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| key_people = [[Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi]] (Chairman)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-15 |title=Institute for Integrated Transitions appoints Prof. Gyimah-Boadi as President of Board of Directors |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2022/06/institute-for-integrated-transitions-appoints-prof-gyimah-boadi-as-president-of-board-of-directors/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}</ref>
| key_people = [[Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi]] (Chairman)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-15 |title=Institute for Integrated Transitions appoints Prof. Gyimah-Boadi as President of Board of Directors |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2022/06/institute-for-integrated-transitions-appoints-prof-gyimah-boadi-as-president-of-board-of-directors/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|www.ifit-transitions.org/}}
| website = {{URL|www.ifit-transitions.org/}}
}}The '''Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)''' is a [[Non-governmental organization|non-governmental organisation]] based in [[Barcelona]]. It focuses on helping states transition out of cycles of war, crisis and authoritarianism. The organisation played a key role in the [[Colombian peace process|Colombia-FARC accords]] concluded in 2016, and is active across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.
}}The '''Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)''' is a [[Non-governmental organization|non-governmental organisation]] based in [[Barcelona]]. It played a key role in the [[Colombian peace process|Colombia-FARC accords]] concluded in 2016, and is active across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.


Founded by Mark Freeman<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=A Look Behind Closed Doors: Interview with Mark Freeman |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/a-look-behind-closed-doors-interview-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Harvard International Review |language=en}}</ref> in 2012 following the onset of the [[Arab Spring]], IFIT focuses on helping states transition out of cycles of war, crisis and authoritarianism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title=Entrepreneurs as a key to peace: how fragile states can benefit from inclusive entrepreneurship |url=https://www.theneweuropean.eu/newsroom/latest-news/entrepreneurs-as-a-key-to-peace-how-fragile-states-can-benefit-from-inclusive-entrepreneurship |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=The New European |language=en-US}}</ref>
Founded by Mark Freeman in 2012 following the onset of the [[Arab Spring]], IFIT serves as a resource for local parties negotiating conflict resolution, establishing short-term priorities and setting long-term transition goals. It hosts several initiatives and practice groups.


== Objectives ==
== History and Objectives ==
Founded in 2012 after the Arab Spring, the institute aims to help fragile and conflict-affected states transition sustainably out of war, crisis or authoritarianism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=A Look Behind Closed Doors: Interview with Mark Freeman |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/a-look-behind-closed-doors-interview-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Harvard International Review |language=en |quote=The Institute for Integrated Transitions was set up at the onset of the Arab Spring. It was very much motivated by the idea of creating a think tank that would make easy and accessible key lessons about negotiations––and in particular transitions––available in the context of the Arab Spring, and more generally, to countries that might be emerging from conflict or authoritarian rule.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlin |first=John |date=2016-09-27 |title=How the seeds of corruption are sown in Spain's junior soccer leagues |url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/26/inenglish/1474892535_891447.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en |quote=the Institute for Integrated Transitions, which helps countries make the transition from war and dictatorship to peace}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-09 |title=Constitutional reform, communications & political transformation: An interview with Mark Freeman |url=https://groundviews.org/2017/11/09/constitutional-reform-an-interview-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Groundviews |language=en-US}}</ref> It hosts policy and consensus-building lessons to support locally led efforts at reducing polarisation and breaking cycles of conflict or repression.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=What do we really know about polarization? Q&A with Mark Freeman |url=https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/learning/learning-reflections/what-do-we-really-know-about-polarization-qa-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Ford Foundation |language=en-US |quote=we launched the Global Initiative on Polarization to deepen understanding of the diverse causes and consequences of severe polarization in democratic and nondemocratic settings}}</ref>
The institute aims to help fragile and conflict-affected states transition sustainably out of war, crisis or authoritarianism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=A Look Behind Closed Doors: Interview with Mark Freeman |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/a-look-behind-closed-doors-interview-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Harvard International Review |language=en |quote=The Institute for Integrated Transitions was set up at the onset of the Arab Spring. It was very much motivated by the idea of creating a think tank that would make easy and accessible key lessons about negotiations––and in particular transitions––available in the context of the Arab Spring, and more generally, to countries that might be emerging from conflict or authoritarian rule.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlin |first=John |date=2016-09-27 |title=How the seeds of corruption are sown in Spain's junior soccer leagues |url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/26/inenglish/1474892535_891447.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en |quote=the Institute for Integrated Transitions, which helps countries make the transition from war and dictatorship to peace}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-09 |title=Constitutional reform, communications & political transformation: An interview with Mark Freeman |url=https://groundviews.org/2017/11/09/constitutional-reform-an-interview-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Groundviews |language=en-US}}</ref> Its goals are stated as bridging social and political divides, reducing polarisation and breaking cycles of conflict or repression.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=What do we really know about polarization? Q&A with Mark Freeman |url=https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/learning/learning-reflections/what-do-we-really-know-about-polarization-qa-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Ford Foundation |date=20 June 2023 |language=en-US |quote=we launched the Global Initiative on Polarization to deepen understanding of the diverse causes and consequences of severe polarization in democratic and nondemocratic settings}}</ref>


