Origins of the organisation:
The Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training and Education (INNATE) was established as a result of the need for an umbrella group to support groups and individuals exploring nonviolent approaches to conflict issues.

Aims and objectives:
To act as a network linking those committed to, or interested in, explicitly nonviolent action and training. Some, but not all, of INNATE’s work is essentially intertwined with community relations and the development of a nonviolent response to areas of community tension. In the context of ‘peace’ work, INNATE insists that a radical concept of nonviolence and nonviolent action, learning from both Irish and International experience, offers much in addressing the conflict in Northern Ireland.

Geographical area of operation:
Ireland, mainly Northern Ireland, with a particular concentration in Belfast. Local associated groups in Belfast, Derry, Cork and Dublin.

Networks/Affiliations:
INNATE is an associate member of War Resisters International (WRI) and the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), also has links with other bodies at home and abroad.

Other details:

• Date established: 1987
• Status of organisation: Informal Network
• Total membership: 15 groups,  45 individual members
• Number of Volunteers: Varies
• Publishes Nonviolent News eleven times a year.
• Regular conferences, seminars on nonviolence
• Provision of training courses
• Information point for those interested in nonviolence
• Publications, graphics and other resource materials