Against the backdrop of high-level talks on the status of Kosovo, Senior Training Officer Ted Feifer conducted a third negotiation and diplomatic skills workshop for OSCE Mission in Kosovo municipal team members in Pristina, October 9-11, 2007.
Against the backdrop of high-level talks on the status of Kosovo, Senior Training Officer Ted Feifer conducted a third negotiation and diplomatic skills workshop for OSCE Mission in Kosovo municipal team members in Pristina, October 9-11, 2007. There were 23 participants, 11 international and 12 national staff, who currently monitor municipalities throughout Kosovo on issues such as good governance, equal treatment and services, and human rights.
The program focused on the skills municipal team members need: communication, negotiation, monitoring, and group problem solving. Participants applied these skills in exercises reflecting realistic municipal scenarios, discussed their approaches and assessed alternatives. They practiced identifying and responding to a broad range of common negotiating tactics. Participants also shared challenges they have faced in monitoring, lessons learned and options for consideration by colleagues.