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In September 2003, Meridian Institute staff facilitated two meetings among some of the world's leading experts on plant genetic resources, to assess experience to date developing and implementing policies regarding genetic resources and to identify strategic opportunities for future work and investments regarding those policies.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
As a follow-up to two meetings held in 2003, Meridian Institute facilitated a meeting among diverse stakeholders in October 2004 to discuss plant genetic resources in East and Central Africa.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Meridian Institute assisted the Rockefeller Foundation in establishing the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) to benefit resource-poor small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.aatf-africa.org
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the major agricultural commodity groups (e.g., corn/soybean/wheat growers, livestock producers, and farmer groups) met three times over the course of two years in educational sessions with scientists, policy experts, and environmental organizations to discuss the critical global climate change issues for agriculture.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Meridian convened and co-facilitated a dialogue group that produced recommendations for ecosystem-based management at the Nellis Air Force Range in Nevada.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Institute provided mediation for the settlement of two longstanding lawsuits related to Air Force operations in southwestern Idaho.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a workshop convened by SC Johnson to review issues associated with the development and use of anti-microbial products.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian provided moderation and facilitation support to the 2004 Aspen Green Building Conference
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian staff organized and moderated several sessions on forest certification at the Forest Leadership Forum in Atlanta.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian provided process assistance to a legislatively mandated task force that was formed to seek ways to accommodate conflicting uses (military training and endangered species protection) at the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Following a meeting in September 2000 with some of the world's leading experts on biosafety issues, Meridian Institute conducted an in-depth assessment of issues related to biosafety and the implementation of the Biosafety Protocol.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
The Meridian Dialogue on Liability and Redress under the Biosafety Protocol brought together key stakeholders to discuss issues associated with the implementation of Article 27—Liability and Redress—of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/pdf/Liability_Meeting_Summary_(Short)_010920.pdf
Meridian convened and facilitated a one-day workshop in The Hague on Liability and Redress issues in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The workshop provided an overview of some of the substantive and procedural issues related to liability and redress. The workshop was scheduled immediately in advance of the third meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Cartagena Protocol to help inform negotiators about this complicated issue.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www2.merid.org/liability
Meridian Institute organized a meeting in December 2003 with leaders from major biosafety initiatives in Africa to discuss the current status and future direction of biosafety programs in sub-Saharan Africa.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a meeting of diverse stakeholders engaged with agriculture and biosafety issues in Africa to advise the Forum on Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) about the focus of a new FARA biosafety initiative.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
In March 2002, Meridian Institute facilitated a meeting of African and other experts to explore opportunities for enhancing biosafety scientific expertise in sub-Saharan Africa.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
In September 2000, shortly after adoption of the Biosafety Protocol, Meridian Institute convened a meeting involving some of the world’s leading experts on biosafety, in particular the Biosafety Protocol, to help identify critical issues where multi-stakeholder discussions would be of high value.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a multistakeholder roundtable discussion on the use of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and their alternatives in electronics.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
The California Climate Change Workshop was organized jointly by Stanford University’s Institute for the Environment, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of California at Davis, with process support from the Meridian Institute.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian Institute worked with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and other partners to design and facilitate a workshop in Tokyo, Japan where researchers, negotiators, and others defined key questions for analysis prior to negotiations at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Conference on Climate Change on the topic of integrating Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) into the global climate protection regime.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a collaborative, multi-stakeholder watershed restoration effort in New Mexico’s Cimarron Watershed.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Meridian helped to design and facilitate a meeting on regulatory options related to coal ash disposal.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a dialogue among diverse interests to develop recommendations for best management practices for coal bed methane development in the Rocky Mountain West.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Institute is facilitating a collaborative effort to further the development of a comprehensive system of indicators and statistical data regarding the nation’s environment and natural resources.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
The Collaborative Adaptive Management Network (CAMNet), a joint project of Meridian Institute and Steve Light, Ph.D., advances excellence in the practice of collaborative adaptive management through dialogue across disciplinary, organizational, institutional, and geographic boundaries.
