Regional Specializations: Balkans, Caucuses, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, Middle East, United States, and Pacific Rim.

• Balkans
  • Albania Facilitation: ACT designed and delivered a two-day training workshop for 5 leaders of Albanian nongovernmental organizations in Facilitation Skills for The Carter Center in 2002.
  • Kosovo: In 2002, ACT's Craig Zelizer designed and delivered conflict needs assessment and conflict resolution training for young leaders representing all the ethnic groups in eastern Kosovo. Click the title for more details and photos.
  • Macedonia workshops: In 2003, ACT designed and delivered two workshops for Macedonian educators and civil society leaders in cooperation with the Institute for Sustainable Communities Macedonia. Click on title to see photos.

• Caucuses
  • Georgian-Abkhaz Workshops: ACT designed and delivered conflict resolution and related workshops in month-long intensive summer programs for 60 Abkhaz and Georgian war-affected youth in 1999 and 2000.

• Central and Eastern Europe
  • Conflict Analysis & Intervention Design: In cooperation with Conflict Management Group, ACT designed and delivered a training workshop for Romanian NGOs and national government and development personnel in Conflict Analysis & Intervention Design Skills for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Romania in 2002. (Read more...)

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• Western Europe
  • Irish Peace Process Cultural & Training Program: (Walsh Visa Program), 2000-2004. ACT has provided conflict resolution and cross-cultural training for over 700 disadvantaged Catholics and Protestants (aged 18-35) from targeted conflict zones in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in preparation for their work in the United States under the Walsh Visa Program (WVP). The WVP is administered by Northrop Grumman IT and funded by the United States Department of State (www.walshvisa.net). It is a joint initiative between the US, Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland government, and several local partner organizations in each country. (Read more...)

• Central Asia
  • Central Asian Conflict Resolution: ACT designed and delivered a two-month long intensive graduate seminar for 20 professors and advanced graduate students from Central Asian universities in Conflict Resolution for the United Nations University for Peace Central Asian Program in 2002, and continues work with the UN University for Peace in 2003. For more information, click on the title.
  • Kyrgyz Training: ACT designed and delivered a training program in conflict prevention and resolution for civil society and governmental representatives from Kyrgyzstan in 2003.

• Latin America
  • Ecuador Indigenous Groups: ACT worked with The Carter Center to facilitate dialogues between several indigenous groups in Ecuador in 2000.

• Middle East
  • Intergroup Conflict Resolution in Israeli Schools: In 2002, ACT continued work with the Israeli Ministry of Education to design and deliver a nation-wide intergroup conflict resolution and violence prevention training of trainers program.

  • Israeli-Palestinian Youth Focused Peace Partners Program: ACT-Pacific continues to work with Fairfax County Public Schools (Fairfax, Virginia) to develop conflict resolution curricula and training for Israeli and Palestinian educators and youth.

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• United States
  • To Bridge and To Build: This community based project focused on increasing grassroots participation in community planning and decision-making and on increasing the number and skills of neighborhood leaders to effect positive social change in their community in the Arlington Mills neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia. ACT provided two inter-related services for the project, including facilitation of community dialogues and a leadership-training program. (Read more...)

• Pacific Rim
  • Conflict Resolution Korea: In 2003, ACT-Pacific developed conflict resolution curricula and training programs for Korean educators. ACT worked in partnership with the Korea Anabaptist Center to deliver conflict resolution training for elementary, middle, and high school educators.

  • Civil-Military Cooperation: In 2003, ACT-Pacific assisted the Center of Excellence in Diaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance by facilitating small group activities designed to develop civil military cooperation during UN Peace Operations.

  • Peer Mediation Training: In 2003, ACT-Pacific conducted peer mediation workshops for Maui County high school students.

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