGIONAL INDEX
GLOBAL
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Centre for Peace and Conflict Research
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Conciliation Resources (CR)
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Conflict Partnership Center
Conflict Research Consortium
Conflict Resolution Center International (CRCI)
Global FutureLinks
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding (ICSP)
International Alter (IA)
International Crisis Group (ICG)
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)
International Peace Academy (IPA)
International Peace Bureau (IPB)
Life and Peace Institute (LPI)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
Minority Rights Group
National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO)
Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael)
Peaceworkers
Program for International Dispute Resolution and Global Development
Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts
Rotary International
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
AFRICA
African Association of Political Science (AAPS)
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Center of Concern
Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
Conflict Resolution Center International (CRCI)
Conseil National des Organisations Non-Gouvernmentales de Developpement du Zaire (CNONGD)
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding (ICSP)
International Alert (IA)
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)
Journalists' Organisation of Tanzania (JOT)
Life and Peace Institute (LPI)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
Project Ploughshares
ASIA
Center for Preventive Action
Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)
Conflict Resolution Network (CRN)
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)
Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia Pacific (FDL)
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding (ICSP)
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development: Northeast Asia
Peace and Security Network
Nonviolence International
Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts
CENTRAL AMERICA
Fundación Arias Para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
Peace Brigades International
CARIBBEAN
RESOLVE Inc.
EASTERN EUROPE
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic, and Other Minorities
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)
EUROPE
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)
Center for War, Peace, and the News Media
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
RESOLVE Inc.
LATIN AMERICA
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding (ICSP)
International Alert (IA)
RESOLVE Inc.
MIDDLE EAST
Center for International Cooperation (CIC)
Center for International Security, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)
Institute for Applied Social Science (FAFO)
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
International Alert (IA)
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
Nonviolence International
Paz y Cooperacion (Peace and Cooperation)
Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts
Search for Common Ground
World Vision International (WVI)
NORTH AMERICA
Peace Brigades International
SOUTH ASIA
Peace Studies Network
COUNTRY INDEX
ALBANIA
Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
ANGOLA
Creative Associates International Inc.
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
World Vision International (WVI)
ARMENIA
Armenia/Azerbaijan Initiative
National Peace Foundation
AUSTRALIA
Conflict Resolution Network (CRN)
AUSTRIA
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
AZERBAIJAN
Armenia/Azerbaijan Initiative
National Peace Foundation
BALTICS
Institute for Applied Social Science (FAFO)
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
BENIN
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Program on Preventive Diplomacy
International Crisis Group (ICG)
INTERTECT Relief and Reconstruction Organization
BULGARIA
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Iowa Peace Institute
BURKINA FASO
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
BURMA/MYANMAR
Burma Action Group (BAG)
Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia Pacific (FDL)
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
Transnational Perspectives
BURUNDI
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
International Alert (IA)
International Dialogue
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
World Vision International (WVI)
CAMBODIA
International Alert (IA)
World Vision International (WVI)
CAMEROON
International Alert (IA)
CANADA
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
CAUCASUS
International Alert (IA)
COLOMBIA
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Fundación Arias Para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
Paz y Cooperacion (Peace and Cooperation)
Peace Brigades International
CROATIA
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF)
CYPRUS
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
DAGESTAN
International Alert (IA)
DJIBOUTI
InterAfrica Group (IAG)
EL SALVADOR
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Creative Associates International Inc.
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
ERITREA
InterAfrica Group (IAG)
ESTONIA
Estonian Peace Union (EPU)
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
ETHIOPIA
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
ETHIOPIAWINET
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
InterAfrica Group (IAG)
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
FIJI
Conciliation Resources (CR)
GEORGIA
International Center for Conflict Negotiation (ICCN-Georgia)
INTERTECT Relief and Reconstruction Corporation
National Peace Foundation
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF)
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
GHANA
Conciliation Resources (CR)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
GREECE
Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
GUATEMALA
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
HAITI
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
Creative Associates International Inc.
Haitian Center for Conciliation and Democratic Education Inc. (CHACED)
Fundación Arias Para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
Peace Brigades International
HONDURAS
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
HUNGARY
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
INDIA
Peace Studies Network
JAPAN
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
KAZAKHSTAN
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
KENYA
International Alert (IA)
International Dialogue
KOREAN PENINSULA
Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
Kim Dae-Jung Peace Foundation for the Asia-Pacific Region (KPF)
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development: Northeast Asia
Peace and Security Network
Seton Hall University
KYRGYZSTAN
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
LATVIA
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
LEBANON
World Vision International (WVI)
LIBERIA
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
MACEDONIA
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
Ethnic Conflict Resolution Project
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)
Nonviolence International
Search for Common Ground
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF)
MALAWI
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
MEXICO
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Peaceworkers
MOLDOVA
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
MOZAMBIQUE
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
Creative Associates International Inc.
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
International Alert (IA)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
World Vision International (WVI)
NEPAL
RESOLVE Inc.