contact:
jprattmiles@merid.org
Project URL: www.adaptivemanagement.net
Since 2003, Meridian Institute has been working in partnership with the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution to design and facilitate annual Collaborative Forest Restoration Program workshops and to facilitate the FACA committee that makes recommendations about which CFRP projects to fund.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian assisted a 14-member, multistakeholder Working Group to develop recommendations for the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Colorado Wildlife Commission regarding the management of wolves that migrate into the state.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Project URL: http://www2.merid.org/graywolf
The Committee to Advise on Reassessment and Transition (CARAT) was a Federal Advisory Committee convened by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to consult with and make recommendations to these agencies regarding strategic approaches for pest management planning and tolerance reassessment for pesticides as required by the Food Quality Protection Act.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian coordinated issues between six industry sector subcommittees and the Common Sense Initiative Council to address critical recommendations to Administrator Carol Browner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian is providing ongoing strategy development, process design and facilitation for the congressionally-funded Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI) to increase communities’ resilience to natural and man-made disasters.
contact:
rwhite@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.resilientus.org/
With financial support from the Hewlett Foundation, Meridian Institute is facilitating several local watershed initiatives throughout the western United States, including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and California.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian staff convened and facilitated a panel of experts to produce a comparative analysis of the U.S. Forest Stewardship Council and Sustainable Forestry Initiative programs.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/comparison/
Meridian Institute facilitated a collaborative, multi-stakeholder watershed restoration effort in New Mexico’s Conejos Watershed.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
This conference was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, convened by the World Resources Institute, and facilitated by Meridian Institute. It involved senior level decision-makers from all relevant sectors of society.
contact:
jerhmann@merid.org
In the fall of 2006, Meridian facilitated three regional listening sessions for the Conservation Fund on conserving open space in the United States and the role of the USDA Forest Service in such an effort.
contact:
jwest@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a two-day retreat at The Hague for the Directors and Board Chairs of the sixteen Centers for International Agricultural Research to discuss ways to enhance and streamline efforts to focus on agricultural products and techniques that benefit developing countries.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
A multi-day meeting in Sonning, England, of approximately thirty individuals representing various components of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) to synthesize several work products that had been developed in advance of International Centers Week related to the CGIAR's renewal initiative. The group developed a product that served as the basis for discussions among Consultative Group members at International Centers Week 2000.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Meridian convened and facilitated the New England Grantee Workshop in March 2008 to bring together representatives from eight organizations funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation that work to promote area-based management and fisheries management reforms in New England.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a workshop that resulted in guidance for decision makers and others regarding information about the conservation and management of cougars.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
The Council on Sustainable Biomass Production (CSBP) is a multi-stakeholder group developing voluntary biomass to biofuel sustainability principles and standards for the production of feedstocks for second generation (cellulosic) refineries.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Project URL: www.csbp.org
Meridian assisted Justice and Sustainability Associates in conducting the initial phase of a public participation process that captured community views and ideas about light rail and bus rapid transit options under consideration for four priority transit corridors in the District of Columbia.
