HNTC
Humanitarian Negotiators Training Course
The Humanitarian Negotiators Training Course is a 7-day residential course for people with experience in humanitarian work and negotiation. This course prepares aid workers, who are often faced with the need to negotiate access to prisoners, refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as negotiate in a hostile and dangerous environment for the delivery of food, medicine, and personnel. The objectives of the course are to provide participants with the framework and fundamentals of negotiation, the legal tools, and the knowledge of its practical aspects. They should be able to refine and enrich their experience of the different techniques of negotiation in a combination of theoretical study and practical exercises. These will include workshops, specific case studies, inter-active role play, and by sharing their own experiences.
HNTC courses have been given in New York, Geneva, and Istanbul. Future courses are planned for Penang and Barcelona. The course in Penang, grant funded by the Helen Hamlyn Trust, will be held in cooperation with Penang Medical College and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The course in Barcelona will be held in cooperation with the Barcelona International Peace Centre (BCP), under the auspices of the Barcelona City Council. Dates for these courses can be found on our Calendar of Events.
To apply for this program, please submit an application.
