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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.

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Training & Professional Development

Structured professional learning that develops practical, role-relevant knowledge and capability.

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