During the past month, a group of 15 professionals participated in the Training Course on International Security. The 8-day programme, divided over 4 weeks, focused on current events such as unrest in the Middle East and Libya, the situation in Mali, in Ukraine, and trends like terrorism and non-conventional armed violence.

A diverse group

This training is one of Clingendael Academy’s open registration courses that is organised twice a year and in which anyone can participate. Because of this open character these groups are always highly diverse, bringing a wealth of experience and resulting in fascinating discussions.

This time, the group consisted of policy officers, project managers, team leaders, a translator and a teacher, representing inter alia the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Finance, NGOs, and the Dutch National Police.

Multilateral negotiations

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"5460","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","style":"width: 250px; height: 274px; float: right;","width":"438"}}]]On the last day of the programme the group conducted a negotiation exercise simulating the European Union. The professionals experienced the complexities of a multilateral negotiation and gained insights in their negotiating styles.

Clingendael Academy also offers open registration courses in which negotiation skills are the main focus: the 4-day interactive Seminar International Negotiations and the 2-day Course Negotiation Behaviour.

Participate

Registering for the Fall editions of these courses is still possible.

You can do so by clicking on the ‘subscribe’ buttons visible on the relevant webpages:

• 7 – 16 October: Training Course on International Security
• 19 - 20 October: Course Negotiation Behaviour
• 2 – 5 November: Seminar International Negotiations

A full list of all the open registration courses can be found here.

- 8 July 2015