Sample Case Studies

• • Global Development & Peacebuilding

  Facilitating Humanitarian Planning for Yemen

  CBI designed and facilitated a consultative meeting that involved more than 100 leaders and practitioners focused on humanitarian relief.

  October 23, 2025

  In partnership with the UN Country Team, the World Bank, and the European Union, CBI facilitates a meeting of over 100 international and Yemeni leaders and practitioners focused on humanitarian relief.

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• • Energy & Extractives
  • Water Resources

  Facilitating Hydraulic Fracturing Workshops for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  CBI facilitates meetings on hydraulic fracturing for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, bringing together technical experts from across the country.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI facilitates meetings on hydraulic fracturing for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, bringing together technical experts from across the country.

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• • Land Use & Transportation
  • Natural & Cultural Resources

  Facilitating Improved Community Planning in Falmouth, Maine

  CBI conducts a stakeholder assessment, engaging community members with interviews, surveys, and forums about land use planning; produces a land use report with specific recommendations.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI helps the town of Falmouth, Maine improve land use planning by conducting a stakeholder assessment, engaging community members, and producing a final report of recommendations.

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• • Land Use & Transportation

  Facilitating Mass Moves

  CBI collaborated with state senators on the MassMoves project, helping residents voice their thoughts on transportation priorities in Massachusetts.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI collaborates with the state Senate on the MassMoves project, helping residents voice their thoughts on transportation priorities in Massachusetts.

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• • Land Use & Transportation
  • Natural & Cultural Resources

  Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement Around a Superfund Cleanup in Connecticut

  CBI conducts an issues assessment around a contentious Superfund cleanup site in Stratford, Connecticut and facilitates a community advisory committee.

  October 23, 2025

  CBI conducts an issues assessment around a contentious Superfund cleanup site in Stratford, Connecticut and facilitates a community advisory committee.

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• • Energy & Extractives

  Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement Around Vermont's Energy Policy

  With the State of Vermont facing difficult choices around their electricity supply, CBI and Raab Associates design and facilitate a public engagement process that involved over 700 residents.

  October 23, 2025

  With the State of Vermont facing difficult choices around their electricity supply, CBI and Raab Associates, Ltd. design and facilitate a public engagement process, involving more than 700 Vermonters in decision making about the state's energy future.

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Partial List of Convenors/Clients

• Neponset River Watershed Association

• Netherlands Ministry of Environment, Housing and Spatial Planning

• New York City

• New York City Housing Authority

• Northeast Regional Ocean Council

• NY State Dept. of Environment Conservation

• Ohio Department of Transportation

• Open Society Foundations

• Open Society Institute Russia

• Organization of American States

• Overseas Development Institute

• Oxfam America

• Pacific Gas and Electric Company

• Packard Foundation

• Palestine Ministry of Environment

• PEAK Grantmaking