CBI has 30 years of experience helping leaders solve complex problems through consensus building. Over the past decade, CBI has engaged approximately 5,000 organizations and 100,000 individuals. Over the organization’s history, CBI mediators have worked in 70 countries across the globe.

Worldwide Experience

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Sample Case Studies

- Water Resources
Regional Action for Florida's Caloosahatchee River

April 17, 2024

At the request of the South Florida Water Management District, CBI helped stakeholders from a four-county watershed develop a vision and set of actionable priorities for protecting the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary.
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- Social & Economic Policy
Reimagining the Future of Education in America

April 17, 2024

CBI and its partner Convergence designed a highly creative process with key education leaders, creating a shared vision of what an extraordinary 21st-century education might look like.
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- Coasts & Oceans
- Land Use & Transportation
Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge

June 28, 2018

San Francisco, faced with effects of rising sea levels, flooding, and storms, sought novel planning solutions.
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- Global Development & Peacebuilding
- Land Use & Transportation
Resolving Conflicts between the Israeli Government and Bedouin Stakeholders

April 17, 2024

CBI assembled a multi-cultural team of Jewish and Arab-Israeli mediators and planners to address issues surrounding land use by the Israeli government and the Israeli Beduoin community in the Negev region.
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- Coasts & Oceans
Restoring Eelgrass in the Mid-Atlantic

February 2, 2023

CBI partnered with The Nature Conservancy and others to design and facilitate a 2022 Eelgrass Restoration Workshop, moving beyond the limits typically imposed by institutional siloes.
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- Social & Economic Policy
Revising Funding Formulas for Native American Schools

April 17, 2024

CBI facilitated a negotiated rule-making process on school maintenance funding for schools supported by the Bureau of Indian Education.
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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

Shell
Sierra Club
Sonoma County Water Agency
South Florida Water Management District
Staples, Inc.
State of Alaska
State of Delaware
State of Maryland
State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation
State of NH
State of VT
Stockholm International Water Institute
Stroud Water Resource Center
Sustainability Challenge Foundation
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency