Indigenous Negotiation Skills Training

Overview

Many Indigenous communities and organizations are in negotiations, or are preparing to negotiate, on important issues such as land claims, self-governance, fiscal arrangements, natural resources, co-management agreements, and business partnerships. You will learn and practice each step in the negotiation process by using proven interest-based negotiation techniques.

What does the program offer?

• Interest clarification and the goals of negotiation
• Community participation and support in the negotiation process
• Good and bad results of the negotiation outcome
• How to choose your negotiation team and how to prepare thoroughly for your negotiations
• Build your negotiating skills by participating in simulations, role-play, and improvisation
• Get expert advice on how to be a powerful negotiator
• Examine the duty to consult, the Crown as negotiator, and multi-party negotiations

Who should register?

• Indigenous leaders and managers mandated to negotiate on behalf of their communities and organizations
• Government negotiators and policy advisors who want to understand the Aboriginal negotiations environment and context
• Private sector parties in negotiation with First Nations and the Crown
• Lawyers, consultants, and advisors to First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and government
• Indigenous leaders and managers involved in negotiations with funding agencies