BUILDING NEW
FRAMEWORKS
FOR PEACE
OUR 2025 ROADMAP
PUTTING EXPERIENCE AND
INNOVATION TO WORK FOR PEACE
Since 1992
1992 – 1995
1994
1994 – 2004
CATALYZED
The Field Of
Transitional
Justice
First Conveners,
A Decade
Of Trusted
Partnership
Central And
Eastern Europe
Northern Ireland
KEY PARTNERS
In Peaceful
Reconciliation
And National
Healing
South Africa
1995 – 2007
2011 – 2015
2015
finding a new
way forward
transforming
conversations with
Innovative, New
Frameworks
The Middle East
BRIDGING
DIVIDES,
Preparing
Emerging
Nations
2011 – 2015
Opening
Doors
Neuroscience & Social Conflict
Cuba
The Balkans
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SUMMARY OF
CONTENTS
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Vision | Mission
Message From Tim Phillips
Who We Are
Our Values
Theory of Change
2025 STRATEGIC GOALS
GOAL 1| Continue To Do What We Do Best — Creating Innovative
Frameworks For Peace & Reconciliation
Harnessing Leadership, Experience, and Innovation — Improving
Practice, Informing Policy & Measuring Impact
Initiative 1.1 Building On Our Global Network of Leaders &
Collaborative Partnerships
Initiative 1.2 Translate Science Into New Frameworks To Inform
Practice, Policy & Understanding
Initiative 1.3 Learn From Experience, Seek New Approaches — Push the
Boundaries of Understanding & Practice
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GOAL 2 | Amplify Our Message — Engaging New Audiences, Inspiring A
Diverse Community Of Thought Leaders
Leading Conversations, Educating & Inspiring
Initiative 2.1 Engage New Audiences, Foster Informed Conversation
Initiative 2.2 Educate The Next Generation
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GOAL 3 | Expand Our Reach — Strengthening Capacity
Strategic Infrastructure Growth to Develop & Support
Transformational Leadership for Peace
Initiative 3.1 Build Capacity & Strategic Responsiveness
Initiative 3.2 Develop Sustainable Funding & Revenue Streams
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GOAL 4 | Build For The Future
VISION
We envision a more peaceful world in
which all people are acknowledged,
understood, and allowed to express what
is central to their identities as individuals
and communities.
MISSION
Our mission is to promote peace and
reconciliation by connecting, inspiring,
and empowering diverse communities
and leaders.
We create powerful new frameworks to
address the persistent societal challenges
of conflict, repression, and difference
— engaging the shared experience of
global leaders and effectively applying
innovations in science, culture, and
media.
Convening Diverse Leaders & Communities, Building The
Foundations For Peace
Initiative 4.1 Establish A Global Innovation Center For Peace,
Reconciliation & Transformative Dialogue
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PUTTING EXPERIENCE AND
INNOVATION TO WORK FOR PEACE
We will draw on our decades of shared experience with our far-reaching network
of global leaders — in civil society and government, activist communities, science,
education, innovation, culture, and media — and link them powerfully to revolutionary
research findings in neuroscience and the behavioral sciences. We will build crosssectoral, out-of-the-box partnerships to deepen our understanding, improve practice
and measure effectiveness. Most important, we will contribute in new ways to reduce
violence, division, and promote more peaceful coexistence and healthier, more resilient
communities.
MESSAGE
FROM
TIM PHILLIPS
CO-CHAIR AND CEO,
BEYOND CONFLICT
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s Beyond Conflict envisions the decade ahead, I find myself
pausing to look back at the journey that brought us to this
point. None of us ever imagined that in 1992 we were laying
the foundation for over two decades of work engaging in diverse global
partnerships in over 100 initiatives and convenings involving leaders
from more than 75 countries.
We are
reimagining
Beyond Conflict’s
vision and
mission in
exciting ways
to develop
innovative and
transformative
frameworks
for peace and
reconciliation...
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Building New Frameworks For Peace — Our Roadmap To 2025
strategically launches Beyond Conflict into our third decade of
groundbreaking partnerships for peace and reconciliation. We draw
upon our many years of global engagement, trailblazing, and field building
to ask the provocative question — Is there something we are missing?
Our goals for 2025 are ambitious. But honestly, there is not a moment to lose — the
stakes are just too high.