The institute is active in [[Afghanistan]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-21 |title=In War, No One Distributes Sweets: Assessing Transitional Justice Responses & Approaches in Post-2001 Afghanistan |url=https://areu.org.af/video/in-war-no-one-distributes-sweets/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Organization |language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Colombia]], [[Libya]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valente |first=Giorgia |date=2024-08-30 |title=Expert Predicts Revolution in Libya, Fears Crisis 'Far Worse' Than 2011 |url=https://themedialine.org/by-region/expert-predicts-revolution-in-libya-fears-crisis-far-worse-than-2011/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=The Media Line |language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Mexico]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=tcruvellier |date=2024-09-20 |title=Does transitional justice have anything to say on gang violence? |url=https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/136157-does-transitional-justice-have-anything-to-say-on-gang-violence.html |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=JusticeInfo.net |language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Nigeria]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-20 |title=Preventing conflicts in Nigeria's Middle Belt - Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/preventing-conflicts-in-nigerias-middle-belt/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=dailytrust.com/ |language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Sri Lanka]], [[Sudan]], [[Syria]], [[Ukraine]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Venezuela]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Creating a Favorable Environment for Negotiations in Venezuela |url=https://www.wola.org/events/creating-favorable-environment-negotiations-venezuela/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=WOLA |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institute d'études avancées de Paris - Résidents 2024 |url=https://www.paris-iea.fr/fr/liste-des-residents/mark-freeman}}</ref> It operates globally through a decentralised group of 330 experts working in thematic practice groups, country brain trusts<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-24 |title=Building Peace from the Middle: The Critical Work of National Brain Trusts - War Prevention Initiative |url=https://warpreventioninitiative.org/peace-science-digest/building-peace-from-the-middle-the-critical-work-of-national-brain-trusts/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>, regional programmes<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFIT - Regional exchanges for peace, democracy and human rights |url=https://openaid.se/en/contributions/SE-0-SE-6-15683 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Openaid |language=en}}</ref> or global initiatives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LaReau |first=Renée |date=2021-05-20 |title=Master of global affairs students awarded Hesburgh and Offenheiser Fellowships |url=https://keough.nd.edu/master-of-global-affairs-students-awarded-hesburgh-and-offenheiser-fellowships/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Keough School - University of Notre Dame |language=en-US}}</ref> It is headquartered in Barcelona.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coll |first=Bernat |date=2016-09-30 |title=Freeman: "Si no se investiga el amaño, lo denunciaremos" |url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2016/09/30/actualidad/1475252920_760643.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> It's a member of three NGO networks: the [[United Nations|Mediation Support Network]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-05 |title=Member Organisations - Mediation Support Network |url=https://mediationsupportnetwork.net/member-organizations/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>, alongside the Alliance for Peacebuilding<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/our-members |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Alliance for Peacebuilding |language=en-US}}</ref>, and the [[European Peacebuilding Liaison Office]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Organisations – European Peacebuilding Liaison Office |url=https://eplo.org/about-us/member-organisations/#toggle-id-22 |access-date=2024-10-23 |language=en-GB}}</ref>. The international advisory council includes [[Gareth Evans (politician)|Gareth Evans]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gareth Evans {{!}} Global Leadership Foundation |url=https://www.g-l-f.org/who-we-are/members/gareth-evans/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>, Rafael Vilasanjuan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Equipo - Rafael Vilasanjuan |url=https://www.isglobal.org/ourteam-thinktank/-/profiles/6700 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=ISGLOBAL |language=es-ES}}</ref>, [[Sujit Choudhry]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bio – Sujit Choudhry |url=https://sujitchoudhry.com/bio/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Shaharzad Akbar]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-04 |title=WilmerHale Co-Hosts High-Level Convening on the Peace Treaty Initiative: Practice-Informed Lessons from International Arbitration |url=https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/news/20230103-wilmerhale-co-hosts-high-level-convening-on-the-peace-treaty-initiative-practice-informed-lessons-from-international-arbitration |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.wilmerhale.com |language=en}}</ref>.
Donors have included the [[European Commission]] and the governments of Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom. Private donors include the [[Ford Foundation]], [[Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency|Sida]], [[Robert Bosch Stiftung]], the [[European Endowment for Democracy]], the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]] and the [[United Nations Development Programme]]. The institute is active in [[Afghanistan]], [[Colombia]], [[Libya]], [[Mexico]], [[Nigeria]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Sudan]], [[Syria]], [[Ukraine]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Zimbabwe]].


