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Since 1993, CMG has been part of a Consortium with
the
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)
working unofficially with leaders from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot
communities to support and catalyze a peace-building process. The
Consortium has provided training in conflict resolution and dialogue to
bi-communal groups of leading politicians, business figures, journalists,
professionals, educators and others. Over five hundred people have been
trained. Graduates of these programs have initiated a myriad of
bi-communal projects, including a bi-communal conflict resolution office,
a bi-communal study group on the European Union, bi-communal arts
activities, and work to promote bi-communal understanding, friendship and
cooperation. Greek and Turkish Cypriots trained by the Consortium are now
providing introductory conflict resolution training to bi-communal groups
on the island. The next phase of the project brought together twenty-four
key opinion makers and policy leaders from both sides of the conflict to
engage in an eighteen-month intensive joint analysis of the factors that
sustain intractability in the Cyprus situation, and possible ways of
breaking this cycle.
Cyprus Study Group
CMG, along with
the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD) and the World Peace
Foundation, have recently formed the Cyprus Study Group. This group will facilitate a series of five
meetings among fourteen influential Greek and Turkish Cypriots over the
next twelve months. The group will engage in a facilitated joint
brainstorming process that group members hope could ultimately lead to
innovative and relevant ideas for a solution to the long-running division
of Cyprus. The first meeting of the Cyprus Study Group took place from May
24 through May 28, 1999 at the Roger Fisher House.
Greek and Cypriot Students Community
Building
CMG held community-building workshops
for Greek and Turkish Cypriot students studying in the United
States. Sponsored by the Cypriot- American Scholarship Program and
AMIDEAST, this multi-year project succeeded in bringing together Cypriot
students who otherwise would never have the opportunity to share their
experiences with each other.
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