Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy

IMTD is pleased to inform you that it has been found eligible for inclusion in the National Part of the 2008 Combined Federal Campain (CFC) Charity List.

If you are interested in donating to IMTD our CFC donor code is 11401.

Message from Ambassador McDonald

The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, or IMTD as we are known by our many friends around the world, was officially incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in Washington D.C. on May 26, 1992, by Dr. Louise Diamond and by me. We had co-authored ...

What is Multi-Track Diplomacy

The mission of The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy is to promote a systems approach to peace-building and to facilitate the transformation of deep-rooted social conflict.

Multi-Track Diplomacy is a conceptual way to view the process of international peacemaking as a living system. It looks at the web of interconnected activities, individuals, institutions, and communities that operate together for a common goal: a world at peace.

Highlights of 2009

January 9-11	Dr. Borris and Ambassador McDonald taught a three days course "Reconciliation and Forgiveness in Post-Conflict Environment" to 24 master and Ph.D. students at the Institute for Conflict and Analysis and Resolution (ICAR). MS Word report	George Mason University Arlington, VA
January 14	Ambassador McDonald and program officer of IMTD held the 5^th twelve-week course +Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding".	National Defense University Washington, DC

More 2009 Highlights

Highlights of 2008

January 15	Ambassador McDonald gives a lecture to a Masters course on "Multi-Track Diplomacy"	University of Maryland, MD
June 28	1-day training of 22 members of "Tibetan Women's Association"	Dharmasala, India

More 2008 Highlights

NEW

The Shifting Grounds of Conflict and Peacebuilding: Stories and Lessons

IMTD is thrilled to announce the publication of a new book by Ambassador John W. McDonald, The Shifting Grounds of Conflict and Peacebuilding: Stories and Lessons, published by Lexington Books. Click here to read more about this exciting new volume and to purchase your copy today!

Projects

Since 1992 the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy has initiated and facilitated conflict transformation projects throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Most recently, IMTD has been working on projects linked to Georgia, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Israel and Palestine, Pakistan and Kashmir as well as on issues related to Water and Peace and the inclusion of conflict resolution training in military institutes. Using a systems-based approach, IMTD facilitates dialogue between various groups to promote structural change enabling long-term, sustainable peace. By transforming conflict through a multi-track lens, IMTD’s activities address the tangible and intangible conditions perpetuating a conflict, thus expanding the traditional framework of peacemaking to include both official and unofficial spheres.

Latest IMTD News

IMTD Celebrates its 16th Anniversary

On Monday, May 26, 2006, the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy turned sixteen years old. The following day, Ambassador McDonald and the IMTD Staff celebrated the occasion with cake at the weekly staff meeting.

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