contact:
hlair@merid.org
Project URL: http://publicspace.justicesustainability.com/DCTransit/index.shtml
The dialogue on Assembled Chemical Weapons focused on identifying alternatives to the baseline incineration process for the demilitarization of assembled chemical weapons.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
In 2003 and 2004, Meridian Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars convened a series of dialogue sessions focused on the relationship between nanotechnology and federal regulation in the United States.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a meeting at which more than 80 diverse stakeholders provided input to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about an Internet-accessible database that includes information about contaminated environmental media, facilities, and wastes at DOE facilities.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://cid.em.doe.gov
Meridian managed a dialogue between Shintech, Inc., and community members to determine whether the community would be willing to host a new polyvinyl chloride production facility.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a series of meetings of the Residential Energy Code Advisory Group, which was convened by E-Star Colorado to discuss ways to assist local jurisdictions with residential energy code adoption, compliance, and enforcement.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Meridian staff served as lead facilitator of the Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC), a federally chartered advisory committee charged with developing recommendations on a strategy for screening and testing chemicals and pesticides as to their potential to disrupt the endocrine (i.e., hormone) systems of humans and other biota.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a meeting among experts tasked with choosing recipients of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Smart Growth Awards.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/awards.htm
This project is developing a voluntary nitrogen oxide reduction program from ground support equipment (GSE) and aircraft.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Beginning in 2002, Meridian Institute has provided process design and facilitation support to RECOVER – the inter-agency body that provides scientific and technical support to managers involved in implementing the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) and the CERP Adaptive Management Strategy. CERP implementation, which has been described as the worlds largest ecosystem restoration effort, will involve making improvements and modifications to the system of canals, levees, and water control structures that provide water supply, flood protection, and water management to south Florida, in order to restore the south Florida ecosystem and meet other water needs.
contact:
jprattmiles@merid.org
Project URL: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/GEER2006/AM_Strategy.pdf
Meridian provided neutral facilitation services for this Expert Panel Workshop convened by Serono Symposia International and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: www.seronosymposia.org/endocrinology/event_descrip.ihtml?id=154
FIELD is an information and networking resource for an international community interested in agricultural technologies for use by small-scale farmers in developing countries.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.fieldresource.org
Meridian staff facilitated two workshops regarding options for addressing beach erosion and replenishment on Fire Island in New York.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
For the US Army Corps of Engineers, facilitated a two-day workshop to explore non-structural damage reduction options for Suffolk County Long Island’s South Shore.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian staff served as lead facilitator for this dialogue among the managers and leading stakeholders of the five major forest certification programs.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: http://research.yale.edu/gisf/tfd/certification.html
Meridian staff facilitated two meetings of national leaders of the conservation and ranching communities and the energy industry to discuss the impacts of oil and gas development on ranching and fish and wildlife on public lands.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
In the Florida Everglades, restoration of the ecosystem is said to hinge on the completion of the WCA-3 Decompartmentalization Project. Decision makers in the region determined to pursue the development of this crucial project through a collaborative adaptive management approach.
contact:
jprattmiles@merid.org
Project URL: www.adaptivemanagement.net
Meridian Institute convened the International Workshop on Nanotechnology, Commodities, and Development 29 – 31 May 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to: examine nanotechnology applications that are effecting or may effect demand for agricultural and mineral commodities; identify mechanisms to anticipate, measure, analyze, and address the impact of nanotechnology applications on commodity-dependent developing countries; and catalyze actions that could proactively address potential opportunities and risks associated with shifting demand for commodities resulting from nanotechnology research and development.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/nano/commoditiesworkshop/
Meridian Institute convened the International Workshop on Nanotechnology, Water, and Development in Chennai, India to address the potential opportunities and risks of nanotechnology water purification technologies for developing countries and to develop recommendations and identify activities to inform decisions and catalyze actions by diverse stakeholders.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/nano/waterworkshop/
Meridian is working with the Generation Challenge Program (GCP) Management Team on overall strategy and is assisting with GCP sponsored meetings involving project collaborators and stakeholders.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.generationcp.org/
In November 2004, Meridian Institute facilitated the Global Connections Forum, a workshop sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service, to enable forestry and resource management experts to discuss community-based approaches to sustainable natural resource management and conservation around the world.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Institute is convening a multistakeholder dialogue on the potential opportunities and risks of nanotechnology for poor people in developing countries.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/nano
Meridian Institute is providing planning and facilitation support for the Global Water Partnership’s Working Group on “Vitalizing the GWP”.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
In 2003, Meridian was asked by the Grand Mesa Uncomphagre Gunnison (GMUG) National Forest to consult with stakeholders in Western Colorado regarding the structure and design of the "County Partnership in Restoration" program—an innovative initiative to involve multiple stakeholders in regional forest restoration.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
In July 2002, Meridian Institute convened and facilitated the Forum on a Greenhouse Gas Accounting System: Taking Stock and Prioritizing Action.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/GHGaccounting
Meridian staff facilitated a dialogue among state and federal agency personnel that resulted in a consensus-based action plan to address priority issues for managing, on a regional basis, the Gulf of Mexico’s ocean and coastal resources.
