Bringing together leaders from political, cultural, and economic backgrounds, IMTD trained over 2,500 Greek and Turkish Cypriots over a period of eight years. Following the years of training, the deputy prime minister of the Turkish Muslim North raised the gates on the green line, encouraging Cypriots from both sides to move about freely and to coexist peacefully.

IMTD sponsored dialogues with Ethiopian expatriates that have led to the creation of a media project designed to promote press freedom and access in Ethiopia.

Due to involvement of IMTD and Ambassador McDonald, Equatorial Guinea has been promoting government funding and private-sector development and infrastructure to address the needs of its people through education, health, the environment, women’s issues, and sanitation.

Ambassador McDonald  met with officials from Israel and Palestine to discuss the original agreement and the future use of the agreement as a tool for building larger peace agreements.

IMTD’s Dr. Eileen Borris was influential in offering training programs in conflict resolution, multi-track diplomacy, and forgiveness in the healing of wounds from mass murder in Liberia.

IMTD has facilitated and supported the Niger Delta Peace Forum by training 100 members in conflict resolution, group facilitation, and leadership skills.

As a result of Ambassador McDonald’s work on behalf of IMTD, the People’s Bus crossed the rebuilt and renamed Peace Bridge from Pakistan into Indian Kashmir in 2005 for the first time since 1947.

In 1997, during a peaceful period in Sierra Leone, members of IMTD’s staff conducted conflict resolution workshops that involved conflict analysis, Aikido, and “do no harm” training.

Ambassador McDonald and Program Associate Chris Bjornestad were able to meet with the Somali Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Dahir Sheik-Nor, who committed to conflict resolution through engaging government, civil society, non-governmental organizations, and citizens to build lasting peace in Somalia.

After an IMTD-led training in Tanzania, citizens founded the Tanzanian Conflict Resolution Center, which conducts its own trainings that seek to integrate Tanzanian ways of peacebuilding with western conflict resolution theory.

Through its Water and Sanitation Project, IMTD is supporting the fight to make water a priority globally.

With any project undertaken, IMTD makes a long-term commitment to people and to processes that may take years to come to fruition. Dedication to any project builds stronger relationships between organizations and people, establishes partnership and networking, and empowers participants.

Appreciation and respect for cultural wisdom of all the parties and creative interaction upholds long-term relationships and partnerships and assures positive outcome of endeavors.

Establishing partnerships and modeling a collaborative process with local parties and with other institutions is the basis of IMTD operations.

IMTD is able to utilize a variety of appropriate technologies and methods, which meet the unique needs of each situation.

IMTD serves as a facilitator, assisting parties in taking responsibility for their own dreams and destiny. Training and encouraging other parties to step forward in the project process guarantees continuity of the ideas and principles that the institute stands for.

IMTD tries to empower people to become active agents of change and positive transformation within their respective societies.

Reflective practice, learning from experience, and action research underlie all of IMTD’s activities, promotes scholastic research, evaluation and assessment, and contributes to the learning process of all parties involved.

IMTD only ever becomes involved in projects upon invitation from the receiving country, organization or community. The willingness of the other party to engage in peacebuilding processes or conflict resolution training enhances the successful implementation of the projects, contributes to building partnership and friendly relationship between the organization and participants.

Long term relationship and partnership is unlikely without mutual trust and caring within the system.

Long-term commitment and partnership acknowledges that once IMTD enters a system it becomes a unique part of it: an engaged, caring, and accountable partner.

Transformation and catalyzing changes at the deepest level of beliefs, assumptions, and values as well as behaviors and structures are the main aims of the Institute’s activities.