How CBI Helps International Development Stakeholders

During the past 15 years, the interweaving of economic globalization, sustainable development commitments, and rising expectations for stakeholder participation have made international development planning and decision-making more challenging than ever. From communities to the governing bodies of international organizations, complexity and controversy have raised concerns about how to integrate and balance competing viewpoints and interests.

Our Areas of Expertise

Multi-Stakeholder Planning Processes

We improve development decision making by designing and facilitating multi-stakeholder planning processes, and by training the staff of international development organizations to build consensus with internal and external stakeholders. See an example.

Policy Dialogues

We support sustainable development efforts on a global level by designing and facilitating policy dialogues on challenging issues. See an example.

Resolving Development Conflicts and Creating New Initiatives

We help national leaders in government and civil society resolve development conflicts and create new initiatives. See an example.

Case Studies

Resolving Conflicts between the Israeli Government and Bedouin Stakeholders in Kseife and Um Batin
December, 2006
In Israel, conflicts between Bedouin communities and the Israeli government have grown increasingly intense in recent years. At stake in the strategically and symbolically important southern Negev Desert region are fundamental questions of both security and stability for the State of Israel and development, justice, and human rights for the Bedouin minority citizen population.
International Finance Corporation Global Policy Review
November, 2007
CBI was retained by IFC to design and facilitate an external stakeholder engagement process to discuss the draft policies as part of the review process.
Uruguay Pulp Mills – Managing Corporate, Client, and Community Public Engagement
November, 2007
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.
Training the United Nations Development Program
For the past several years, CBI has partnered with the UNDP to build the negotiation capacity of UNDP staff stationed all over the world.
Allain Duhangan Hydropower Project: Addressing Corporate and Community Conflict in India
July, 2006
CBI assisted the World Bank Compliance Advisor Ombudsman team to address concerns raised regarding social and environmental impacts of the Allain-Duhangan hydroelectric project in India. Issues and concerns included: quality and quantity of village drinking and irrigation water; worker safety near the construction site; assurance of women’s and children’ safety; excessive dust from project activity; and introduction of HIV/AIDS induced by migrant laborers.

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Our Services

CBI helps leaders, communities, organizations, and governments worldwide find better ways to work together on important public issues. We offer in-depth knowledge of group dynamics, multiparty negotiations, and intercultural interaction. Using mediation, facilitation, and a range of specialized tools we have developed for assessment, evaluation, process design, we help our clients integrate thought and action to achieve wiser, more stable, and fairer results.

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.

Tailored Training

Our tailored workshops address your negotiation challenges, combining a robust model with context-specific materials.

Select Clients

Asia Foundation
Asian Development Bank
Assembly of First Nations, Canada (ITAB)
Ateneo de Manila University School of Government
Centro de Conciliacion y Arbitraje
Environmental Appeal Board, Alberta, Canada
Foundation for the Future of Latin America
Fundacio Getulio Vargas, Brazil
Indian Taxation Advisory Board, Canada
International Finance Corporation
Israel Ministry of Environment
Israel Ministry of Justice
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
LEAD International
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture
Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Environment and Open Space
Palestinian National Authority
State of the World Forum
Sustainability Challenge Foundation
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
United Nations Development Program
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United States Agency for International Development
University of the Middle East
Vereniging Natuurmonumenten
World Bank

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