contact:
lcantral@merid.org
Meridian, in partnership with Search for Common Ground-USA, facilitated a national policy dialogue among diverse stakeholders that resulted in a comprehensive set of consensus recommendations for expanding health care coverage for the uninsured in the United States.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated this climate change workshop, which involved high-level policy makers and NGO leaders from the U.S. and Europe.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian Institute and Energetics facilitated a tabletop exercise to explore how an outbreak of pandemic influenza would affect U.S. businesses and government, and how these two could work together to ensure the continuity of essential functions and services during a pandemic.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Institute received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to inform public and private investors in agriculture by: 1) conducting an analysis of a broad range of soil health and plant nutrient technologies, 2) prioritizing those that would enable poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa increase productivity, raise their incomes, and protect the environment, 3) developing a methodology for analyzing the return on investment in these technologies for smallholder farmers, and 4) developing technology briefs for the most promising products.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
Meridian Institute partnered with the Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA) to manage a process aimed at identifying the key areas in which intellectual property rights (IPRs) impact African seed systems, and propose strategies designed to support the goal of delivering improved crops to smallholder farmers in East Africa.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/seeds-smallholder-farmers
Meridian facilitated the first meeting of the International Council on Nanotechnology in October 2004 in Houston, Texas.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.nanoandthepoor.org/other.php
Meridian Institute facilitated the 2004 (USA) and 2006 (Japan) meetings of the International Dialogue on Responsible Research and Development. These meetings, each involving representatives from more than 25 countries and the European Union, focused on how to best ensure nanotechnology research and development programs are carried out in a responsible manner.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a three-day synthesis workshop for the Science/Policy Interface Task Force of IUFRO.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Project URL: http://iufro.boku.ac.at/
In January 2006, Meridian facilitated the IRGC Workshop on "A Conceptual Risk Governance Framework for Nanotechnology."
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.irgc.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a collaborative, multi-stakeholder watershed restoration effort in New Mexico’s Jemez River Watershed.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a meeting of the board chairs and center directors of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian Institute is serving as convenor, process designer, facilitator, and secretariat of a joint effort between members of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission to accelerate the reform of U.S. oceans policy.
contact:
lcantral@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.jointoceancommission.org
Meridian provided facilitation and planning support for two projects for the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Washington Center.
contact:
hlair@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/assets/documents/csr_SOF_China.pdf
For the Kenan Institute Washington, Meridian facilitated a forty-member study group focused on opportunities for the U.S. government to support global CSR activities.
contact:
hlair@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/pdf/KenanCSRReportSept2003.pdf
Meridian Institute is assisting with a collaborative process to develop technology-based climate measures and related low-carbon finance mechanisms needed to accelerate technology commercialization.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a workshop for U.S. Forest Service personnel, to enable them to plan for the implementation of the 2004 National Forest Management Act planning rule.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian assisted multiple stakeholders in structuring a collaborative problem-solving process for addressing landowner and threatened species' needs through development of a county-wide plan and served as convening facilitator for public and steering group meetings.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a meeting of stakeholders from academia, industry, and federal agencies in May 2005 to discuss the need, purpose, scope, and implementation strategy for the Loblolly Pine Genome Project.
contact:
jwest@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a meeting among federal and state agency personnel regarding the performance-based funding allocation methodology approved by Congress for Urban Community Forestry programs.
