2002 Grants Awarded
CRInfo is pleased to
announce the eight winners of our 2002 mini-grant competition.
These eight were selected out of a field of 130
proposals. The number of strong applications made our
decision making process very difficult--we were forced to choose among
many first-rate, and, in many respects, equally good
projects. We want to thank all the people and organizations
who applied, and encourage you to apply again next year, when we hope to
have a larger amount of money available.
Najeeba Syeed-Miller
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center
The focus of this grant proposal is to make material on mediation and conflict resolution accessible to individuals who speak
Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Tagalog and Hindi. Among the materials to
be posted will be weekly articles on preventive approaches to conflict
resolution, monthly articles on cross-cultural dispute resolution, and a
forum for discussion of Asian Pacific Islander community dispute resolution
with both a local and global focus.
Peter Maida
Key Bridge Foundation, Center for Mediation
The KBF Center for Mediation proposes to develop and disseminate a web-based clearinghouse
to examine quality mediator roster practices.
Central Asian Access = Local Solutions Project (CAALS)
Monica Goletiani
Counterpart International, Inc.
This is a pilot project that will be carried out
in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to
increase access to locally appropriate conflict resolution materials by Central
Asian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for application in their work with
local communities. Local and international NGOs will contribute materials for
the site, which will be maintained by Counterpart International after the
conclusion of CRInfo funding.
Viktor Hess
Conflict Resolution Program, Technical Assistance and Program Evaluations, Bailey House, Inc.
This
project will provide and disseminate Alternative Dispute Resolution materials on the
Web to the HIV/AIDS service organizations (ASOs) and community based organizations
(CBOs) at large.
The project will convert existing ADR materials into web accessible form in both English and Spanish. This is the first step in a long-term plan to develop
a Website which will make conflict resolution and management strategies more widely accessible to communities that currently do not receive the benefits associated with conflict resolution.
Sally Schramm, Laurie Nathan, and
Fiona Grant
The Centre for Conflict Resolution
With this
mini-grant, CCR will enhance online conflict resolution training and education, particularly in Africa.
The project will have four components: 1) Posting a 8,500-item
database on African conflict resolution on the web and linking this with
CRInfo; posting several training manuals (in multiple languages);
posting research materials; and uploading back issues of CCR's journal Track
Two.
Emily Schollian
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.
The Entertainment Industries
Council will supplement their website and various email lists of actively working members of the creative community
to disperse factual information regarding conflict-resolution to all facets of the entertainment industry. In
so doing, EIC will raise the creative communitys awareness of conflict resolution methods, current research, and data, which will lead to the accurate depiction of non-violent solutions to conflict in entertainment products.
Bruce Emery
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
This
project will develop a website to promote the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques in mental health and social services
settings.
Marsha Blakeway
This
project will supplement an existing bibliography of research on conflict
resolution in primary and secondary education and will put that bibliography
on the Web. Most of the entries will be abstracted and/or available
full text through links; other materials will be available from the author
or CRInfo.
