The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy
Partners
In 2005, IMTD entered into a partnership with Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) as a conflict analysis and resolution subcontractor for a 500 million USD initiative by the United States Agency for International Development’s Conflict Management and Mitigation section to expand conflict resolution practices in the development sector.
Ambassador McDonald and DAI’s Crisis Mitigation and Recovery section have met several times to discuss areas of collaboration on conflict resolution and peacebuilding projects, which has led to the creation of the DAI/IMTD partnership initiative for USAID projects.
The IMTD/DAI partnership is intended to assist USAID missions through rapid program response, specialized technical assistance, capacity building, and research on the dynamics of conflict.
IMTD has joined with the DAI Team to work within a taskforce on Conflict Prevention, which also includes the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Search for Common Ground, Carr, Swanson and Randolph, LLC, and Evidence Based Research, Inc. Other taskforces include Peacebuilding and Conflict Management sections.
IMTD has contributed conflict resolution expertise to USAID proposals submitted by DAI for the Balkans (Serbia and Montenegro), Afghanistan, and Jamaica.
