How CBI Helps International Agencies

Whether working to develop global environmental or investment standards, or addressing community development needs, international agencies frequently face significant issues that require cooperation of a diverse array of stakeholders with both shared and competing interests.

Our Areas of Expertise

International Development

CBI helps international development leaders and organizations address participation, negotiation, and consensus building.

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

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.
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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.
For the past several years, CBI has partnered with the UNDP to build the negotiation capacity of UNDP staff stationed all over the world.
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.

January, 2000
The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy supported a CBI study, led by CBI Managing Director David Fairman and Senior Associate Merrick Hoben, to research land use conflicts in Latin America.

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.

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
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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