As part of a consortium led by IDS International, CIT won the Building Resilient and Inclusive Communities in Conflict (BRICC) IDIQ issued by USAID to foster resilience and stability in conflict-affected communities across Syria. 

The team is composed of diverse technical and regional partners with a strong capacity to cultivate and nurture the work of Syrian organizations as implementing partners. 

Because we see you. 

Team members are responding to the pandemic.

Interview on the inclusion of women in peace processes.

1. Women as participants

Research shows that the presence of women at the negotiation table promotes collaboration and a focus on issues essential for post-conflict stabilization and transformation. 

The following highlights lessons learned from the illegal incarceration of our national staff. A local mediator was detained by an armed group twice within a week, during the holidays [1], and each time was released within 24 hours with no financial resources yielded, however utilizing extensive manpower to secure his release.

The words “restorative justice” painted on the side of the wall of CIT-Bria’s new office triggered images of a punitive justice systems and fears of the international criminal court to armed groups in control of the Haute Kotto. In spite of having signed a peace agreement that delineates a pathway for justice in CAR, armed groups don’t seem ready to face the reality.