Innovation | Neuroscience offers key tools that can be applied across disciplines
to better understand the human dynamics of conflict, shape improved approaches
to address conflict, repression, and difference — and measure their effectiveness.
Reach | We will amplify our reach by engaging and educating new audiences and
generations of leaders. By convening diverse groups and using online platforms to
educate, inspire, and engage, we will help leaders and divided communities open
minds and imagine the impossible.
Build For The Future | We will lay down the foundations to sustain and
scale our work for the future, and establish a center for innovation for leaders and
communities to come together, creating an environment in which perspectives can be
heard, alliances forged, new ideas generated, and peace building can take place.
Since our very beginning, our international partners have shown us the true meaning of
courage by engaging and being willing to consider the impossible — at transformative
moments in world history. Help us honor their courage and trust by working with us over
the coming decade to be nimble, creative, and focused. Let’s innovate together for peace.
I look forward to doing this work together with you.
With anticipation,
As we move forward to 2025, we are reimagining Beyond Conflict’s vision
and mission in exciting ways to develop innovative and transformative
frameworks for peace and reconciliation — applying cutting-edge science
to our decades of experience working with global leaders and communities
to address the problems of conflict, repression, and difference.
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WHO WE ARE
S
VALUES
ince our founding in 1992, Beyond Conflict (then the Project
on Justice in Times of Transition) has worked with leaders
and diverse communities from around the world to build trust
between enemies and assist new leaders in the aftermath of dictatorship
in some of the most violent conflicts and repressive regimes in recent
times. Emphasizing the human dimension of conflict, Beyond Conflict
brings new powerful frameworks to create the path for progress in
peace talks, transitions to democracy, and national reconciliations.
We have worked extensively with communities seeking avenues for
peaceful engagement and constructive change, those moving from
conflict to peace or dictatorship to democracy. Our initiatives span more
than 25 countries around the world, including Northern Ireland, South
Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Central and South America, the Balkans,
and Central and Eastern Europe, Cuba, and the former Soviet Union.
INCLUSION &
RECOGNITION
Exclusion — and the threat that it
represents — underlies all conflict. To
be acknowledged, to be seen as we see
ourselves, is the ultimate foundation for
peace. It is only then that we can begin to
build community with others, embrace
difference, and engage meaningfully with
diverse communities
DIGNITY
The starting point of our work is the
recognition of the inherent dignity of
every human being. While respect is
both earned and given, dignity is core
and inviolable
HOPE
Because we know change is possible.
We have seen the power of human
resolve and courage bring change in
settings of unimaginable conflict,
repression, and difference
INTEGRITY,
CREATIVITY,
RIGOR &
PERSISTENCE
Change is not easy. It takes trust and
integrity, tireless determination, rigorous
preparation, a willingness to engage in
challenging conversations — and courage
to try things that have not been done
before. Change happens when we allow
ourselves to imagine something in a way
we’ve never imagined it before
We continue to innovate and engage new audiences. Our extensive
network of global leaders now includes multidisciplinary partners in the
sciences — new collaborations that seek to understand and apply findings
made possible through innovative technologies in neuroscience. We are:
harnessing sciencE to understand the underlying drivers of
bias, discrimination, empathy, and division
applying culture and media to engage and build a
community of thought leaders
informing policy and practice — to develop effective
approaches that help leaders and communities bridge the chasms that
divide us
The hallmark
of our work is
our integrity,
experience,
and the visionary,
innovative, and
pragmatic
approach we
bring to peace…
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The hallmark of our work is our integrity, experience and the visionary,
innovative, and pragmatic approach we bring to peace and reconciliation.
We create new frameworks for peace, and, from our earliest beginnings,
have led the way in developing new approaches — catalyzing the field of
transitional justice, first to convene the leaders in Northern Ireland who
ultimately signed the Good Friday Peace Agreement, introducing the idea
of the truth commission in South Africa. We give tangible hope to deeply
divided societies around the globe.
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INNOVATION TO WORK FOR PEACE
THEORY OF CHANGE
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ince 1992, we have facilitated peaceful change and reconciliation
in some of the world’s most violent, intractable, and repressive
environments by applying new, powerful frameworks to create
the pathways that bridge divides.
We know change
is possible.
