CIIAN's International Program

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CIIAN's International Vision
CIIAN'sCommitment
Competencies and Processes
Liaison with other Organizations
Selection of CIIAN's International Projects

The Canadian International Institute ofApplied Negotiation (CIIAN) is connected to the pursuit ofpositive peace associated with the absence of structural violenceas well as the absence of overt hostilities.

CIIAN thus conducts research,provide services, offers programs and forms long termpartnerships with actors at the local level in ways whichcontribute to building positive peace. CIIAN activities includesocial-psychological initiatives common to the field of conflictresolution, such as process- promoting or reconciliationworkshops; and institutional capacity building activities such astraining and assisting in building conflict resolution capacityin a country and designing dispute resolution mechanisms suitedto the society in which they will be used.

The Institute is committed to using andcontributing to state of the art, empirically tested methods ofpeacebuilding and conflict resolution which respect the fact thatsustainable peace depends ultimately on the local actors. TheInstitute is also committed to building relationships withselected organizations as a route to long term change.

Through its staff, associates andInternational Advisory Committee, CIIAN is able to conduct highquality research, complete fact finding missions in situations ofviolence or war, conduct interactive conflict resolutionactivities between factions, mediate disputes, train others inmediation and consensus building techniques, and design disputeresolution systems, such as mechanisms for the settlement of landclaims or claims brought by a class of victims. We practicetheory-informed peacebuilding and conflict resolution work; andwe contribute to knowledge in the field.

Search for Common Ground in Macedonia
Peace Winds Japan
PRDU: Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (UK)
IRF: International Renaissance Foundation (Crimea)
FDC: Foundation for Democratic Change (Romania)
AUCC: Association of Universities & Colleges Canada (Ottawa)
CBIE: Canadian Bureau for International Education (Ottawa)
CERAS: Institute of Central/Easter European and Russian AreaStudies (Ottawa)
NPSIA: Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Ottawa)
LCPCA: Lithuanian Conflict Prevention Centre (Lithuania)
FIT: Foundation for International Training (Toronto)
Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management and HumanitarianAssistance (Hawaii)
The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and CriminalJustice Policy

MacedoniaConflict Resolution Program Assessment, University of Kiril andMetodij
ORGANIZATION(S): Search forCommon Ground in Macedonia, University of Kiril and Metodij(Macedonia) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
COUNTRY(IES): Macedonia

PeacebuildingStrategy Support and Training with Peace Winds Japan and OtherJapanese NGO s
ORGANIZATION(S): CanadianBureau for International Education
COUNTRY(IES): Japan
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CIIANparticipation in the Symposium: Objectives Canada-JapanPeacebuilding for Development
ORGANIZATION(S): CanadianEmbassy, Tokyo, Japan
COUNTRY(IES): Japan

ConflictResolution Curriculum Lebanon & Haiti
ORGANIZATION(S): CanadianBureau for International Education (CBIE)
COUNTRY(IES): Lebanon, Ha iti

CIIANResearch on International Conflict Resolution and Three-PartStudy on International Mediation and Dispute Resolution
ORGANIZATION(S): Security andDefence Forum, Department of National Defence
COUNTRY(IES): Macedonia, Romania, Haiti

CommunityMediation Service in Lithuania: Conflict Resolution CapacityBuilding
ORGANIZATION(S): LithuanianConflict Prevention Centre (LCPCA); Canadian Embassy, CanadianInternational Development Agency; Foundation for InternationalTraining (FIT)
COUNTRY(IES): Lithuania

ConflictResolution Capacity Building in Romania
ORGANIZATION(S): Foundationfor Democratic Change (FDC) & Association of Universities andColleges Canada (AUCC)
COUNTRY(IES): Romania

In-GroupConsultant on Conflict Resolution
ORGANIZATION(S): Women'sDelegation to Azerbaijan
COUNTRY(IES): Azerbaijan

ConflictPrevention in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
ORGANIZATION(S): InternationalRenaissance Foundation (IRF)

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