contact:
lcantral@merid.org
This dialogue project resulted in a consensus report that includes thirteen recommendations aimed at reducing forest fragmentation in the United States by implementing changes in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/pdf/9044FINAL.pdf
In 1999, Meridian facilitated two workshops among diverse stakeholders regarding the implementation of Endangered Species Act (ESA) provisions for private landowners.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), an international collaborative effort involving nearly 1,200 scientists, provided decision-makers and the public with scientific information concerning the effects of ecosystem changes on human well-being, as well as options for responding to those changes.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.htm
Meridian Institute facilitated a collaborative, multi-stakeholder watershed restoration effort in New Mexico’s Mimbres Watershed.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
Meridian and two partner organizations conducted a multistakeholder scoping process to select projects and sites for community revitalization and river recovery along a stretch of the Missouri River.
contact:
jprattmiles@merid.org
At the request of the Forest Roads Working Group, Meridian served as convenor and facilitator of a multi-stakeholder dialogue focused on how to resolve the longstanding issue of the degree of permanent protection that should be provided for roadless areas in the National Forest System.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: www.merid.org/roadless
Meridian facilitated and coordinated a federal advisory panel convened by the Environmental Protection Agency to focus on the future role of the Superfund program in addressing the nation's hazardous waste sites.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.epa.gov/oswer/SFsub.htm
Meridian staff facilitated a meeting in which experts discussed and provided feedback on a draft land use plan for the U.S. Capitol Complex in Washington, DC.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian has been providing facilitation, process design, and strategy development services for internal initiatives, collaboration among state legislatures and developing new institutions within NCSL.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian served as the lead moderator and facilitator for this pre-conference seminar which was designed as an action-oriented effort to explore short and long-term energy policy options in the absence of a national energy strategy.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian helped the commercial facilities sector establish a Sector Coordinating Council to facilitate its critical infrastructure protection efforts.
contact:
sfoston@merid.org
Meridian helped members of the communications sector establish a Sector Coordinating Council to facilitate their critical infrastructure protection efforts.
contact:
kbryan@merid.org
Meridian helped the information technology sector establish a Sector Coordinating Council to facilitate its critical infrastructure protection efforts.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian helped members of the transportation sector establish a number of modal Sector Coordinating Council to facilitate the sector’s critical infrastructure protection efforts.
contact:
sfoston@merid.org
Meridian helped members of the food and agriculture sector establish a Sector Coordinating Council to facilitate their efforts to preserve and restore the critical functions of the nation’s food and agriculture production and delivery systems.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Meridian helped the Healthcare Sector establish a sector coordinating council (SCC) to facilitate its efforts to preserve and restore the critical functions of the nation’s healthcare delivery system.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian facilitated the organization and development of a highway and motor carrier modal Sector Coordinating Council within the national transportation sector.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
Meridian facilitated the organization and development of a maritime modal Sector Coordinating Council within the national transportation sector.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a two-day meeting of seventy participants for the National Governors Association (NGA). The meeting was designed to inform a 16-member task force of state officials about electric transmission line siting issues. Meridian also assisted the group in developing consensus recommendations for the NGA Natural Resources Committee about NGA policy on the issue.
contact:
hlair@merid.org
Meridian is facilitating a chartered Federal Advisory Committee that is providing high-level policy advice to the EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) on its diverse programs.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/npptac/
Meridian Institute helped design and facilitate a process to solicit and collect broad stakeholder input to inform review and revision of the National Response Plan (NRP) and National Incident Management System (NIMS).
contact:
sfoston@merid.org
Meridian staff is helping the National Security Directorate (NSD) at ORNL develop a multi-year initiative in the areas of Next Generation Counterproliferation, and Post-Conflict/Post Disaster International Development, through the NSD’s Thought Leadership Initiative.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a series of meetings designed to promote public private partnerships and collaboration related to for national security technology development and deployment.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
For the Duke Energy Foundation and ORC Worldwide, Meridian facilitated a two-day national contractor safety conference.