We have seen
the power of
human resolve
and courage
bring change
in settings of
unimaginable
conflict,
repression, and
difference...
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We know that peaceful change and reconciliation with one’s bitter
enemies is possible — we have witnessed it time and time again. We
also know that such change isn’t easy and does not happen overnight.
Partnerships with leaders, governments, innovators, educators,
scientists, and others extend our reach and impact and give us access
to a community of ideas that inspire us to build and employ creative
pathways to address conflict and division. We work collaboratively to
motivate individuals and communities to imagine — and act upon — the
possibility of change.
WE BELIEVE
People learn from each other | Learning what is
possible from the transformative experience that others have had with
division, repression, and conflict provides powerful models for change |
Learning from respected role models and having one’s own deeply held
values acknowledged and expressed — being heard and seen ­— opens
minds, makes hope tangible, and gives leaders and communities the
courage to bridge divides and drive change forward
Change comes from a sense of agency and
hope | Trust and belief in the idea that change is both safe and
possible prepares and empowers people on all sides of a divide — giving
them ownership, responsibility, and agency to bring about peace and
reconciliation in their own communities
NEW FRAMEWORKS APPLY INNOVATIONS THAT
BRING POWERFUL IDEAS AND INSIGHTS TO
UNDERSTANDING, PRACTICE, AND POLICY |
Neuroscience research provides key evidence about what drives human
behavior and demonstrates scientifically that change is actually possible.
It offers new tools that shape and measure the effectiveness of peace and
reconciliation strategies | Culture and media offer new ways to connect and
experience the diverse perspectives of others — opening conversations,
building new, broader communities
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PUTTING EXPERIENCE AND
INNOVATION TO WORK FOR PEACE
STRATEGIC GOALS
Initiative 1.1 Building On Our Global Network of Leaders &
Collaborative Partnerships
Goal 1 | Continue To Do What We
Do Best — Creating Innovative
Frameworks for Peace &
Reconciliation
Harnessing Leadership, Experience & Innovation —
Improving Practice, Informing Policy & Measuring
Impact
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s we move toward 2025, and into our fourth decade of leadership in peace and
reconciliation, Beyond Conflict will continue to define and shape this field by
creating powerful new frameworks that bring experience and innovation to
address the issues of conflict, repression, and difference.
We will harness proven and emerging tools, extensive leadership networks from diverse
communities, and evidence-based research insights from neuroscience and other
disciplines to transform peace, reconciliation, and understanding.
Expand our strategic engagement with our extensive network of global leaders
across all sectors | Mobilize and build global capacity for developing and empowering
transformational leadership in situations of division and conflict through mentorship and
shared human experience
Collaborate with scientists across disciplines to inform and shape neuroscience research
agendas and improve practice | Inform understanding and practice with insights from
science about the full-range of human experience including empathy, trust, discrimination,
bias, compassion, and fear | Improve research with evidence and real-life data
Partner with educators, innovators, artists, and others to engage broader audiences in
conversations on the issues of conflict, repression, and difference | Empower and inspire
others — especially new generations — to be agents of change with the courage to take
risks, innovate, catalyze new, effective approaches
Initiative 1.2 Translate Science Into Catalytic New Frameworks To
Inform Practice, Policy & Understanding
Apply new findings from neuroscience-based research to develop bold, new approaches |
Apply, test, build, and inform the emerging field of the neuroscience of social conflict | Catalyze
new ways to address the issues that underlie conflict and division
Inform and educate policymakers and leaders | Influence policymakers and funding
priorities with evidence from the application of neuroscience innovation and the testing of
bold, new ideas in practice
Convene strategic discussions, conferences, online courses, and other events to move
our understanding of the neuroscience of social conflict forward | Host gatherings of
scientists, practitioners, funders, policy makers, scholars, and other conversation builders to
remove the barriers to global efforts for peace and reconciliation
Apply neuroscience-based research to develop more effective measurement tools to
assess program effectiveness and impact over time | Refine our understanding of the
underlying drivers of bias, discrimination, empathy, repression and conflict | Identify what
works and why — and how improvements can be made | Measure progress
Initiative 1.3 Learning From Experience, Seeking New Approaches —
Pushing the Boundaries of Understanding and Practice
Engage in conversations with partners across sectors and disciplines | Improve
understanding, assess progress, develop new ideas and approaches
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INNOVATION TO WORK FOR PEACE
STRATEGIC GOALS
Goal 2 | Amplify Our Message ­— Engaging
New Audiences, Inspiring A Diverse
Community Of Thought Leaders
Leading Conversations, Educating & Inspiring
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Initiative 2.1 Engage New Audiences, Foster Informed Conversation
Writing, developing theory, informing understanding and practice | Op-eds, white
papers, policy briefs, books
Engaging online communities | Social media, blogs, TedTalks, developing mobile and
website content
Media | Interviews, presentations, commentary
e will expand on our leadership platform to engage new audiences in substantive
conversations and multidisciplinary experiences to educate, inform, and inspire
diverse communities about the possibility of peace and reconciliation.
