Conciliation Resources

Conciliation Resources' (CR) "is an international non-governmental organization registered in the UK as a charity. We work mainly in the Caucasus, Uganda and West Africa in partnership with local and international civil society organizations and governments. We also publish Accord: an international review of peace initiatives and are involved in projects in Colombia, Fiji and the Philippines. Our funding is through grants from governments, independent trusts and foundations."

"Conciliation Resources (CR) was set up in October 1994 by Andy Carl and David Lord, supported by a group of advisers and volunteers."

Member of the Peace and Security Liaison Group

Funding 2005-07

Government and multilateral organizations

• Austrian Foreign Ministry
• European Commission
• German Federal Foreign Office
• Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Mission to Georgia
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
• Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
• UK Department for International Development
• UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Trusts and foundations

• Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement
• Charity Aid Foundation
• Comic Relief, UK
• Eva Reckitt Trust Fund UK
• Ford Foundation
• Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
• Rest-Harrow Trust, UK
• Rowan Charitable Trust
• AW.60 Charitable Trust
• Boltons Trust
• Calpe Trust
• Oakdale Trust
• Tinsley Foundation

Non-governmental organizations

• Christian Aid
• Misereor
• Horizont3000

According to their 2001-01 Annual Report during these years CR received funding from:

• ACT Netherlands
• Christian Aid (UK)
• Comic Relief (UK)
• Cordaid (Netherlands)
• Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)
• Department for International Development (DFID) (UK)
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) (UK)
• Finnish Foreign Affairs Ministry
• Open Society Institute Fund for West Africa
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
• Tides Foundation (USA)
• United States Institute of Peace
• British Council (Georgia)
• Constitutional & Legal Policy Institute (Hungary)
• DFID (UK)
• Global Conflict Prevention Pool (UK)

Indirect

• The German Foreign Office and the Development Service of the Protestant Church (Bonn) funded the Schlaining process through the Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
• CR also channelled a Westminster Foundation for Democracy (UK) grant to a partner

Staff

Accessed August 2007:

• Tahir Aziz - Programme Associate for Kashmir
• Laurence Broers - Caucasus Programme Associate
• Andy Carl - Executive Director
• Rachel Clogg - Caucasus Programme Co-Director
• Jonathan Cohen - Caucasus Programme Co-Director
• Aaron Griffiths - Accord Series Editor
• Ragnar Hjalmarsson - Assistant to Executive Director
• Melissa Jones - Communications Officer
• Mariama Konneh - West Africa Programme Manager
• Celia McKeon - Programme Director, Policy, Communications and Comparative Learning
• Rhona Miller - Caucasus Programme Officer
• Irene Musoke - Finance Officer
• James Obrenyah - West Africa Programme intern
• David Orchant - Caucasus Programme Assistant
• Adrian Platt - Administrative Officer
• Nyeko Caesar Poblicks - Uganda Programme Officer
• Kushma Ram - Operations Manager
• Emma Sangster - Web and Communications Officer
• Mihiri Weerasinghe - Accord project intern
• Juliet Williams - Finance Manager
• Catherine Woollard - Director of Policy, Communications and Comparative Learning

Directors

Accessed August 2007:

• Mark Bradbury (Chair)
• Andy Carl
• Bob Cooke (Honorary Treasurer)
• Mark Hoffman
• Nev Jefferies
• Mischa Mills
• Liz Philipson
• Bea Stolte
• Vesna Terselic

Contact

Web: http://www.c-r.org

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

• Laurie Nathan - former board member