== Organisation Structure ==
== Notable initiatives ==
IFIT operates globally through a decentralised group of 330 experts working as members of staff or within governance bodies, thematic practice groups, country brain trusts, regional programmes or global initiatives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LaReau |first=Renée |date=2021-05-20 |title=Master of global affairs students awarded Hesburgh and Offenheiser Fellowships |url=https://keough.nd.edu/master-of-global-affairs-students-awarded-hesburgh-and-offenheiser-fellowships/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Keough School - University of Notre Dame |language=en-US}}</ref> It is headquartered in Barcelona.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coll |first=Bernat |date=2016-09-30 |title=Freeman: "Si no se investiga el amaño, lo denunciaremos" |url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2016/09/30/actualidad/1475252920_760643.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> It's a member of three NGO networks: the [[United Nations|Mediation Support Network]], alongside the Alliance for Peacebuilding, and the [[European Peacebuilding Liaison Office]]. Their international council includes [[Gareth Evans (politician)|Gareth Evans]], [[John Carlin (journalist)|John Carlin]], [[Nasser Saidi]] and [[Shaharzad Akbar]].

== Initiatives ==


=== Brain Trusts and Colombia peace process ===
=== Brain Trusts and Colombia peace process ===
The institute introduced national brain trusts in 2016, each having 15-18 members with expertise and influence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Guardian |date=2021-10-07 |title=Benue pensioners protest against alleged unpaid pension, gratuity |url=https://guardian.ng/news/benue-pensioners-protest-against-alleged-unpaid-pension-gratuity/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Creating a Favorable Environment for Negotiations in Venezuela |url=https://www.wola.org/events/creating-favorable-environment-negotiations-venezuela/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=WOLA |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Effectiveness of Humanitarian Exceptions to Sanctions: Lessons from the Syria Earthquake - Syrian Arab Republic {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/effectiveness-humanitarian-exceptions-sanctions-lessons-syria-earthquake |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Peace or Justice dilemma in Ukraine - Fundación Rafael del Pino |url=https://frdelpino.es/en_gb/conference/the-peace-and-justice-dilemma-in-ukraine/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Rafael del Pino Foundation |language=en-GB}}</ref> IFIT was also heavily involved in the [[Colombian peace process|Colombia peace process]] after 2012, serving as the international counsel to the Colombian delegation during negotiations with the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] rebel group in [[Havana]], leading to accords in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-13 |title=Maduro y oposición buscan "amigos" en el extranjero |url=https://www.diariolasamericas.com/america-latina/informe-otalvora-maduro-y-oposicion-buscan-amigos-el-extranjero-n4121855 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=diariolasamericas.com |language=es-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=A Look Behind Closed Doors: Interview with Mark Freeman |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/a-look-behind-closed-doors-interview-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Harvard International Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-09 |title=Colombia, Sri Lanka and referendums: Interview with Juanita Goebertus |url=https://groundviews.org/2017/11/09/colombia-sri-lanka-and-referendums-interview-with-juanita-goebertus/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Groundviews |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=tcruvellier |date=2018-10-30 |title=Mark Freeman: how you can negotiate justice and peace |url=https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/39378-mark-freeman-how-you-can-negotiate-justice-and-peace.