Reflecting and Learning at the

Regional Level

February 22-23, 2008 - CDD/CI Workshop: "Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and Coexistence"

November 2007 - First issue of "Transitional Justice Monitor" published

June 2007 - CDD/CI Workshop: "Gender, Justice and Reconciliation"


CI's partner in its first regional initiative is the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), who will be carrying out a project on Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding in West Africa. The current project, designed by CDD-Ghana and supported by Coexistence International, will explore the relationships and linkages between coexistence and transitional justice in the region of West Africa. In this program area, CDD-Ghana will carry out workshops, exchange visits, and networking events to help strengthen the professional relationship between the actors and institutions working on transitional justice and those dedicated to peacebuilding in the West Africa region. They will also publish a newsletter on transitional justice processes.


This regional project is tightly linked to CI's mission, which focuses on encouraging more complementary approaches to conflict resolution, by helping those in the core of the coexistence field and allies in related fields to see their work in relation to each other.


Transitional Justice in West Africa Resource Database

This database of general and country-specific resources on completed and ongoing transitional justice processes in the West Africa region comes from extensive research related to the joint CI-CDD project on "Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding in West Africa." The database compiles a range of existing resources as well as original publications from CI and CDD Ghana. Through this database, CI hopes to offer practical resources to sholars and practitioners interested in a complementary approach to coexistence and transitional justice.


CI selected CDD-Ghana for its regional program based on a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP). Applications were from non-government and academic organizations whose work focuses on coexistence, peacebuilding, diversity management, and conflict transformation. Priority was given to organizations that have already adopted an integrated, multi-faceted approach to this work. Applicants also had to demonstrate leadership capacity, have positive, established contacts with other organizations and institutions in their country, and possess a strong familiarity with ongoing coexistence initiatives.