Working Cooperatively for Constructive Change

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With outside expertise, clients engage in constructive change. Depending on the circumstances, achievements are assessed, new ways of seeing are explored, communication or production processes are improved and/or solutions for conflicts are developed.

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...offers advice for targets of bullying and mobbing and their families and friends, and consults with organizations who want to prevent mobbing. See www.mobbing-usa.com

Expert Witness in Bullying/Mobbing Cases

Dr. N. Zanolli is available to act as an expert witness in cases where ample documentation is available, the target can be interviewed, information can independently be compiled, and mobbing can be ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt.

Organizational Development
  • Developing an organizational mission, vision and values
  • Strategic planning
  • Customer service improvement
  • Process improvement
  • Developing conflict resolution systems
RECONFIGURE also...

...offers advice for targets of bullying and mobbing and their families and friends, and consults with organizations who want to prevent mobbing. See www.mobbing-usa.com

Expert Witness in Bullying/Mobbing Cases

Dr. N. Zanolli is available to act as an expert witness in mobbing cases where ample documentation is available, the target can be interviewed, information can independently be compiled, and mobbing can be ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt.

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International Development: Project Development, Program Evalutation, Feasibility, Impact Assessment

Working with donors, foundations, NGO's or governments to assess needs and develop projects by defining goals, objectives, outcomes and desired results and identify processes for constructive change:

Examples:

  • Primary health care development in Ethiopia on behalf of the Swiss Red Cross
  • Social aspects of income generating projects in Pakistan on behalf of the World Bank/Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
  • Evaluation of assistance in AIDS-affected areas in Tanzania on behalf of the American Red Cross
  • Bangladesh: Evaluation of Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs (UCEP) on behalf of DANIDA/Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
  • The Women's Peace Centre in Burundi. Evaluation on behalf of Search for Common Ground, Washington DC
  • Oxfam GB, Rwanda: Peacebuilding Pilot Project, Impact Assessment. Jointly with Amr Abdalla and Mutahi Ngunyi and on behalf of the Institute for Multi- Track Diplomacy (IMTD) in Washington DC

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Peacebuilding

Conflict, war, violence, and civil strife, are major causes for poverty, not to speak of the social misery and the personal tragedies they create. Peace and development are two sides of the same coin. Peaceful co-existence is a pre-condition for social and economic development and constructive change.
Working with groups of warring factions. Teaching and training conflict resolution and peacebuilding skills. Working towards reconciliation.

Examples:

  • In 2007 facilitated meeting between militant and non-militant youth groups and the military in the Niger Delta on behalf of DAI (Development Alternatives, Inc.), IMTD (Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy), CESL (Century Energy Services, Ltd), and the Niger Delta Peace Forum (NDPF).
  • On behalf of Oxfam UK: Development of a Rwanda-specific conflict resolution manual: Contributing to the National Reconciliation Process by Understanding and Resolving Family and Community Conflicts in Rwanda, Training-of-Trainers Handbook, 2004.
  • With a grant from the US State Department: Building Civil Society and Peace in Nigeria ; Strengthening existing relationships between the Islamic and Christian communities within North Central and North East Nigeria (Kaduna and Taraba States). Developed with IRIS, Inc. this pilot project for reducing religious conflict in the area: Ten Muslim and Christian leaders from Kaduna and Taraba were selected for a six-weeks training in Iowa, USA, with a focus on conflict resolution education and training. Upon their return to Nigeria, the participants provided mediation and conflict resolution training in their respective states. 2001.

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