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| Name | CONIVE |
| Type | International non-governmental organization |
| Headquarters | Geneva |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Elena Marquez |
| Region served | Global |
| Key people | Dr. Elena Marquez; Prof. Ahmed Rahman; Li Wei |
| Focus | Conflict resolution; humanitarian assistance; policy advocacy |
CONIVE CONIVE is an international non-governmental organization focused on conflict mediation, humanitarian crisis response, and multilingual policy research. It operates through regional hubs and collaborates with intergovernmental bodies, university centers, and civil society networks to mediate disputes, deliver relief, and produce policy briefs used by diplomats and scholars. CONIVE’s work spans field operations, academic partnerships, and multilateral advocacy, engaging with a web of actors across continents.
CONIVE engages with actors such as United Nations, European Union, African Union, ASEAN, and Organization of American States to support dialogue initiatives, drawing on expertise from institutions including Harvard University, Oxford University, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Columbia University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Its staff and affiliates have backgrounds in diplomacy at United States Department of State, legal practice at International Criminal Court, and peacebuilding programs linked to United Nations Development Programme and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The organization maintains partnerships with think tanks like Brookings Institution, Chatham House, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, International Crisis Group, and Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Founded in 1998 by Elena Marquez following dialogues in the aftermath of the Bosnian War and Rwandan Genocide, CONIVE built early programs around post-conflict reconciliation modeled on initiatives from Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) and lessons from Camp David Accords. During the 2000s it expanded into the Middle East and Central Asia, engaging with processes connected to Oslo Accords, Good Friday Agreement, Arab League mediation efforts, and missions influenced by practitioners from International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières. After the 2010s Arab uprisings, CONIVE deployed rapid response teams akin to those used by International Organization for Migration and coordinated with donors such as United States Agency for International Development and European Commission. High-profile collaborations included advisory roles to delegations at summits like COP sessions and policy forums hosted by World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
CONIVE’s governance includes a Board of Directors drawn from former diplomats, academics, and NGO leaders, with past board members hailing from United Nations Security Council missions, embassies of France, Germany, Japan, and institutions like Yale University and Princeton University. Operational management is centralized in a Secretariat based in Geneva with regional directors for Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. Advisory panels feature experts from King's College London, University of Toronto, National University of Singapore, Peking University, and think tanks such as Atlantic Council. The organization’s legal status aligns with statutes used by NGOs registered in Switzerland and complies with reporting norms similar to those of Oxfam International and Save the Children.
Program areas encompass mediation services, humanitarian logistics, capacity-building workshops, and policy research. Mediation initiatives mirror methods applied in the Darfur Peace Agreement talks and models from Dayton Accords facilitation, while humanitarian logistics coordinate with agencies like World Food Programme and UNICEF. Capacity-building curricula are co-developed with university centers such as Hertie School, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and Johns Hopkins University for training negotiators and relief managers. Research outputs include white papers and briefs circulated to delegations at forums hosted by G20 and conferences at United Nations General Assembly weeks.
Funding derives from a mix of government grants, philanthropic foundations, and institutional contracts. Major funders have included foundations akin to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and bilateral donors such as United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, German Federal Foreign Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office-style agencies. Partnerships extend to corporations with corporate social responsibility arms similar to Microsoft, Google, and Mastercard for technology and cash-transfer piloting, and to specialized agencies including International Rescue Committee and Human Rights Watch for monitoring and advocacy.
CONIVE has been credited with facilitating locally brokered ceasefires, improving access for humanitarian corridors in contexts like the Syrian Civil War and the Yemen conflict, and contributing to policy dialogues at venues such as UN Security Council briefings and bilateral embassy backchannels. Independent evaluations by consultants linked to RAND Corporation and KPMG-style auditors have reported mixed outcomes: successes in mediation processes, variable durability of agreements, and challenges in measuring long-term social reconciliation similar to critiques leveled at NGO interventions in contexts such as Afghanistan and Iraq War. Critics from advocacy groups like Amnesty International and investigative journalists associated with outlets like The Guardian, New York Times, and Le Monde have raised concerns about transparency, donor influence, and operational security trade-offs when partnering with state actors.
CONIVE plans to expand digital mediation platforms in collaboration with technology partners inspired by projects at MIT Media Lab and Stanford Center for Internet and Society, scale cash assistance pilots modeled on GiveDirectly, and deepen research links with academic centers including University of California, Berkeley, London School of Economics, and Sciences Po. Strategic aims include strengthening regional hubs, increasing engagement with parliamentarians from Brazil, India, South Africa, and Indonesia, and enhancing monitoring frameworks used by multilaterals such as World Health Organization to better assess humanitarian outcomes.
Category:International organizations