Colin Craig and Mary Montague

Tides Training is an ethically based Voluntary non profit company. It is committed to helping
build the community infrastructure necessary to sustain a lasting and equitable peace
in situations which have experienced violent conflict. It is a company limited by guarantee
[Charitable status pending] and has the following objectives:-

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• That the name TIDES is constructed from five separate elements which act as
  the core value base for the functioning of the company. These are;
  Transformation, Interdependence, Diversity, Equity and Sustainability.
  These principles form the base for all its work.

• That TIDES will seek to support community building through the development of
  Community Relations/ Conflict Management programmes and training provision, primarily,
  but not exclusively, within the territory of Northern Ireland and the Border counties
  of the Republic of Ireland, without distinction of age, sex, race, sexual orientation,
  (dis)ability, political, religious or other opinion.

TIDES recognises that the building of a sustainable peace requires the development of an
effective community infrastructure that can build confidence and trust across all parts of
the community of N. Ireland. It is committed to achieving this through:-

• The development of a Training of Trainers programme in Community Relations
  and Conflict Management. This programme is currently funded under
  Peace II measure 2.1 (see mary)

• Building cross-community programmes in areas that have directly experienced
  violence and ongoing tensions which can implement effective local strategies working
  towards conflict reduction, meditative communication and community development
  initiatives.

• Supporting ongoing systemic and organisational management development for these
  initiatives to help build a sustainable future for local projects

• Directly supporting the evolution, piloting and development of new practice based projects.

• Undertaking and supporting the research and evaluation of the methodological base
  supporting community relations and conflict management approaches.

• Wherever possible to engage all of these approaches through a collaborative partnership
  with otherorganisations working locally and/or internationally for peace.