The National Business Initiative for peace (NBI)…aim[s] to harness private sector efforts in conflict transformation…[It] consists of…business associations in Nepal…The strategy aims at engaging local businesses for conflict transformation…Businesses are encouraged to improve their social image and carry part of the peace-building burden…The NBI will act as a central level coordinator of activities which will be decided and implemented in a decentralized manner. District chambers will be given a leading role in the NBI set-up. International donors, the government and other civil society actors are partners…The NBI…will work in four areas: awareness raising, building trust and institutional development; corporate social responsibility practices; social investment; and policy dialogue