During 2008, ORG held three regional consultations for “Asia and Australasia”, “Northern Africa and the Middle East” and “sub-Saharan Africa”. Organised in association with local partner organisations and designed to draw upon non-Western analysis in the development of policy solutions, the purpose of these consultations was to, (1) identity the regional drivers of insecurity, (2) explore the blockages to achieving change in the region and, (3) develop recommendations for local and international civil society groups and governments. ORG and the local partner then published a report based on each consultation.

The 2008 consultations were:

• Asia and Australasia: Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Singapore, September 2008
• Middle East and North Africa: Institute for Peace Studies, Egypt, October 2008
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, December 2008 

During 2009, we plan to hold three more consultations:

• Latin America and the Caribbean (tbc)
• North America: Institute for Policy Studies, USA
• Europe and Eurasia: Fafo with Heinrich Böll Foundation-Tbilisi, Georgia