David Nyheim
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David Nyheim is a peace-making strategist. His work over the last 15 years has focused on conflict early warning, dialogue process design and implementation, as well as forecasting and strategy.
(FEWER).http://www.fewer-international.org His tenure as Director involved the establishment of early warning systems in the North Caucasus, West Africa, and Great Lakes region. Concerned with the absence of responses to warnings, he worked with FEWER members to combine warning systems with multi-stakeholder dialogue and planning processes in Chechnya, DR Congo, Guinea-Conakry, and Georgia.
After leaving FEWER in 2003, David Nyheim established International Conflict and Security (INCAS) Consulting Ltd. (United Kingdom) http://www.incasconsulting.com together with Anton Ivanov, Samuel Doe, and Tom Porteous. As its Chief Executive, he designed and implemented dialogue processes in Indonesia (Christian-Muslim conflicts), Mauritania (government-opposition dialogue on development), Fiji (pre-election stabilisation), and Kyrgyzstan (micro-conflicts and tensions). He worked with INCAS colleagues to develop and deliver several conflict resolution courses that combined intervention design with applied mediation/negotiation skills.
Most of Nyheim’s forecasting and strategy work has been for governments and multinational corporations. In 2003, he co-authored the Peace and Security Strategy (PASS) for Shell Nigeria
that accurately predicted serious instability in the Niger Delta. After several years of focused work on the Niger Delta, which included support to the later President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
, Nyheim returned to the North Caucasus in 2005, where worked with Anton Ivanov and others on a Strategic Reconstruction and Development Assessment for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(United Kingdom). That same year, he developed an integrated aid-reconciliation multi-donor strategy for Myanmar that controversially argued for active engagement with the Myanmar government.
(Canada) in 1992. From 1992-1994, he studied medicine at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), before joining the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) in 1994. He received his MSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics
/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom) in 1996. During this time he served as the Chairperson of the Student's Union of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
See also Peace makers
and Peacemaking
Career history
After several years in the humanitarian and public health fields, he was recruited in 1997 to establish the Forum on Early Warning and Early ResponseForum on Early Warning and Early Response
- The Forum on Early Warning and Early Response :The Forum on Early Warning and Early Response was established in 1997 as a non-profit and in response to the Rwandan genocide...
(FEWER).http://www.fewer-international.org His tenure as Director involved the establishment of early warning systems in the North Caucasus, West Africa, and Great Lakes region. Concerned with the absence of responses to warnings, he worked with FEWER members to combine warning systems with multi-stakeholder dialogue and planning processes in Chechnya, DR Congo, Guinea-Conakry, and Georgia.
After leaving FEWER in 2003, David Nyheim established International Conflict and Security (INCAS) Consulting Ltd. (United Kingdom) http://www.incasconsulting.com together with Anton Ivanov, Samuel Doe, and Tom Porteous. As its Chief Executive, he designed and implemented dialogue processes in Indonesia (Christian-Muslim conflicts), Mauritania (government-opposition dialogue on development), Fiji (pre-election stabilisation), and Kyrgyzstan (micro-conflicts and tensions). He worked with INCAS colleagues to develop and deliver several conflict resolution courses that combined intervention design with applied mediation/negotiation skills.
Most of Nyheim’s forecasting and strategy work has been for governments and multinational corporations. In 2003, he co-authored the Peace and Security Strategy (PASS) for Shell Nigeria
Shell Nigeria
Shell Nigeria is the colloquial name for Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian operations carried out through four subsidiaries—primarily through Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited...
that accurately predicted serious instability in the Niger Delta. After several years of focused work on the Niger Delta, which included support to the later President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON is the 14th Head of State and current President of Nigeria.He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the...
, Nyheim returned to the North Caucasus in 2005, where worked with Anton Ivanov and others on a Strategic Reconstruction and Development Assessment for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...
(United Kingdom). That same year, he developed an integrated aid-reconciliation multi-donor strategy for Myanmar that controversially argued for active engagement with the Myanmar government.
Education
David Nyheim received his BA in Political Science from McGill UniversityMcGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
(Canada) in 1992. From 1992-1994, he studied medicine at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), before joining the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) in 1994. He received his MSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom) in 1996. During this time he served as the Chairperson of the Student's Union of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Publications
David Nyheim's publications include:- Nyheim, D. (2009) Preventing Violence, War, and State Collapse. The Future of Conflict Early Warning and Response. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)/DAC. Paris. http://www.oecd.org/document/41/0,3343,en_2649_33693550_42233001_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Ivanov, A., Mukomolov, A., Nyheim, D., Porteous, T., and Tartarinova, K. (alphabetical order) (2006) Strategic Reconstruction and Development Assessment: North Caucasus. Study commissioned by the Global Conflict Prevention Pool, United Kingdom. Published by FEWER Eurasia, Moscow.http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-6QZGFY?OpenDocument
- Piza-Lopez, E., Nyheim, D., and Trijono, L. (2005) Peace and Development Analysis: A Resource Pack. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/Indonesia, Jakarta.http://www.undp.or.id/programme/cpr/documents/PDA/5%20books%20and%20anexes/Anexes/RP-Booklet%201.pdf
See also Peace makers
Peace makers
Peace makers are individuals and organisations involved in peacemaking in countries affected by war, violent conflict, and political instability. They engage in processes such as negotiation, mediation, conciliation, and arbitration – drawing on international law and norms...
and Peacemaking
Peacemaking
Peacemaking is a form of conflict resolution which focuses on establishing equal power relationships that will be robust enough to forestall future conflict, and establishing some means of agreeing on ethical decisions within a community that has previously had conflict. In order to do so there...