The Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation (CCHN) works to ensure that humanitarian organisations at the local and national levels can access free and inclusive negotiation training.
We believe in learning from and with local experts. Our negotiation training captures and shares the best practices drawn from the expertise of local and national staff.
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How we work
Grassroots humanitarian organisations play a crucial role in responding to crises and negotiating assistance and protection for their own communities. However, local staff tend to have fewer opportunities for skills development and exchange with colleagues across the sector.
The CCHN supports these organisations by:
- Offering humanitarian negotiation training free of charge and in multiple languages, both online and in person.
- Providing eligible participants with travel and accommodation support to attend our workshops in their region of work.
- Offering skills-building and the assistance needed to independently organise humanitarian negotiation training.
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LocalLEARN
The “LocalLEARN” initiative provides travel and accommodation support to national and local humanitarian staff wishing to attend in-person negotiation training provided by CCHN.
With this initiative, the CCHN aims to make its learning activities accessible and inclusive to local actors, as well as to increasingly encourage the participation of practitioners at the grassroots level in its community of practice.
If selected, your staff will be trained on:
- Analysing the environment in which the negotiation takes place.
- Developing a tactical plan and assemble the right negotiation team.
- Critically reflecting on their role in the negotiation and how their counterpart may perceive them.
- Identify the actors that influence your counterpart’s behaviour.
- Understand their counterpart’s position, reasoning and values.
- Define their own position, the institutional limitations and bottom lines.
- Use basic techniques to de-escalate a high-tension situation.
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If you work for a local humanitarian organisation – or you know a colleague who does – and would like to develop stronger negotiation skills in an accessible way, please reach out.
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