contact:
hlair@merid.org
Meridian served as lead mediator, working with parties in the negotiations including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, states, vehicle manufacturers, the steel industry, the environmental community and auto dismantlers and scrap recyclers.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
In partnership with 15 federal agencies and numerous other stakeholder groups, Meridian convened and facilitated the first National Watershed Forum in the summer of 2001 with about 500 participants.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
In April 2008, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a study entitled Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce. This report documents the critical shortage of both professionals and direct care workers needed to meet the health care requirements of the United States rapidly growing and increasingly diverse older population, and proposes steps to address that shortage by enhancing geriatric competence of all those who care for the elderly, increasing recruitment and retention, and redesigning models of care.
contact:
jprattmiles@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a meeting sponsored by the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry regarding the future of the global forest products market and its implications for forest biodiversity.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian provided neutral oversight and facilitation of an assessment of water management practices at Coca-Cola facilities in India.
contact:
sfoston@merid.org
Meridian is facilitating several collaborative community watershed groups in northern New Mexico in support of Total Maximum Daily Load implementation by the State of New Mexico Environment Department to comply with Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Meridian Institute provided expertise in adaptive management to help the Northwest Colorado Stewardship (NECOS) in its efforts to develop an adaptive management based alternative for the Bureau of Land Management’s Resource Management Plan in northwestern Colorado.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian assisted in the design and facilitation of an a three-part visioning process to help formulate a logistics strategy for 2015-2018, designed to elp the private sector meet the needs of the United States Department of Defense.
contact:
sfoston@merid.org
Meridian assisted in the design and facilitation of an intensive visioning and planning process to develop the technology requirements for the United States Army's "Objective Force Warrior Program." The process emphasized the ability to address traditional, asymmetric, and special operations requirements for soldiers in 2010.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a three-day, multi-stakeholder meeting in Bellagio, Italy, in September 2005 to discuss "open source" models of collaboration in the fields of agriculture and health. A meeting summary is available for download in PDF format.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a meeting to explore how to better share information related to the recovery of the Pacific Salmon and other threatened and/or endangered species.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Institute is providing support to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and its grantees and partners to design and implement the “Tropical Forest Carbon Grantmaking Strategy: A Strategy for Collaborative Philanthropic Support for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)”. To maximize the strategy’s impact on building a technically and politically sound international mechanism for REDD, Meridian is facilitating coordination among donors and is working closely with other Packard Foundation grantee organizations to design, coordinate, and facilitate REDD-related workshops and other activities.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
In 2006, Meridian Institute facilitated two Pandemic Flu Preparedness Workshops for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian Institute has provided Planned Parenthood with a variety of internal problem solving, strategic planning, and organizational development services, as well as facilitating internal dialogues around issues of conflict.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a community planning and design process for the Port of Houston Authority, regarding the proposed construction of a 1,000-acre terminal/cruise ship facility in Galveston Bay.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Meridian provided ongoing facilitation of the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated three meetings among public health leaders from throughout the United States to develop a vision for a state-of-the-art public health system that can achieve public health goals in the 21st century.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian facilitated the development of a mechanism for U.S. universities and research institutions to collaborate on intellectual property (IP) management for humanitarian use to help meet food security needs in developing countries and for specialty crop development in the U.S.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.pipra.org
The Puget Sound Salmon Leaders' Forum has been an ongoing effort to help develop a "shared strategy" to recover the endangered salmon in the Puget Sound area.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a collaborative, multi-stakeholder watershed restoration effort in New Mexico’s Red River Watershed.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a multi-stakeholder workshop to review options for reducing ship strike mortality to endangered Right Whales.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a collaborative, multi-stakeholder watershed restoration effort in New Mexico’s Rio Chama Watershed.