By drawing from our decades of experience, networks of leaders across sectors — and
employing culture and media in innovative approaches — we will spark new discussions and
deepen the engagement of cross-generational audiences, bringing forward effective thought
leadership to address conflict, repression, and difference in our world.
Multidisciplinary Convenings | Partner with scientists, leaders, activists, educators,
artists, writers, filmmakers in conferences, online courses, films, curated events
Initiative 2.2 Educate The Next Generation
Collaborating with educators and scholars | Engage our global leadership network to
offer in-person and online symposia and classes for undergraduate and graduate level
students
Educating the next generation of leaders, scientists and artists | On the importance
of recognizing — and valuing — our shared human experience in addressing challenges
faced by communities around the globe
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STRATEGIC GOALS
Goal 3 | Expand Our Reach—
Strengthening Capacity
Strategic Infrastructure Growth to Develop &
Support Transformational Leadership for Peace
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he time has come to lay an enduring fiscal and physical foundation to sustain,
house, and scale our work in the years to come. We have led the way in building
a field based on inclusion, hope, innovative approaches — and our proven
experience in environments of unimaginable violence and division.
We will continue to lead the way for years to come — and put innovation, science, learned
wisdom, tenacity, and a deeply collaborative spirit to work for peace.
Initiative 3.1 Build Capacity & Strategic Responsiveness
Develop and sustain administrative infrastructure | Build the administrative,
communications and financial teams needed to catalyze and support innovative, effective
frameworks and transformational leadership in global conflict situations | Develop sustainable
strategies for both long-term engagement and responsive mobilization of resources
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Build and diversify program development capacity and cultivate the next generation |
Strategically build internal program leadership team with respected global leaders from key
regions and the scientific/research community | Cultivate, develop, and mentor emerging
millennial generation program staff | Attract, support and mentor young neuroscientists
with innovative approaches to the dynamics of conflict
Continue to build upon, diversify, and further develop governing and advisory board
structure | Continue to build upon our strategic networks of colleagues, advisors, funders,
and friends | Enhance governance structure and oversight processes to fully support
enhanced scope of work
Initiative 3.2 Develop Sustainable Funding & Revenue Streams
Increase and diversify revenue streams for program and administrative capacity
growth | Develop a balanced, diversified financial model including individual
philanthropy and program funding grants | Explore and develop opportunities for
sustained earned income revenue, such as training and consulting
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STRATEGIC GOALS
Goal 4 | Build For The Future
Convening Diverse Leaders & Communities, Building
The Foundations For Peace
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“
Beyond Conflict bridges divides
by imagining innovative solutions
rooted in our common humanity.
With their remarkable vision,
e envision establishing a convening space — a center for leaders and communities to come together. Ideas will be generated and discussed, cross-disciplinary conversations will foster the freedom and courage to think of — and
try — things that have not been done before.
integrity, and experience, they
We will create an environment out of the limelight in which perspectives can be heard and
understood, trust will be built, relationships forged — and lasting steps toward peace and
reconciliation can take place.
others may not.
Initiative 4.1 Establish A Global Innovation Center For Peace,
Reconciliation & Transformative Dialogue
Creating the environment for engagement | Provide an inviting, safe, and inspiring
space for conversation, open communication, and learning among leaders from diverse
communities | Provide a central hub for Beyond Conflict innovation and engagement,
supporting both ongoing activities and visiting network colleagues and teams
see possibilities where
President Bill Clinton,
42nd President of the United States
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