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| OUT8122 - Applying Collaboration to Environmental Issues |
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| This course is an in-depth study of a process for building consensus on environmental issues that are often contentious and that involve multiple stakeholders. The process involves a collaborative problem solving approach to reaching consensus, using both informal and formal methods. The intent of the course is to provide the "big picture" of what is typically a long-term trek across a complex landscape of social change. The course helps participants build the necessary knowledge of, and skills in, topics ranging from relationship-building to interest-based negotiating. During training, participants learn and practice these skills through interactive training methods, including case studies of real issues. Prerequisite: OUT8121: Interest-Based Negotiation. |
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1 semester hour |
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| Who Should Attend: |
Project Leaders, Resource managers, biologists, agency partners, managers, supervisors, outreach specialists, state conservation partners, local community representatives, anyone (including non-agency) plus giving other natural resource professionals the opportunity to build and refine skills engaged in environmental consensus building and partnership-building.
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| Objectives: |
- Redefine the process of community-based consensus building
- Identify ways to involve stakeholders in a community-based consensus process
- Add consensus building to partnership and outreach approaches that support long-term collaborative relationships
- Implement a consensus process where the foundation is in building community relationships
- Apply the process where the complexity of the issue(s) shapes the process
- Develop an action plan for implementing the community-based consensus process in a real-life situation following the training.
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| Length: 5 days/36 hours |
Availability: Annually |
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Ora Dixon |
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Ora_Dixon@fws.gov |
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304/876 7314 |
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Last Updated: May 5, 2009
National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443-9713
Webmaster email: NCTC_webmaster@fws.gov |
