Case Studies

The International Finance Corporation asks CBI to assess Argentine and Uruguayan stakeholder concerns and facilitate their involvement in a review of two controversial paper mills on the Rio Uruguay.

CBI helps the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board build its capacity for mediation by providing customized trainings, revising their policies, and evaluating the effectiveness of their program.

CBI helps KeepSpace, an initiative of Rhode Island Housing, by providing facilitated, collaborative stakeholder engagement with residents, local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and municipal and state agencies in three Rhode Island communities.

Through Greater Boston Breathes Better and the Boston Air Quality Working Group, CBI facilitates a coalition of public, private, and government entities working to improve air quality in Boston and manages a related effort to bring together researchers, policy makers, and community advocates to discuss air quality issues.

CBI partners with the Middle East think-tank Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information to create the Joint Environmental Mediation Service, which trains Israelis and Palestinians in mediation and negotiation and supervises trainees as they mediate active disputes.

CBI helps the town of Falmouth, Maine improve land use planning by conducting a stakeholder assessment, engaging community members, and producing a final report of recommendations.

CBI helps the downtown revitalization efforts of the Town of Meriden, Connecticut by gathering recommendations via a stakeholder assessment and facilitating a public engagement process, creating long-term support for the project.

CBI conducts an issues assessment around a contentious Superfund cleanup site in Stratford, Connecticut and facilitates a community advisory committee.

CBI and Water Resources Associates help the Town of Orleans initiate and facilitate a consensus building process to reach agreement among its stakeholders on a Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan.

CBI partners with the nonprofit Convergence on Nutrition and Wellness project aimed at building consumer demand for healthy foods.

CBI facilitates conversations among water managers in California’s Central Valley to map out central elements of a sustainable groundwater policy, laying the foundation for the state's landmark Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which passed in 2014.

CBI facilitates a process that leads to deeper collaboration among parties in setting transportation priorities in Ohio's Eastern Corridor, and a departure from a plan to relocate State Route 32.