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The Forum for Cities in Transition brings together protagonists from divided societies. Its guiding principle is that one divided society is in the best position to help another.

FCT Cities

For further information on the participating cities of the Forum for Cities in Transition: Baghdad Belfast Craigavon Derry-Londonderry Haifa Jerusalem Kaduna Kirkuk Mitrovica Mitte (Berlin) Mostar Nicosia Ramallah Sarajevo Srebrenica Tripoli (Lebanon)

FCT Conferences

The 7th gathering of the Forum for Cities in Transition took place in Stolat, Bulgaria at the Stone and Compass Center, as a result of the generosity of Robert Goodwin and Julie Kiernan, co-founders of Stone and Compass. The conference host city was Tripoli (Lebanon).

The Forum for Cities in Transition is an international network of mayors, councillors, municipal officials, business people, and representatives of the voluntary and community sector.

The Forum for Cities in Transition brings together protagonists from divided societies. Its guiding principle is that one divided society is in the best position to help another.

Originating in a conference convened by South Africa President Nelson Mandela and the University of Massachusetts Boston in mid-1997, Professor O’Malley brought together Northern Ireland’s most senior party negotiators with those involved from all parties that led to the historic 1994 settlement in South Africa that brought the end to apartheid.

Northern Ireland party leaders were effusive in their praise of the contributions of the South Africans, revealing that one divided society can well assist the peace-making work of another divided society.

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