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=JusticeInfo.net |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Diàlegs a Casa: 'Pau a Colòmbia', amb Mark Freeman i David Bondia |url=http://americat.barcelona/ca/pau-colombia-mark-freeman-david-bondia |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Casa Amèrica Catalunya}}</ref> The first brain trust was set up in the aftermath, and is used to facilitate local dialogue in policy discussions. Each receives policy support from IFIT to help achieve strategic goals, such as shaping policies and fostering alliances. The institute also runs the Middle Belt Brain Trust in Nigeria and a brain trust in Venezuela.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Attah |first=Solomon |date=28 Jun 2021 |title=PMB's approach to insecurity reduce rates of poverty, unemployment, ensures peace – Sule |url=https://businessday.ng/politics/article/pmbs-approach-to-insecurity-reduce-rates-of-poverty-unemployment-ensures-peace-sule/}}</ref>
The institute gained notability for its role in the [[Colombian peace process|Colombia peace process]] after 2012, serving as the international counsel to the Colombian delegation during negotiations with the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] rebel group in [[Havana]], leading to accords in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-13 |title=Maduro y oposición buscan "amigos" en el extranjero |url=https://www.diariolasamericas.com/america-latina/informe-otalvora-maduro-y-oposicion-buscan-amigos-el-extranjero-n4121855 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=diariolasamericas.com |language=es-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=A Look Behind Closed Doors: Interview with Mark Freeman |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/a-look-behind-closed-doors-interview-with-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Harvard International Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-09 |title=Colombia, Sri Lanka and referendums: Interview with Juanita Goebertus |url=https://groundviews.org/2017/11/09/colombia-sri-lanka-and-referendums-interview-with-juanita-goebertus/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Groundviews |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=tcruvellier |date=2018-10-30 |title=Mark Freeman: how you can negotiate justice and peace |url=https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/39378-mark-freeman-how-you-can-negotiate-justice-and-peace.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=JusticeInfo.net |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Diàlegs a Casa: 'Pau a Colòmbia', amb Mark Freeman i David Bondia |url=http://americat.barcelona/ca/pau-colombia-mark-freeman-david-bondia |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Casa Amèrica Catalunya}}</ref> The institute introduced national brain trusts in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Guardian |date=2021-10-07 |title=Benue pensioners protest against alleged unpaid pension, gratuity |url=https://guardian.ng/news/benue-pensioners-protest-against-alleged-unpaid-pension-gratuity/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Creating a Favorable Environment for Negotiations in Venezuela |url=https://www.wola.org/events/creating-favorable-environment-negotiations-venezuela/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=WOLA |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Effectiveness of Humanitarian Exceptions to Sanctions: Lessons from the Syria Earthquake - Syrian Arab Republic {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/effectiveness-humanitarian-exceptions-sanctions-lessons-syria-earthquake |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Peace or Justice dilemma in Ukraine - Fundación Rafael del Pino |url=https://frdelpino.es/en_gb/conference/the-peace-and-justice-dilemma-in-ukraine/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Rafael del Pino Foundation |language=en-GB}}</ref> These includes the Middle Belt Brain Trust in [[Nigeria]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-20 |title=Preventing conflicts in Nigeria's Middle Belt - Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/preventing-conflicts-in-nigerias-middle-belt/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=dailytrust.com/ |language=en-US}}</ref> and a brain trust in [[Venezuela]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Attah |first=Solomon |date=28 Jun 2021 |title=PMB's approach to insecurity reduce rates of poverty, unemployment, ensures peace – Sule |url=https://businessday.ng/politics/article/pmbs-approach-to-insecurity-reduce-rates-of-poverty-unemployment-ensures-peace-sule/}}</ref>


