The Concordis International team, by then known as Relationships Foundation International (RFI), joined with the African Renaissance Institute (ARI) in 1999 to begin the Sudan Peace-Building Programme at the invitation of senior Sudanese individuals. Six consultations were held between January 2001 and July 2003. By providing a forum where leaders can meet informally and discuss key issues, the programme has contributed to a greater willingness on all sides to lay down weapons, to finding constructive solutions to points of difference and thus to the success of the formal peace talks.

Subsequently, Concordis International has re-focused on facilitating informal dialogue across the wide spectrum of Sudanese society. Overall, the process strengthens the formal Track 1 peace process by facilitating convergence of the positions of all political parties, the private sector and civil society - horizontally (across the lines of conflict) and vertically (within their own constituencies) - with a view to long-term transformation of relationships. To date, Concordis has facilitated a further fifteen regional and national Sudanese consultations on this basis.