NETHERLANDS
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
NEW INDEPENDENT STATES (NIS)
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Center for War, Peace, and the News Media
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Covcas Center for Law and Conflict Resolution
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)
Global Peace and Conflict Studies
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
International Alert (IA)
Iowa Peace Institute
The Kettering Foundation
National Peace Foundation (NPF)
Nonviolence International
Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts
Search for Common Ground
Tartu Coordination Office of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPOTCO)
Transnational Perspectives
NEW ZEALAND
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Conflict Resolution Network (CRN)
NICARAGUA
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
NIGERIA
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
Conflict Management Initiatives (CMI)
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
NORTHERN IRELAND
Conflict Resolution Center International (CRCI)
Greenhill YMCA
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding (ICSP)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
PANAMA
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
PHILIPPINES
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding (ICSP)
POLAND
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Iowa Peace Institute
ROMANIA
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
RWANDA
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
Centre for Human Environment
Conseil National des Organisations Non-Gouvernementales de Developpement du Zaire (CNONGD)
International Alert (IA)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
SIERRA LEONE
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
International Crisis Group (ICG)
SLOVAKIA
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Program on Preventive Diplomacy
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
SOMALIA
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
InterAfrica Group (IAG)
INTERTECT Relief and Reconstruction Corporation
Life and Peace Institute (LPI)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
Project Ploughshares
SOUTH AFRICA
Centre for Human Environment
Centre for Human Rights
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Conflict Management Initiatives (CMI)
Institute for Defense Policy (IDP)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
Nonviolence International
SPAIN
Conflict Resolution Center International
SRI LANKA
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
International Alert (IA)
INTERTECT Relief and Reconstruction Corporation
SUDAN
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
InterAfrica Group (IAG)
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
Project Ploughshares
TAIWAN
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
TAJIKISTAN
The Kettering Foundation
TANZANIA
Journalists' Organisation of Tanzania (JOT)
THAILAND
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
RESOLVE Inc.
TIBET
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
Iowa Peace Institute
Transnational Perspectives
TOGO
International Alert (IA)
TURKEY
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
UGANDA
Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI)
Mobile Outreach Ministry (MOM)
Uganda Development Services (UDS)
UKRAINE
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
Iowa Peace Institute
Foundation on Inter-Ethnic Relations
UNITED STATES
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Center for War, Peace, and the News Media
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
World Peacemakers
UZBEKISTAN
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Program on Preventive Diplomacy
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)
International Dialogue Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research Transnational Perspectives (TFF)
ZAIRE
Americas Development Foundation (ADF)
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
Conseil National des Organisations Non-Gouvernementales de Developpement du Zaire (CNONGD)
ZIMBABWE
World Vision International (WVI)
ACTIVITIES INDEX
CONSULTATION
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
International Crisis Group (ICG)
International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic, and Other Minorities
Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts
Project Ploughshares
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Conflict Resolution Center International (CRCI)
Conflict Resolution Network (CRN)
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)
International Alert (IA)
National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO)
Minority Rights Group
MEDIATION
Center for Conflict Resolution (CENCOR)
Center for Human Environment
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Conflict Partnership Center
Conflict Resolution Network (CRN)
International Negotiation Network: The Carter Center (INN)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF)
PUBLICATIONS
Centre for Human Environment
Conciliation Resources
Conflict Resolution Center International (CRCI)
Covcas Center for Law and Conflict Resolution
Institute for Applied Social Science (FAFO)
International Peace Bureau (IPB)
Minority Rights Group
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development: Northeast Asia
Program for International Dispute Resolution
Transnational Perspectives
RESEARCH/ANALYSIS/POLICY DEVELOPMENT
African Association of Political Science (AFSC)
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict (PDA)
Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)
Center for Preventive Action (CPA)
Center for War, Peace, and the News Media
Center of Concern
Center for Conflict Resolution (CENCOR)
Centre for Peace and Conflict Research
Conciliation Resources (CR)
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Conflict Research Consortium
Conflict Resolution Network
Conseil National des Organisations Non-Gouvernmentales de Developpement du Zaire (CNONGD)
Covcas Center for Law and Conflict Resolution
Global Peace and Conflict Studies
Institute for Applied Social Science (FAFO)
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding (ICSP)
Institute for Defence Policy
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
International Center for Conflict Negotiation (ICCN)
International Crisis Group (ICG)
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
International Peace Academy (IPA)
INTERTECT Relief and Reconstruction Corporation
Kim Dae-Jung Peace Foundation for the Asia-Pacific Region (KPF)
Life and Peace Institute (LPI)
National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO)
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development: Northeast Asia
Peace and Security Network
RESOLVE Inc.
Search for Common Ground
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF)
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/DIALOGUES
African Association of Political Science (AFSC)
Armenia/Azerbaijan Initiative
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Conciliation Resources (CR)
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Conseil National des Organisations Non-Gouvernmentales de Developpement du Zaire (CNONGD)
Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)
Estonian Peace Union
Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI)
Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia Pacific (FDL)
Fundación Arias Para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
Greenhill YMCA
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Institute for Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding
InterAfrica Group
International Alert (IA)
International Crisis Group (ICG)
International Dialogue
International Negotiation Network (INN): The Carter Center
International Peace Academy (IPA)
International Peace Bureau (IPB)
Kettering Foundation
Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI)
National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO)
Netherlands Institute of International Relations
Nonviolence International
Peace Studies Network
Program for International Dispute Resolution
RESOLVE Inc.
Tartu Coordination Office of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPOTCO)
Transcaucasus Women's Dialogue
Uganda Development Services
TRAINING/EDUCATION
African Association of Political Science (AFSC)
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Center for Conflict Resolution (CENCOR)
Center for Human Environment
Communications/Decisions/Results (CDR) Associates
Conflict Management Group (CMG)
Conflict Management Initiatives (CMI)
Conflict Partnership Center
Ethnic Conflict Resolution Project (ECRP)
Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI)
Global FutureLinks
Haitian Center for Conciliation and Democratic Education Inc. (CHACED)
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
International Center for Conflict Negotiation (ICCN)
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)
International Peace Academy (IPA)
INTERTECT Relief and Reconstruction Corporation
Iowa Peace Institute
Mennonite Central Committee
Paz y Cooperacion
Peacemakers
Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts
RESOLVE Inc.
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF)
Transcaucasus Women's Dialogue