=== Initiatives ===
=== Global initiatives ===
IFIT has several initiatives, global and regional. Globally, the Peace Treaty Initiative seeks to develop an international law on peace negotiation,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jo |first=Hyeran |date=2023-10-10 |title=Peace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention |url=http://theconversation.com/peace-in-sudan-is-elusive-for-any-would-be-mediators-but-a-new-window-of-opportunity-has-opened-for-outside-intervention-212926 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BARCELONA |first=L. D. / |date=2016-05-27 |title=Mark Freeman: "Barcelona tiene el potencial para ser un centro de referencia para el bien común a nivel global" |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20160527/entrevista-mark-freeman-director-ifit-5163202 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=elperiodico |language=es |quote=Beyond our international activities – such as the launch of the practical advisory group Law and Peace –, since September 2014 we have been collaborating with the BCN International Policy Sector Action Plan, which aims to make the city a place of attraction for NGOs}}</ref> the Global Initiative on Polarization seeks to propose a definition of what polarisation is and how to tackle its negative effects,<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.pressreader.com/mexico/el-universal/20230909/282041921718454 |access-date=2024-01-09 |via=PressReader}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Torreón |first=El Siglo de |date=2023-09-09 |title=El debate sobre la polarización: una actualización |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2023/el-debate-sobre-la-polarizacion-una-actualizacion.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx |language=es}}</ref> in collaboration with [[Ford Foundation]], and the Initiative on Apex Court Appointments seeks to create a global protocol for the election of supreme court judges.<ref name=":02"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title=Ford Foundation: frontline organizations and private/public partnerships hold keys to global COVID-19 recovery |url=https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/news-and-press/news/ford-foundation-frontline-organizations-and-private-public-partnerships-hold-keys-to-global-covid-19-recovery/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Ford Foundation |language=en-US |quote=The Global Initiative on Polarization – a unique multi-year collaboration between The Ford Foundation and the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) – aims to bring a more global, practice-driven and solution-oriented perspective to the complex problem of polarization. Ford’s Playbook recognizes this growing threat to democracy and peace, and highlights how stemming the rise of polarization is critical to an equitable recovery}}</ref> IFIT defines polarisation as 'a prominent division or conflict that forms between major groups in a society or political system and that is marked by the clustering and radicalization of views and beliefs at two distant and antagonistic poles'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finding Common Ground {{!}} Overcoming Polarization |url=https://impact.economist.com/projects/path-to-depolarization/hyper-problem/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=Ford Foundation |language=en}}</ref>
The Institute’s Peace Treaty Initiative seeks to develop an international law on peace negotiation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-04 |title=WilmerHale Co-Hosts High-Level Convening on the Peace Treaty Initiative: Practice-Informed Lessons from International Arbitration |url=https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/news/20230103-wilmerhale-co-hosts-high-level-convening-on-the-peace-treaty-initiative-practice-informed-lessons-from-international-arbitration |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.wilmerhale.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-04 |title=The Peace Treaty Initiative |url=https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/series/the-peace-treaty-initiative/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Revista de Prensa |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jo |first=Hyeran |date=2023-10-10 |title=Peace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention |url=http://theconversation.com/peace-in-sudan-is-elusive-for-any-would-be-mediators-but-a-new-window-of-opportunity-has-opened-for-outside-intervention-212926 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BARCELONA |first=L. D. / |date=2016-05-27 |title=Mark Freeman: "Barcelona tiene el potencial para ser un centro de referencia para el bien común a nivel global" |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20160527/entrevista-mark-freeman-director-ifit-5163202 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=elperiodico |language=es |quote=Beyond our international activities – such as the launch of the practical advisory group Law and Peace –, since September 2014 we have been collaborating with the BCN International Policy Sector Action Plan, which aims to make the city a place of attraction for NGOs}}</ref> The Global Initiative on Polarization, in collaboration with [[Ford Foundation]], deals with what polarisation is and how to tackle its negative effects.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.pressreader.com/mexico/el-universal/20230909/282041921718454 |access-date=2024-01-09 |via=PressReader}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Torreón |first=El Siglo de |date=2023-09-09 |title=El debate sobre la polarización: una actualización |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2023/el-debate-sobre-la-polarizacion-una-actualizacion.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=León |first=Juanita |date=2024-08-13 |title="La polarización es un hiperproblema y una grave amenaza": Mark Freeman |url=https://www.lasillavacia.com/silla-nacional/la-polarizacion-es-un-hiperproblema-y-una-grave-amenaza-mark-freeman/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=La Silla Vacía |language=es-CO}}</ref><ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title=Ford Foundation: frontline organizations and private/public partnerships hold keys to global COVID-19 recovery |url=https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/news-and-press/news/ford-foundation-frontline-organizations-and-private-public-partnerships-hold-keys-to-global-covid-19-recovery/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Ford Foundation |language=en-US |quote=The Global Initiative on Polarization – a unique multi-year collaboration between The Ford Foundation and the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) – aims to bring a more global, practice-driven and solution-oriented perspective to the complex problem of polarization. Ford’s Playbook recognizes this growing threat to democracy and peace, and highlights how stemming the rise of polarization is critical to an equitable recovery}}</ref> IFIT defines polarisation as 'a prominent division or conflict that forms between major groups in a society or political system and that is marked by the clustering and radicalization of views and beliefs at two distant and antagonistic poles'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finding Common Ground {{!}} Overcoming Polarization |url=https://impact.economist.com/projects/path-to-depolarization/hyper-problem/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=Ford Foundation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Nabeel |title=What is Polarization Anyway? – BCB #53 |url=https://www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/what-is-polarization-anyway-bcb-53 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.betterconflictbulletin.org |language=en}}</ref> The Initiative on Apex Court Appointments seeks to create a global protocol for the election of supreme court judges. In September 2024, IFIT launched the Constitution Hill Global Guidelines on Apex Court Appointments.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steinbeis |first=Maximilian |date=2024-09-20 |title=The Drama of Democracy |url=https://verfassungsblog.de/the-drama-of-democracy/ |journal=Verfassungsblog |doi=10.59704/af88ed8200de85b5 |issn=2366-7044}}</ref>

