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
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.
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.
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