How CBI Helps Government Agencies
Government agencies must continually address the competing interests of diverse stakeholders, ranging from other agencies to advocacy groups and local communities. In order to work effectively, agencies must be able to identify their stakeholders and the best forums, tools, and opportunities for collaboration.
Our Areas of Expertise
Land Use and Development
CBI helps public officials, developers, mediators, and other constituents balance social, political, economic, environmental, and health concerns in resolving land use disputes.
Natural Resources and Environment
CBI specializes in environmental planning, public land, air pollution, and water management. Combining process skills with technical acumen enables us to manage multi-party negotiations in the public arena.
Social Policies and Programs
CBI designs public input processes, administers meetings, and enables groups achieve consensus on issues such as housing, criminal justice, and diversity.
Case Studies
June, 2002
In June 2002, the Cleveland Air Toxics Working Group reached consensus on over a dozen projects that will reduce risks of air toxics posed to children, families, and adults in two of Cleveland’s urban neighborhoods.
Across the country, two decades of effort to “get tough on crime” through increasingly strict sentencing laws, prison conditions, and parole rules have produced the highest incarceration rates in U.S. history. Since very few prisoners serve life sentences, these policies have also led to the highest prison release rates in history.
From November 2005 to March 2006, CBI staff and dispute resolution partners in Argentina and Uruguay were retained by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to assess stakeholder concerns and facilitate stakeholder involvement in a review of environmental and social impacts surrounding two controversial paper pulp mills – co-located 8 kilometers apart on the Rio Uruguay.
April, 2003
The City of Somerville asked CBI to conduct an impartial assessment of the issues surrounding the proposed development of the Assembly Square site in east Somerville. The Assembly Square Conflict Assessment is an inquiry by CBI into the possibility of a successful mediated process among a broad range of stakeholders.
Since 1996, the Consensus Building Institute and Environmental Mediation Services (EMS), have assisted in the cleanup of Massachusetts Military Reservation, one of the largest Superfund sites in the country.
Our Services
Facilitation
With expertise in group dynamics and many years of facilitating meetings and problem-solving processes of various kinds, CBI helps constituents identify, implement, and evaluate shared objectives.
Mediation
CBI’s professional mediators establish a collaborative environment, avoid escalation, and create value—leading to more efficient, wiser, and more stable results.
Stakeholder Assessment
CBI has helped define the practice of stakeholder assessment for many global, national, state, local, and inter-organizational
disputes.
Training
Through proven
one-day to one-week workshops, CBI helps government, multilateral, nonprofit, and corporate
audiences negotiate more effectively.
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