==== Regional initiatives ====
IFIT initiatives modelled after national brain trusts but with a regional focus. Launched in 2022, the first regional initiative is The Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean, with council members including [[Mariana Aylwin]], [[María Ángela Holguín]], [[Óscar Naranjo]], [[Leonardo Padura Fuentes|Leonardo Padura]], and [[Tania Pariona Tarqui]].


== References ==
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The Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)
Established2012; 12 years ago (2012)
FoundersMark Freeman
TypeNon-governmental organization
Legal statusNon-profit organisation
PurposeAid transitions to peace and democracy
HeadquartersBarcelona, Spain
Key people
Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi (Chairman)[1]
Websitewww.ifit-transitions.org

The Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) is a non-governmental organisation based in Barcelona. It played a key role in the Colombia-FARC accords concluded in 2016, and is active across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

Founded by Mark Freeman[2] in 2012 following the onset of the Arab Spring, IFIT focuses on helping states transition out of cycles of war, crisis and authoritarianism.[3]

History and Objectives

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The institute aims to help fragile and conflict-affected states transition sustainably out of war, crisis or authoritarianism.[4][5][6] Its goals are stated as bridging social and political divides, reducing polarisation and breaking cycles of conflict or repression.[7]

The institute is active in Afghanistan[8], Colombia, Libya[9], Mexico[10], Nigeria[11], Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela[12] and Zimbabwe.[13] It operates globally through a decentralised group of 330 experts working in thematic practice groups, country brain trusts[14], regional programmes[15] or global initiatives.[16] It is headquartered in Barcelona.[17] It's a member of three NGO networks: the Mediation Support Network[18], alongside the Alliance for Peacebuilding[19], and the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office[20]. The international advisory council includes Gareth Evans[21], Rafael Vilasanjuan[22], Sujit Choudhry[23] and Shaharzad Akbar[24].