contact:
jprattmiles@merid.org
On May 2, 2005, more than 20 staff from The Rockefeller Foundation and eight invited experts participated in an all-day meeting that focused on the role of the Bayh-Dole Act in promoting innovation and the implications of this model for innovation systems in developing countries.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.merid.org/bayh-dole/
Meridian Institute facilitates the Roundtable on Sustainable Forests, an ongoing multi-stakeholder dialogue focused on shared leadership and learning around the goal of sustainable forest management.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.sustainableforests.net/
Meridian staff co-facilitated a large stakeholder meeting to discuss the redevelopment of contaminated sites in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Staff facilitated a multi-party process to develop and implement a strategic plan for the management of mercury contamination in the tributaries to the San Francisco Bay/Delta.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a collaborative, multi-stakeholder watershed restoration effort in New Mexico’s San Juan Watershed.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Meridian staff served as lead facilitator for this second international dialogue among the managers and leading stakeholders of the five major forest certification programs.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: http://research.yale.edu/gisf/tfd/certification.html
Meridian facilitated a working group of members from the private and public sectors to develop, as an addendum to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the Sector Specific Plan for drinking water and wastewater utilities in the United States.
contact:
sfoston@merid.org
At the request of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Meridian helped convene and facilitated a two-day multi-stakeholder dialogue on issues and options related to legislative proposals for multi-pollution under the Clean Air Act.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
This nine-session course for decision makers and opinion leaders on economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental health was designed by a partnership of local leaders and facilitated by the Meridian Institute.
contact:
jprattmiles@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated multi-stakeholder workshops for Shell International that served to inform the development of Shell’s five-year biodiversity strategy.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian Institute facilitated periodic public meetings for stakeholder review and input on the Stewart Meadows wetlands restoration effort on New Mexico’s San Antonio River.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
The Sustainable Forestry Board identified a policy priority of developing new strategies and standard language for addressing forests of exceptional conservation value within the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s 2002-04 program enhancements. Meridian was the co-facilitator for the Working Group and the consensus recommendations resulted in the development of a plan for a detailed, collaborative database identifying forest communities that are critically imperiled or imperiled, based on existing conservation status ranking systems.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Meridian Institute was hired to facilitate a two-and-a-half day conference to discuss whether and how to expand the Sustainable Forest Partnership (SFP). The conference ended with general agreement by participants on ways to strengthen and expand the SFP and likely future involvement with the expanded partnership.
contact:
skwalen@merid.org
Meridian worked with the Congressionally-created Tennessee Center for Homeland Security to plan, design, and facilitate formation of the Tennessee Consortium for Homeland Security.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Through Summer 2000 Meridian Institute assisted the Texas Senate Natural Resources Committee in considering steps for better managing groundwater in Texas.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
This project assists in building cooperative efforts and partnerships among the federal agencies addressing mining related issues.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
A joint committee of the USDA and EPA, the Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee (TRAC), was established in 1998 to enhance stakeholder input on the implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a meeting among members of a large trade association, in order to help them develop a common position on proposed changes to federal regulations.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a meeting to develop new goals, objectives, and structures for the Treated Wood Council.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Through a grant from the Tremaine Foundation, Meridian conducted a workshop for the Senate Committee on Public Works and the Environment on the use of collaborative problem solving to augment the legislative process.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian Institute provided strategic advice and facilitation services to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, a 16-member Federal Advisory Committee created by the Oceans Act of 2000. The Commission published its final report in September 2004.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Project URL: www.oceancommission.gov
Meridian convened a broad cross-section of stakeholders to discuss the USDA programs and funding goals of pest management activities within the Department
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Meridian Institute helped design and facilitate a meeting hosted by the Under Secretary of Preparedness for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to solicit feedback from state, local, and tribal representatives on the White House report, “The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned.”
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Meridian facilitated a multi-stakeholder meeting regarding key water security issues; sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in May 2004.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
These workshops provided a venue for early public input on a proposed rule that would allow for the recycling of low-level radioactive material.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated workshops aimed at developing “sustainability scenarios” for the United States.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian has assisted the German Marshall Fund with the design and facilitation of four workshops to explore critical issues relating to the use of biotechnology in agriculture.
