Mediation & Negotiation

Specialisation Training Course

Mediation & Negotiation

14 December 2015 - 17 December 2015
Netherlands

The aim of the course is to enable participants to ameliorate their knowledge, skills, and competencies in negotiation and mediation, and thereby be more successful in their approaches to (civilian) crisis management in missions.

In a four days high intensive seminar the participants will be trained in negotiation and mediation skills within the framework of EU missions. The course will start with an explanation of EU decision making concerning civilian missions to provide adequate context of the official mandates. Understanding EU decision making in these matters helps as a framework for their own behavior and the possible instruments that can be used while on mission. The course continues with negotiation strategy and tactics, both bilateral as multilateral from the point of view that participants will have to negotiate with local stakeholders, government officials and other international organization during the mission. In these negotiations, participants are 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 helps 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.

The application deadline for this course is 04 October 2015.