Notable initiatives

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Brain Trusts and Colombia peace process

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The institute gained notability for its role in the Colombia peace process after 2012, serving as the international counsel to the Colombian delegation during negotiations with the FARC rebel group in Havana, leading to accords in December 2015.[25][26][27][28][29] The institute introduced national brain trusts in 2016.[30][31][32][33] These includes the Middle Belt Brain Trust in Nigeria[34] and a brain trust in Venezuela.[31][35]

Global initiatives

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The Institute’s Peace Treaty Initiative seeks to develop an international law on peace negotiation.[36][37][38][39] The Global Initiative on Polarization, in collaboration with Ford Foundation, deals with what polarisation is and how to tackle its negative effects.[40][41][42][7][43] IFIT defines polarisation as 'a prominent division or conflict that forms between major groups in a society or political system and that is marked by the clustering and radicalization of views and beliefs at two distant and antagonistic poles'.[44][45] The Initiative on Apex Court Appointments seeks to create a global protocol for the election of supreme court judges. In September 2024, IFIT launched the Constitution Hill Global Guidelines on Apex Court Appointments.[46]

References

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  1. ^ "Institute for Integrated Transitions appoints Prof. Gyimah-Boadi as President of Board of Directors". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  2. ^ "A Look Behind Closed Doors: Interview with Mark Freeman". Harvard International Review. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  3. ^ "Entrepreneurs as a key to peace: how fragile states can benefit from inclusive entrepreneurship". The New European. 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  4. ^ "A Look Behind Closed Doors: Interview with Mark Freeman". Harvard International Review. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2024-01-09. The Institute for Integrated Transitions was set up at the onset of the Arab Spring. It was very much motivated by the idea of creating a think tank that would make easy and accessible key lessons about negotiations––and in particular transitions––available in the context of the Arab Spring, and more generally, to countries that might be emerging from conflict or authoritarian rule.
  5. ^ Carlin, John (2016-09-27). "How the seeds of corruption are sown in Spain's junior soccer leagues". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2024-01-09. the Institute for Integrated Transitions, which helps countries make the transition from war and dictatorship to peace
  6. ^ "Constitutional reform, communications & political transformation: An interview with Mark Freeman". Groundviews. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  7. ^ a b "What do we really know about polarization? Q&A with Mark Freeman". Ford Foundation. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-09. we launched the Global Initiative on Polarization to deepen understanding of the diverse causes and consequences of severe polarization in democratic and nondemocratic settings
  8. ^ "In War, No One Distributes Sweets: Assessing Transitional Justice Responses & Approaches in Post-2001 Afghanistan". Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Organization. 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  9. ^ Valente, Giorgia (2024-08-30). "Expert Predicts Revolution in Libya, Fears Crisis 'Far Worse' Than 2011". The Media Line. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  10. ^ tcruvellier (2024-09-20). "Does transitional justice have anything to say on gang violence?". JusticeInfo.net. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  11. ^ "Preventing conflicts in Nigeria's Middle Belt - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com/. 2024-07-20. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  12. ^ "Creating a Favorable Environment for Negotiations in Venezuela". WOLA. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  13. ^ "Institute d'études avancées de Paris - Résidents 2024".
