Concordis International's methodology rests on three pillars:   Concordis’ work is guided by:   Concordis International's work in Sudan and South Sudan has aimed to facilitate informal dialogue, providing a forum where North and South Sudanese representatives can work together on key issues. Grounded in ten previous years of sustained peacebuilding engagement, the 2-year Sudanese Peace-Building Initiative (PBI), primarily funded by the European Union, lasted from January 2009 to December 2010 and, in cooperation with a number of Sudanese partners, increasingly focused on the development of cooperative, secure and economically viable relations across Sudan's North-South border. Concordis’ work on Darfur started soon after the Darfur conflict broke out in 2003. A series of inclusive consultations were held in 2004-5 on land use and tenure, on cultural, political and economic marginalisation of the region and also on enabling the sustainable and safe return as well as integration of the displaced. After the signature of the Darfur Peace Accord in 2006, Concordis worked with senior Darfurians, the African Union and others to develop Darfurian unity as a foundation for a lasting settlement. Concordis has also worked in partnership with the Sudan Inter-Religious Council (SIRC)  to develop the capacity of Sudanese religious leaders of different faiths, from across the country, to cooperate in promoting and facilitating peace and reconciliation. From 2014 onwards Concordis has been working actively in the Abyei Administrative Area that lies between Sudan and South Sudan. Concordis has been working in the area with a view to reducing the enmity between the transhumant herder groups and settled farmers, promoting a return to peaceful co-existence and initiating cooperative development. In February 2016 a joint meeting took place between the two communities, attended by over 700 delegates, at which a 20-member Joint Community Peace Committee (JCPC) was formed. On 9 April 2015 4 Ngok Dinka children abducted during a raid by Misseriya tribesmen on a village in Abyei were released into Concordis’ custody in exchange for 8 prisoners held by UNISFA as a result of the attack. At the handover, Misseriya Paramount Chief, Amir Hamdi Dudu, said: ‘It was the work of Concordis that compelled me to bring these children’. These children have been re-united with their family. Concordis International's work in Kenya focused on policy-makers from the national to the community level and aimed to encourage dialogue on land reform as Kenya started to implement a New Land Policy.