Global
Search for Common Ground
Search for Common Ground, in Partnership
with the European Centre for Common Ground (see separate entry), is an
international non-profit peace and conflict resolution organisation. Its goal
is to transform conflict into cooperative action. Currently, there are fully
operative offices in Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Liberia, Macedonia, the Middle
East, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Ukraine, and the United States. The organisation
encourages a new level of thinking based on a non-adversarial framework. The
SFCG’s media division, Common Ground Productions, recognises that its projects
are creating a new role for radio and television in reducing violence and that
their impact needs to be measured and lessons documented. CGP has actively
worked with research evaluators and evaluation methodologies with the
combination of media and conflict resolution backgrounds. CGP’s African-based
studios, Talking Drum Studio in Liberia and Sierra Leone, and Studio Ijambo in
Burundi, are pilot projects for the CGP in developing an entirely new field of
impact evaluation. In Macedonia, CGP has worked with Sesame Workshop to develop
a set of “research-based” indicators that are being included in the production
of the Nashe Maalo television series
in that country. CGP conducts summative research following the broadcasting of
the series to determine the impact of the series among Macedonian children.
1601 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Suite 200, Washington, DC
20009, USA
Tel +1
202-265 4300, Fax +1 202-232 6718
search@sfcg.org
www.sfcg.org
Contact
John Marks, President
Number of staff
Total 250
Publications
Common Ground Newsletter
Various Videos
Programmes
Centre Lokolé, DR Congo
Search for Common Ground, Sierra Leone (Talking Drum Studio)
Search for Common Ground, Liberia (Talking Drum Studio)
Search for Common Ground, Burundi (Studio Ijambo)
Centre for Common Ground, Angola
Search for Common Ground, Macedonia
Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground
Search for Common Ground, Middle East
Greek-Turkish Dialogue
Search for Common Ground with Iran
Common Ground Indonesia
Search for Common Ground, Morocco
Search for Common Ground, USA