ANTON IVANOV - born in 1970. Director of the Forum of early warning and early response Eurasia (Moscow). A partner in INCAS Consulting (London). Holds a degree on social anthropology. Participates in a many-sided project of the development of the humanitarian dialogue in strengthening human security in the Republic of Chechnya. He contributed to building and operating an independent monitoring and early warning system for the Caucasus region operated by FEWER-EURASIA and swisspeace/FAST International. He worked as a consultant with Shell, BP, TNK-BP companies, with UK and Russian governments and intergovernmental organizations on a range of such projects as reputation management and external stakeholder engagement in business, reconstruction and development analyses in governmental sector and community engagement and grassrouots dialogue for conflict prevention in the nongovernmental sector.

Concept: Early prevention of violence as a joint effort of the civil society and of the state.

To be continued...