Coastal Services Center

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Negotiating for Coastal Resources

Description of Course

This one-and-a-half-day course is an interactive curriculum designed to provide practical skills and information to coastal managers, nongovernmental organization (NGO) representatives, and government staff on all facets of negotiation. This course will

• Distinguish the roles of advocacy, negotiation, facilitation, education, and outreach and determine when each is appropriate
• Discuss use of collaborative negotiation strategies to strengthen interagency relationships
• Apply and practice principled negotiation skills using coastal management and land use case studies
• Demonstrate techniques to overcome barriers to negotiation
• Assess personal negotiation styles
• Show how to plan and prepare for negotiations
• Evaluate process outcomes, implementation, and next steps following negotiations

Prerequisites

None.

Course Dates

This course is offered by the NOAA Coastal Services Center and is available by request. Local Sea Grant or other agency hosts are responsible for workshop logistics and assuring participation by a minimum of 15 (maximum of 30) coastal professionals. The Center will provide instructors and materials.

Registration Fee

Contact the Center for details.

Contact Information

For more information or to request training, contact the Center's Coastal Learning Services program at nos.csc.CLS_trainers@noaa.gov.

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