IFIT / Welcome to The Institute for Integrated Transitions
Innovating pathways to peace
The Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) is an international non-governmental organisation specialised in peace and reconciliation research and innovation. Often working behind the scenes, we aim to bridge social and political divides and expand the spectrum of imagined solutions. Our 350+ local and global experts are recognised leaders on negotiation and transition.
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How we work
Find out more about our modelIFIT seeks to transform current practice away from fragmented and internationalised peace interventions and toward more integrated and localised solutions.
Because every dialogue and transition is different, we deploy a combined network of thematic practice groups and country brain trusts, always customising our advice to the situation and issues at hand.
Our goal is to foster awareness of the full range of policy choices available to face any transition dilemma and build confidence across complex political and social divides. This usually occurs via five steps, as described below.
Our advice and support are requested or offered as part of a dialogue, negotiation or transition process.
1We assess the situation and deploy IFIT experts who provide creative, realistic, and principled advice on a time-sensitive basis to key decision-makers.
2Over time, we develop close local partnerships, which often culminate in the establishment of a country brain trust of social, business and political leaders.
3Our expert staff and practice groups support and work actively with these leaders, generating analysis and practical solutions in locally identified areas of priority.
4We continuously adapt to changes on the ground, seeking to expand areas of policy consensus at the highest levels.
5Country Brain Trusts
IFIT’s pioneering brain trusts creatively pool and harness the unique strengths of local ‘go-between’ leaders to bridge national and community-level processes of dialogue, peacebuilding and transition.
Global Initiatives
Peace Treaty Initiative
The Peace Treaty Initiative aims to develop new international law to incentivise and support peace negotiations, in order to prevent armed conflicts in the first place and to end them once underway.
Global Initiative on Polarization
The Global Initiative on Polarization, an IFIT collaboration with the Ford Foundation, seeks to advance global understanding of the diverse causes, consequences and realistic strategies for reducing severe polarization and preventing violent conflict.
Initiative on Apex Court Appointments
The Initiative on Apex Court Appointments aims to fill the current global gap in guiding principles for the selection and appointment of constitutional and apex court judges.
Initiative on Fast-Track Negotiation
The Initiative on Fast-Track Negotiation will develop and test a new model of negotiation that is better matched to the more urgent local change needed in the vast majority of crisis and conflict situations.
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IFIT conducts and publishes original research to add to the state of knowledge on transitions, identify policy gaps, and provide the most credible analysis and recommendations possible.
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Publication / Initiative on Apex Court Appointments
Constitution Hill Global Guidelines on Apex Court Appointments
- English
- Español
- العربية
- Português
- Français
Publication / Global Initiative on Polarization
First Principles: The Need for Greater Consensus on the Fundamentals of Polarisation
- English
- Español
- Français
- العربية
- Português
- русский
- فارسی
- 中文
- Kiswahili
- हिंदी
- Bahasa
- Hausa
- اُردُو
Publication / Law and Peace
Partial Agreements: The Functional Alternative to All-Encompassing Settlements
- English
Publication / Inclusive Narratives
Narrative, Power and Polarisation: The Role of Influential Actors
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- Español