Diplomats negotiate all the time. This workshop aims at improving participants’ analytical and interpersonal skills in their ongoing negotiation, and make sure they do first things first in multilateral environments. It is important to prepare before action, especially when strong coalitions and consensus are needed, and to improve the quality of relationship, internally through the mandate, and externally with the representatives of other partner states, before any other action. Negotiating the process and agenda is needed before dealing with problems and issues. In a meeting, negotiators must also communicate effectively, and use effective listening before speaking, asking relevant questions before presenting persuasive arguments. They also need to identify common platforms with others, before they express their own demands. In other words, participants will become more aware of how they behave in negotiation contexts, and whether or not they should behave the same way, or differently.

In order to make this training workshop as interactive as possible, simulations and role-playing are used and discussed. Participants are asked to describe good practices. They are also provided with techniques for their daily negotiations in Geneva, for their preparations, actions, and reviews.