contact:
tbarker@merid.org
Meridian provided advice on options for restarting negotiations between the U.S. and Canada on fishery regimes for the management of Pacific Salmon to the Special Envoy for the President, William Ruckelshaus.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian Institute has assisted several large companies and national environmental organizations to establish the U.S. Climate Action Partnership.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: www.us-cap.org
Meridian Institute facilitated a collaborative, multi-stakeholder watershed restoration effort in New Mexico’s Upper Rio Grande Watershed.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
Sponsored by the US Animal Health Association, the 2005 Brucellosis Working Symposium, held in Laramie, WY, brought together experts in the field to explore brucellosis vaccines and diagnostics for the Greater Yellowstone Area wildlife.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
At the request of the UDSA Forest Service, Meridian Institute designed and facilitated a two-day workshop in February 2003 on options to provide diversity of plant and animal communities in land and resource management planning.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nfma/
Meridian facilitated a National Advisory Council formed by the vinyl industry to help provide the industry with policy advice.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Starting in 2002, the Meridian Institute facilitated a series of meetings involving a diverse group of western water experts to think "out of the box" and develop a long-term vision for western water.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian Institute convened and facilitated two meetings for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the topic of national water quality standards pertaining to effluent-dependent and effluent-dominated waters in the arid West.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian assisted the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Battelle Memorial Institute, the lead consultant, on a project to develop a blueprint for the cement industry to become more sustainable over the next twenty years.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian Institute was the lead facilitator for two Environmental Summits convened by the Western Governors’ Association (WGA).
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian facilitated this conference that explored practices and policies promoting land-based economic activity to sustain families, communities and ecosystems while providing multiple benefits to society. The conference was attended by more than 200 individuals, including farmers, foresters, government officials, companies, community organizations, and advocacy organizations.
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Meridian Institute, in cooperation with the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, will conduct a Workshop on Assessing Environmental Outcomes of Community-Based Collaboratives (CBCs) on September 12-13, 2003 at the Snowbird Resort and Conference Center near Salt Lake City, Utah.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
Meridian staff facilitated a workshop for Defenders of Wildlife and its partners regarding how to integrate consideration of biodiversity into land use planning.
contact:
tmealey@merid.org
A Meridian staff member co-facilitated a workshop on the use of collaborative decision making approaches under the National Environmental Policy Act.
contact:
connielewis@merid.org
Meridian was part of an international facilitation team that designed and facilitated an international meeting convened by the WBCSD in the Netherlands.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Project URL: http://www.wbcsd.ch/web/publications/csr2000.pdf
Meridian is partnering with the World Resources Institute (WRI) to provide strategic and process advice to a series of pilot projects with members of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Ecosystems Champions Group (ECG).
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Meridian co-facilitated a two-day stakeholder dialogue on intellectual property rights and medicine for the World Business Council on Sustainable Development.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Through a series of meetings facilitated by Meridian, participants achieved consensus on "Critical Elements in Transitioning to Biologically Based Pest Management Systems."
contact:
bstinson@merid.org
Meridian Institute supported a Design Team of agricultural, educational, ICT, development, and evaluation experts in developing a strategy and solution proposals for the best ways that smallholder farmers and their support institutions might share, develop and gain access to new information about agricultural practices and technology that would improve their lives.
contact:
rraimond@merid.org
Project URL: http://worldaginfo.org/
Meridian is facilitating two pilot watershed planning efforts for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, to address issues associated with coal bed methane development.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian's team of facilitators helped to plan and implement a collaborative forum designed to build communication and address conflicts among Wyoming recreationists, conservationists and Ranchers.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in convened a working conference, Climate Science and Climate Action: Bridging the Gap in Aspen Colorado in the fall of 2005.
contact:
jehrmann@merid.org
Mike Lesnick conducted a lecture at Yale on the use of collaborative decision-making processes.
contact:
mlesnick@merid.org
Meridian is facilitating and coordinating a diverse group of stakeholders working to reclaim and clean up a copper mine in western Nevada.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
Meridian staff planned and facilitated an interactive strategic planning session with a diverse group of stakeholders participating as members of the Yuba Watershed Council.
contact:
mmayo@merid.org
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