Specialisation Training Course
Mediation & Negotiation
24 November 2014 - 27 November 2014
The Hague, Netherlands
The aim of the course is to enable participants to ameliorate their knowledge, skills, and competencies in mediation and negotiation, and thereby be more successful in their approaches to (civilian) crisis management in missions.
In a four-day intensive seminar the participants will be trained in mediation and negotiation skills within the framework of EU missions. The course will start with an explanation of EU decision making concerning civilian missions to provide an adequate background for the official mandates. Understanding EU decision making in these matters can serve as a basis for participants' own behavior and the possible instruments that can be used while on mission. The course continues with negotiation strategy and tactics, both bilateral and multilateral from the point of view that participants will have to negotiate with local stakeholders, government officials and other international organisations during the mission. In these negotiations, participants will be defending own interests.
This is in contrast to the mediation part of the training, in which participants do not have their own interest and want to mediate between negotiating (conflict) parties. Understanding negotiation processes is fundamental to being a good mediator. In the training the mediation part follows the negotiation elements. Considering that these missions take place within an international environment, special attention will be given to intercultural communication and psychological aspects.
Implementing Partners
Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands.
Other partner implementing bodies: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.
ENTRi Certification
This course has been certified by ENTRi. For more information on the ENTRi certification process, please click here.
