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

- Energy
- Global Development & Peacebuilding
Beyond Oil: Promoting Inclusive Development in Nigeria

April 17, 2024

Supported by the Ford Foundation, and in partnership with the New Nigeria Foundation, CBI convened a multi-stakeholder Forum for Inclusive Nigerian Development (FIND).
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- Agriculture & Commodities
Bolstering Palm Oil Value Chain Sustainability

April 17, 2024

CBI and Ceres brought together a coalition of organizations and investors, working to advocate for and support implementation of corporate non-deforestation palm oil commitments.
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- Natural & Cultural Resources
Bringing the Tools of Consensus Building to Sustainable Heritage Management Practice

April 17, 2024

CBI served as consultant to the Getty Conservation Institute on a project to improve heritage professionals' capacity to engage stakeholders around the sustainable management of cultural heritage places.
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- Social & Economic Policy
Building a Better Budget Process

February 14, 2024

CBI worked with the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution on a project that led to proposals for improving the federal budget process.
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- Coasts & Oceans
Building a Northeast Oceans Regional Plan

April 17, 2024

CBI facilitated public forums across New England to provide citizen input into how to develop shared data and methods, and coordinate effectively among federal and state agencies for wide-ranging uses of U.S. territorial waters in the northeast Atlantic for the Northeast Regional Planning Body.
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- Water Resources
Building Consensus on Improving Cape Cod Water Quality

April 17, 2024

The Cape Cod Commission asked CBI to facilitate citizen engagement in a process to develop a regional plan for the region's wastewater management problems.
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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

Boston Harbor Now
Boston Planning and Development Agency
Boulder County
Bridgestone Americas
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
California Department of Water Resources
Cape Cod Commission
Cargill Incorporated
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Casa de la Paz
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chesapeake Bay Funders Network
Chesapeake Bay Trust
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