  14. ^ "Building Peace from the Middle: The Critical Work of National Brain Trusts - War Prevention Initiative". 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  15. ^ "IFIT - Regional exchanges for peace, democracy and human rights". Openaid. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  16. ^ LaReau, Renée (2021-05-20). "Master of global affairs students awarded Hesburgh and Offenheiser Fellowships". Keough School - University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  17. ^ Coll, Bernat (2016-09-30). "Freeman: "Si no se investiga el amaño, lo denunciaremos"". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  18. ^ "Member Organisations - Mediation Support Network". 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  19. ^ "Our Members". Alliance for Peacebuilding. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  20. ^ "Member Organisations – European Peacebuilding Liaison Office". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  21. ^ "Gareth Evans | Global Leadership Foundation". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  22. ^ "Equipo - Rafael Vilasanjuan". ISGLOBAL (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  23. ^ "Bio – Sujit Choudhry". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  24. ^ "WilmerHale Co-Hosts High-Level Convening on the Peace Treaty Initiative: Practice-Informed Lessons from International Arbitration". www.wilmerhale.com. 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  25. ^ "Maduro y oposición buscan "amigos" en el extranjero". diariolasamericas.com (in Spanish). 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  26. ^ "A Look Behind Closed Doors: Interview with Mark Freeman". Harvard International Review. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  27. ^ "Colombia, Sri Lanka and referendums: Interview with Juanita Goebertus". Groundviews. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  28. ^ tcruvellier (2018-10-30). "Mark Freeman: how you can negotiate justice and peace". JusticeInfo.net. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  29. ^ "Diàlegs a Casa: 'Pau a Colòmbia', amb Mark Freeman i David Bondia". Casa Amèrica Catalunya. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  30. ^ Nigeria, Guardian (2021-10-07). "Benue pensioners protest against alleged unpaid pension, gratuity". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  31. ^ a b "Creating a Favorable Environment for Negotiations in Venezuela". WOLA. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  32. ^ "Effectiveness of Humanitarian Exceptions to Sanctions: Lessons from the Syria Earthquake - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  33. ^ "The Peace or Justice dilemma in Ukraine - Fundación Rafael del Pino". Rafael del Pino Foundation. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  34. ^ "Preventing conflicts in Nigeria's Middle Belt - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com/. 2024-07-20. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  35. ^ Attah, Solomon (28 Jun 2021). "PMB's approach to insecurity reduce rates of poverty, unemployment, ensures peace – Sule".
  36. ^ "WilmerHale Co-Hosts High-Level Convening on the Peace Treaty Initiative: Practice-Informed Lessons from International Arbitration". www.wilmerhale.com. 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  37. ^ "The Peace Treaty Initiative". Revista de Prensa (in Spanish). 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  38. ^ Jo, Hyeran (2023-10-10). "Peace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  39. ^ BARCELONA, L. D. / (2016-05-27). "Mark Freeman: "Barcelona tiene el potencial para ser un centro de referencia para el bien común a nivel global"". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-09. Beyond our international activities – such as the launch of the practical advisory group Law and Peace –, since September 2014 we have been collaborating with the BCN International Policy Sector Action Plan, which aims to make the city a place of attraction for NGOs
  40. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/mexico/el-universal/20230909/282041921718454. Retrieved 2024-01-09 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  41. ^ Torreón, El Siglo de (2023-09-09). "El debate sobre la polarización: una actualización". www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  42. ^ León, Juanita (2024-08-13). ""La polarización es un hiperproblema y una grave amenaza": Mark Freeman". La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  43. ^ "Ford Foundation: frontline organizations and private/public partnerships hold keys to global COVID-19 recovery". Ford Foundation. 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09. The Global Initiative on Polarization – a unique multi-year collaboration between The Ford Foundation and the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) – aims to bring a more global, practice-driven and solution-oriented perspective to the complex problem of polarization. Ford's Playbook recognizes this growing threat to democracy and peace, and highlights how stemming the rise of polarization is critical to an equitable recovery
  44. ^ "Finding Common Ground | Overcoming Polarization". Ford Foundation. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  45. ^ Khan, Nabeel. "What is Polarization Anyway? – BCB #53". www.betterconflictbulletin.org. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  46. ^ Steinbeis, Maximilian (2024-09-20). "The Drama of Democracy". Verfassungsblog. doi:10.59704/af88ed8200de85b5. ISSN 2366-7044.

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