International Negotiation & Stakeholder Relations
A practical professional programme focused on international negotiation & stakeholder relations, designed to strengthen communication, media capability and stakeholder engagement.
- Type
- Professional
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
International Negotiation & Stakeholder Relations develops the capability to manage complex international negotiations and strategic relationships involving multiple actors, interests and cultural contexts.
The programme examines negotiation preparation, interests, positions, leverage, stakeholder mapping, coalition-building, cross-cultural communication, agreements and relationship management.
Participants learn how to combine negotiation discipline with long-term stakeholder strategy in international and institutional environments.
Objectives
Develop structured approaches to international negotiation.
Distinguish positions from underlying interests.
Analyse stakeholders, influence and coalition dynamics.
Strengthen cross-cultural negotiation and communication.
Build agreements while protecting long-term strategic relationships.
Learning outcomes
Prepare systematically for complex international negotiations.
Identify interests, alternatives and sources of leverage.
Map stakeholders and potential coalitions.
Adapt communication to cultural and institutional contexts.
Develop agreements and follow-up strategies that support durable relationships.
Who it is for
International-relations professionals.
Diplomatic and government staff.
Senior stakeholder-management professionals.
Public-affairs professionals.
Managers involved in international or multi-party negotiations.
Programme modules
1. International Negotiation Foundations
Negotiation objectives
Positions and interests
Alternatives
Value creation and value claiming
2. Negotiation Preparation
Issue analysis
Priorities
Leverage
Negotiation planning
3. Stakeholder Mapping
Stakeholder interests
Influence
Support and opposition
Relationship priorities
4. Coalitions and Multi-Party Negotiation
Coalition-building
Multiple interests
Sequencing
Managing complexity
5. Cross-Cultural Negotiation
Communication styles
Trust
Cultural expectations
Managing misunderstandings
6. Agreement and Relationship Management
Agreement design
Commitments
Implementation
Long-term stakeholder relationships
Methodology
The programme combines negotiation frameworks, stakeholder-mapping exercises, international scenarios and multi-party simulations. Participants practise preparation, bargaining, coalition-building and relationship management.
Assessment
Assessment includes negotiation and stakeholder-analysis exercises and a final applied simulation requiring participants to prepare and conduct a complex international negotiation.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
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