In the past 20+ years I have worked in these places
- South Africa during the political transition, 1990-95
- Sierra Leone during the earliest peace processes, 1996-97
- Republic of Georgia, 1999-2003
- the Basque Country
- intrastate conflicts in Asia, Africa
- The Niger Delta in Nigeria, 2007-2012
- I have lived in South Africa, London, Moscow, the Netherlands
Institutional and local partners have included:
- Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre, Meadowlands Joint Monitoring Committee, Thokoza Local Peace Committee (South Africa)
- Conciliation Resources, Sierra Leone Women’s Movement for Peace, (Sierra Leone)
- International Alert, Foundation for the Development of Human Resources, (Georgia)
- Kreddha Europe, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, United Nations Environment Programme, (Nigeria)
- Gernika Gogoratuz (the Basque Country)
- Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights, Naga Mothers Association, Naga Student Federation (Nagaland civil society)
Additional interesting experiences:
- Coordinator, ‘Summer School on Conflict Prevention and Transformation, UN and Lebanese American University, Byblos, 2004
- Expert Witness, Goldstone Commission of Inquiry into Violence in Thokoza, South Africa, 1993
- Nominee, post of General Secretary, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), 1998
- Founding Member, Human Scale Development Network of South Africa, 1994