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Business Council for Peace ( http://www.bpeace.org )  Founded in 2002, the Business Council for Peace (Bpeace) is a non-profit international network of volunteer business people. Bpeace helps women in regions where conflict is, or was, present to turn their dreams, skills and ideas into businesses by providing strategic thinking, training and mentoring.

Business Humanitarian Forum ( http://www.bhforum.ch )  Established in 1999, the Business Humanitarian Forum has worked to bridge the gap of understanding and promote cooperation between humanitarian organizations and private business. It seeks to encourage private sector support for economic and human development in post-conflict areas and the least developed countries through dialogues, workshops and training programs.

CDA Collaborative Learning Projects: Corporate Engagement Project ( http://www.cdainc.com/cdawww/project_home.php )  CDA Collaborative Learning Projects is a non-profit organization best known for its development of the peace and conflict impact assessment tool known as “Do No Harm” analysis.  CDA is currently running a project called “the Corporate Engagement Project (CEP)” which offers practical management options for companies concerned with establishing, and maintaining, constructive relationships with stakeholder communities in the countries where they operate. CEP focuses on challenging working environments and closely analyzes the impacts of corporate practices on local communities and, from these, develops practical strategies by which managers can address tensions that arise between their companies and surrounding communities.

Corporate Council on Africa ( http://www.africacncl.org )  This is a non-profit organization of nearly 200 American companies whose goal is to reinforce and facilitate economic and commercial relations between American and African corporations, organizations and individuals. The organization publishes country profile reports on African countries.

Human Security Gateway (http://www.humansecuritygateway.com)  The Human Security Gateway is a searchable online database of human security-related resources including reports, journal articles, news items and fact sheets. It is designed to make human security-related research more accessible to the policy and research communities, the media, educators and the interested public.

International Alert: Business and Peace-building (http://www.international-alert.org/our_work/themes/business.php?page=work&ext=set)  International Alert (IA) is an independent peace-building organization working in over 20 countries and territories around the world.  Since 1999, IA has been working with companies from both conflict zones and multinational corporations to help them avoid activities that risk inflaming fragile situations, and contribute to the creation of a stable political climate.

International Crisis Group ( http://www.crisisgroup.org )  The International Crisis Group is an independent conflict resolution organization that provides detailed information about conflicts in different regions of the world. Throughout the year, the International Crisis Group produces about 90 reports and briefing papers that address specific policy issues in scores of conflict or potential conflict situations around the world. The Group also produces a monthly bulletin, CrisisWatch, which provides busy readers in the policy community, media and business with a succinct regular update on the state of play in all the most significant situations of conflict or potential conflict around the world.

Vision of Humanity: Global Peace Index (http://www.visionofhumanity.com/)  The Vision of Humanity was launched in 2007 as the reference point for the Global Peace Index (GPi) and to highlight the relationship between global peace and sustainability. GPi is composed of 24 indicators, ranging from a nation’s level of military expenditure to its relations with neighboring countries and the level of respect for human rights. GPi, which ranks 121 nations according to their relative peacefulness, is compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, in conjunction with an international team of academics and peace experts.

World Bank: Private Sector Development in Conflict-Affected Countries (http://rru.worldbank.org/PapersLinks/Conflict-Affected-Countries/)  Launched by the World Bank’s Private Sector Development division, this web-portal provides a detailed reading list which reviews the emerging international debate on the best means of encouraging private sector development in high-risk economies and ensuring that it has a positive rather than negative impact.