Carol Daniel Kasbari, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

The Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs

Leading the Programmes Department and the strategic innovation and development of GFP’s global programming. Working very closely with GFP’s Institutional Learning Department on competencies development; with GFPI on curriculum, research, thought leadership, and policy advocacy; with the Communications Department on Media For Peace programming and advocacy campaigns; and with the Fundraising Department on engaging partners and donors.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

United States, Middle East

SME IN CONFLICT ANALYSIS & RESOLUTION | EXPERIENCE WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS | USG PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTTransformational leader, respected advisor and result-focused professional with demonstrated success in the development and execution of strategies to influence conflict mitigation, with extensive experience managing EU, USG programs and projects in the United States and the Middle East, including Jerusalem, Iraq, Jordan, Bosnia, Cyprus, Turkey, and Athens.

Middle East, Europe, North America

leading conflict transformation processes using multiple tools and methods such as Open Space Technology, Appreciative Inquiry and other tools for building strategic partnerships and create agents of change. led hundreds of groups interventions such as senior media professionals, high school educators, women activists, youth and refugees and many others in Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and across the United States. I work in several languages besides including Arabic, Hebrew and French.

Palestinian Territory And Israel

Develop strategies, training material & support to peace building CSO’s and advocacy groups. Programming focused on practical skills in public diplomacy and advocacy. Building knowledge and skills for participants related to power analysis, communication and media for campaigns and movements, nonviolent strategy and tactics, and mobilizing and motivating community members and allies for grassroots action.

Arlington, Virginia

★ Ph.D. Candidate for Conflict Analysis & Resolution.★ In the process of authoring a dissertation focusing on research into nonviolent resistance.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTIONThe School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR) is the preeminent academic and practice organization in its field. S-CAR is committed to the development of theory, research, and practice that interrupt cycles of violence and promote peacebuilding.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Consulting on various aspects of a Peace building and Advocacy programConducting an impact qualitative evaluation for the USAID funded Interfaith and advocacy program (GEMINI) in 10 locations in Israel and the West Bank for the Catholic Relief Services My Gemini evaluation report was included among the top 5 in the world in the meta-review conducted by the Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium: https://allianceforpeacebuilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/PEC_MetaEvaluation-of-IRPB-Program-Evaluations.pdf

Jerusalem

★ Managed the $1.5MM USAID/CMM-funded GEMINI reconciliation and conflict mitigation program that addresses identity, relationship and civil rights issues between Palestinians living in Israel and Israeli Jews.★ Selected as one of the Top 5 evaluations by the Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium (PEC) in their Meta Review of worldwide evaluations.★ Directed technical and administrative staff, overseeing recruitment and professional development,★ Delivered training, technical support, and administrative/financial services to partner NGOs.★ Designed an assessment and monitoring system for all staff and partners.★ Tracked subcontractor performance to ensure continued compliance with donor regulations.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESCatholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. We alleviate suffering and provide assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, belief or nationality.

Jerusalem Area, Israel

Leading workshsops on criticial media consumption for university students sutdying media and journalists covering conflicts, in Israel and Palestine. Working on an Arabic manual for critical media reading.

Jerusalem Area, Israel

★ Responsible for the design and deployment of a USAID/CMM-funded program, “Promoting Common Ground Journalism in Broadcast and Print Media in Israel and Palestine” managing a $1.2M allocation.★ Established strong relationships with advisory board members of Israeli and Palestinian media corporations, as well as business stakeholders and academics.★ Worked with 45 Israeli and Palestinian journalists to review methods of covering the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.★ Created training collateral that was used in uni-national and bi-national training workshops.★ Served as the Commissioning & Outreach Editor for CGNews in 2009, editing articles in three languages.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUNDFounded in 1982, Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving. We work with local partners to find culturally appropriate means to strengthen societies' capacity to deal with conflicts constructively: to understand the differences and act on the commonalities.

Division Of Freedom Of Expression, Democracy& Peace: Pa, Israel, Paris

★ Founded the Israeli Palestinian Media Forum to foster dialogue initiatives, training programs, seminars, and conferences for the benefit of media professionals.★ Presented at international seminars, journalist symposiums and conferences in Greece, Cyprus, Switzerland and France, discussing the Israeli Palestinian conflict and media coverage.★ Produced and broadcast radio and television programs, including an Israeli/Palestinian/German documentary film titled "On the Road to Dialogue".☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT UNESCOUNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Conflict Analysis And Resolution

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

M.A, Ngo Administration And Public Policy, 92

MA in NGO's Administration and Public Policy Impact evaluation of People to People youth activities between Israelis and Palestinian.

B.A, Sociology And Anthropology, French Literature, 90

Critical Theory Political Sociology and the Israeli Palestinian Conflict Analysing Israeli Public events through from an Anthropology lenses