Our Partners
CDI has partnered with more than 25 organizations to develop and implement solutions to some of the world’s most entrenched conflicts. Our partners help extend our reach and maximize impact in these complex settings.
Sudan Program
Peace Action
In 2016-2019, Conflict Dynamics conducted a series of workshops with DT and their Reading for Change initiative on options for youth participation in Sudan’s governance and political processes.
Democratic Thought Project (DTP)
Taskforce for the Engagement of Women in Sudan
In 2015-2017, Conflict Dynamics partnered with the Taskforce on a series of workshops, seminars, and consultation sessions to explore accommodating dialogue processes and governance arrangements in Sudan (in Khartoum as well as at the state and local levels).
Teeba Press
In 2015-2018, Conflict Dynamics partnered with Teeba Press on a series of workshops and training materials on political accommodation in Sudan with media practitioners.
Gesr Center for Development (GCD)
In 2019-2020, Conflict Dynamics is partnering with GCD to increase youth participation, especially through an initiative to engage young people in conversation with leadership from the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) to explore how youth can participate in governance and political processes during and after Sudan’s transitional period
Somali Program
Peace Action
Conflict Dynamics has partnered with APD on a range of projects, including on a research project on options for the reform of the Guurti (upper house of parliament) of Somaliland.
Center for Research and Development
Conflict Dynamics has partnered with CRD on a range of projects, including on the delivery of training on constitutional options for senior Ministry of Interior and National Security staff.
Conflict Dynamics is a member of INSO, an organization that establishes safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts.
Conflict Dynamics is a member of the Somalia NGO Consortium, which promotes information sharing, cooperation, and joint advocacy initiatives among local and international NGOs working in Somalia and Somaliland.
Conflict Dynamics has partnered with SOYDEN for over four years, including on supporting the establishment of over 20 district peace committees in Lower Juba, Bay, Bakool, Gedo, Hiiraan, Middle Shabelle, and Banadir.
South Sudan Program
Peace Action
Centre for Peace and Development Studies
Conflict Dynamics has partnered with CPDS to conduct events and hold consultations over the years. An institute for interdisciplinary study, research, teaching and training, and public dialogue on conflict, peace, and development issues, CPDS is based at Juba University.
Dr John Garang Memorial University
In 2013-2014, Conflict Dynamics partnered with JGMU to research and produce a briefing paper on how governance arrangements can produce peace in Jonglei State (Building the House of Governance in Jonglei State).
Conflict Dynamics has partnered with the Ebony Centre to conduct several events together.
Relief & Rehabilitation Commission, Government of the Republic of South Sudan
Conflict Dynamics has partnered with the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission to conduct workshops on humanitarian access and negotiations in South Sudan.
Conflict Dynamics is a member of the South Sudan NGO Forum, an independent coordinating body of national and international NGOs that serves and facilitates the work of its members to address the humanitarian and development needs in South Sudan.
Syria Program
Peace Action
Conflict Dynamics partnered with LACU to put on a workshop examining the role of decentralization in resolving the Syrian conflict.
swisspeace & FarikBeirut
In 2015, Conflict Dynamics partnered with swisspeace and FarikBeirut to conduct research and produce a report on local peacebuilding efforts in Syria (Inside Syria).
Conflict Dynamics partnered with NAFS to put on a workshop examining the role of decentralization in resolving the Syrian conflict.
Children in Armed Conflict Accountability Initiative
Humantarian Action
Conflict Dynamics is an associate member of the UNICEF-led global level forum for coordination and collaboration on child protection in humanitarian settings, housed within the Global Protection Cluster.
In 2015, COALICO partnered with Conflict Dynamics to launch a publication and deliver a workshop on CAC accountability in Colombia.
In 2015, Q4C partnered with Conflict Dynamics to support outreach activities on CAC accountability in Colombia.
Humanitarian Engagement & Access
Humanitarian Action
Since 2013, Conflict Dynamics has partnered with CERAH by contributing to CERAH’s humanitarian action curriculum, including through the facilitation of trainings. Conflict Dynamics is also currently co-developing a distance learning package with CERAH on humanitarian access in situations of armed conflict.
Since 2009, Conflict Dynamics has partnered with the Government of Switzerland on the Humanitarian Access in Situations of Armed Conflict Initiative, including to co-develop (in consultation with ICRC and UN OCHA) a comprehensive methodological approach to improving humanitarian access.
Since 2013, Conflict Dynamics has partnered with the ICRC by facilitating content from Conflict Dynamics’ humanitarian access training as part of ICRC’s External Training program.
Since 2013, Conflict Dynamics has partnered with NRC to increase the capacity of its field teams to improve access and negotiations in several operational contexts.
Since 2013, Conflict Dynamics has partnered with WFP to increase the capacity of its field teams to improve access and negotiations in several operational contexts.
Conflict Dynamics is a member of the CHE working group which is housed at Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC).
In 2021, Conflict Dynamics began collaborating with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative on the Strengthening Humanitarian Engagement Capacities of Practitioners project, a program supported by Save the Children International with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).