Our
Mission
The Canadian International Institute of Applied
Negotiation (CIIAN) is dedicated to the prevention and resolution of
destructive conflict and to building sustainable peace at local,
national, and international levels.
Our
Commitment
We believe that reducing violence, achieving
stability and building sustainable peace can only be attained through
the sound engagement of the people and institutions in conflict. We are
committed to building relationships and partnerships with appropriate
leaders and organizations as a route to real change. We use and develop
state of the art, empirically tested methods of conflict prevention,
resolution and peacebuilding. And we are committed to transferring
knowledge and competencies to those with whom we work.
Achieving
Our Mission
CIIAN achieves its Mission and fulfills its Commitment through four
programs: International Program; Domestic Program; Violence Prevention
Early Response Unit; and special Programs.
All of CIIAN's professionals are theory-informed
practitioners. Experienced as facilitators, trainers, mediators,
researchers and peacebuilding consultants, their services draw upon
lessons learned and best practices to design customized interventions
and training programs.
A
Brief History
Founded
in 1992, CIIAN was built upon the notions of peace, social justice, and
principled dispute resolution based in negotiation. CIIAN soon became
one of the leading ADR organizations, gaining a solid reputation for
effective programming and training. Our growing reputation resulted in
international recognition and by the mid-1990's we were invited to
partner with organizations, especially in the emerging democracies of
Eastern Europe. Recent years have seen CIIAN continue to offer dispute
resolution programming through local organizations in a number of
conflict zones, including Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Columbia, Haiti, Lebanon,
Macedonia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Crimea. We are now recognized as
a leader in violence prevention, using a catalytic approach that
balances security and development.
CIIAN's
Presidents
CIIAN has
been strengthened by the leadership and wisdom of the following:
Founding President: Senator and past Ambassador to the UN for
Disarmament, Douglas Roche
The Late Honourable, Justice Mark McGuigan
Co-Founder of CIIAN and past Director of Conflict Resolution for the
Carter Center, Dr. Ben Hoffman.
CIIAN's
International Program
CIIAN's
International Program provides services in conflict prevention,
conflict resolution as well as peacebuilding programming, often in
long-term partnerships with local organizations. The Program also
offers specific, clinical training workshops including a Certificate
Program in Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution.
CIIAN's
Domestic Program
The
Domestic Program provides three levels of training for those interested
in learning dispute resolution competencies:
- Individual
Courses
- Certificate
Programs
- Professional
Designations
In
Canada, CIIAN confers two professional designations:
- Registered
Practitioner in Dispute Resolution - Generalist
- Registered
Practitioner in Dispute Resolution - Workplace Specialist
CIIAN's Early Response (ER) Unit
CIIAN's
ER Unit works in conflict situations to prevent potential violence and
intervenes in cases of violence to stabilize and restore the
situation. The ER Unit also develops and
delivers training
courses for other early responders, provides consultation on
violence prevention, and continues to conduct research on this topic.
CIIAN's
Special Programs
CIIAN's
Special Programs focuses on the development of special resources such
as research papers, manuals and videos. It also sponsors a speaker's
series and designs innovative training workshops such
as the 'Power Clinic For Mediators'.