Sample Case Studies

• • Energy & Extractives

  Building Consensus on Mini-Grids in Developing Countries

  CBI worked with the World Bank Group to improve collaboration among diverse stakeholders to accelerate rural electrification in remote regions in the developing world.

  October 23, 2025

  Working with the World Bank Group, CBI helps improve collaboration among diverse stakeholders to accelerate rural electrification in remote regions in the developing world.

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• • Global Development & Peacebuilding

  Building Government Capacity for Conflict Resolution in Peru

  CBI partners with the UNDP and Peru’s Defensoria del Pueblo to deliver a framework for mediated conflict engagement.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI assists the United Nations Development Programme in Peru in developing and delivering a course on consensus building to build the mediation capacity of the Peruvian Public Defenders Office, Defensoria del Pueblo.

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• • Economic & Social Policy
  • Global Development & Peacebuilding

  Building Leaders' Capacity to Collaborate on the Sustainable Development Goals

  CBI and the UN System Staff College partnered to strengthen UN and national leaders’ collaboration skills.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI partners with the UN System Staff College to train senior-level UN leaders, government officials, and other development stakeholders in consensus building to support effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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• • Economic & Social Policy

  Building Public Housing and Education Partnerships in the U.S.

  CBI has helped promote partnerships between housing agencies and school systems.

  October 23, 2025

  The Council of Large Public Housing Agencies and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation enlist CBI to design and facilitate a series of national summits on Housing and Education, to build and sustain successful partnerships among housing agencies and school districts.

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• • Energy & Extractives

  Building Tanzania's Government's Capacity to Negotiate Major Contracts

  CBI helped train Tanzanian government officials to negotiate with multinational energy companies.

  October 23, 2025

  Through the UONGOZI Institute, a national leadership development center, the Tanzanian government requests that CBI provide a highly-tailored, intensive training program on negotiating major oil, gas, and infrastructure contracts, designed for senior staff from key ministries.

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• • Global Development & Peacebuilding

  Building the Political Acumen of United Nations Resident Coordinators

  CBI helps the United Nations Development Group build the political acumen — the diplomatic and coordination skills — of UN Resident Coordinators.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI helps the United Nations Development Group build the "political acumen" of United Nations field leaders, by defining the political acumen skill set, developing an assessment protocol for UN Resident Coordinator candidates, and training UN Country Team members in partnership with the UN System Staff College.

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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

• Chile Development Corporation (CORFO)

• Chile Energy Ministry

• Chile Environment Ministry

• City of Aspen

• City of Baltimore

• City of Cambridge

• Colorado Dept of Transporation

• Community Church of Boston

• Connecticut Department of Children and Families

• Conservation International

• Convergence

• Council of Large Public Housing Agencies

• Council of State Governments

• Crime and Justice Institute

• Deepwater Wind

• Dogwood Alliance