Sample Case Studies

• • Coasts & Oceans

  Building a Northeast Oceans Regional Plan

  September 18, 2026

  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

  September 18, 2026

  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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• • Energy

  Building Consensus on Mini-Grids in Developing Countries

  September 18, 2026

  Working with the World Bank Group, CBI helped improve collaboration among diverse stakeholders to accelerate rural electrification in remote regions in the developing world.

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• • Global Development & Peacebuilding

  Building Government Capacity for Conflict Resolution in Peru

  September 18, 2026

  CBI assisted the United Nations Development Programme in Peru in developing and delivering a course on consensus building to build the mediation capacity of the Peruvian Public Defenders Office, Defensoria del Pueblo.

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• • Global Development & Peacebuilding
  • Social & Economic Policy

  Building Leaders' Capacity to Collaborate on the Sustainable Development Goals

  September 18, 2026

  CBI partners with the UN System Staff College to train senior-level UN leaders, government officials, and other development stakeholders in consensus building to support effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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• • Social & Economic Policy

  Building Public Housing and Education Partnerships in the U.S.

  September 18, 2026

  The Council of Large Public Housing Agencies and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation enlisted CBI to design and facilitate a series of national summits on housing and education.

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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

• Chile Development Corporation (CORFO)

• Chile Energy Ministry

• Chile Environment Ministry

• City of Aspen

• City of Baltimore

• City of Cambridge

• Colorado Dept of Transporation

• Community Church of Boston

• Connecticut Department of Children and Families

• Conservation International

• Convergence

• Council of Large Public Housing Agencies

• Council of State Governments

• Crime and Justice Institute

• Deepwater Wind

• Dogwood Alliance