• undertook a joint study with Faith & Order to look at the theological and ecclesiological dimensions of violence as well as the powerful resources offered by the Christian faith in building cultures of peace. A consultation held in Boston in April 1998 was a first step to laying the foundations for and designing a process to engage churches and others in these issues;
  
• built a data base on peace-building initiatives around the world;
  
• participated in international, regional and national meetings on such themes as microdisarmament, small arms, nuclear weapons, peace, reconciliation and overcoming violence;
  
• brought together participants from 41 countries to design the Programme to Overcome Violence - Corrymeela Consultation on Non-Violent Approaches to Conflict Resolution, held June 1-5, 1994 in Corrymeela, Northern Ireland.
  
• the CCIA Board adopted the Draft Text of Assumptions and Principles to Guide the Programme, as a response to the Central Committee's call to create a Programme to Overcome Violence. The meeting was held in June 25-30, 1994 in Kitwe, Zambia
  
• organized a workshop on active nonviolence - "living with our Differences: Nonviolent Responses to Conflict", held August 5-14, 1994 in Bossey.
  
• organized and facilitated seminars, including one on "Ministry in the City" at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in July 1998 and another on "the Role of Clergy in Overcoming Violence" at the Hague Appeal for Peace, in May 1999;
  
• organized an international consultation on small arms. The consultation established a set of basic principles for the churches' involvement on this issue. It also identified examples of "best practice" from the churches' and others' recent involvement in small arms issues.
  
• provided print and A/V resources on overcoming violence.
  
• provided seed funding to ecumenical peace initiatives around the world.
  
• developed a website providing information and resources on peace and overcoming violence. It provided an internet platform for networking exchanges and information on peace and non-violence.
  

It highlighted creative models of peace-building and reconciled communities to

• make them visible,
  
• give recognition to their approaches and methods,
  
• identify lessons, form new insights and theoretical perspectives,
  
• stimulate sharing and networking,
  
• give others hope and tools to attempt something similar in their own contexts,
  
• sow the seeds of an ecumenical peace movement.