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	3 WMF ITALIA 2000 Using consensus to resolve local community issues. CHRISTINE CARLSON MELINDA SMITH KIRK EMERSON ABSTRACT
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Country: U.S.A. Language: English	This day-long pre-conference workshop provides essential information for any individual, agency or organization that is interested in organizing or participating in a consensus based approach to addressing a community issue or conflict. The workshop will be presented in eight modules, each module covering an aspect of what has been found to be the "best practices" in participating in a consensus building process. The modules include interactive involvement of the participants in exercises designed to demonstrate the principles. A brief description of the modules follows. Module 1: What Are Consensus Processes? How Are They Different from Other Processes? A case study of an actual community conflict will be presented serve as the case study for the remainder of the workshop. Module 2: What Makes For Successful Use of Consensus Processes Module 3: How To Assess Whether A Consensus Process Is Appropriate Module 4: Roles of Facilitators, Sponsors and Participants Module 5: How to Select and Contract With Facilitators/Mediators Module 6: Who Needs To Be At The Table And How To Engage Participants Module 7: How To Plan And Organize The Process		CHRISTINE CARLSON, Co-director, Policy Consensus Initiative. PCI works with government leaders throughout the 50 states to establish and promote the use of conflict resolution and consensus-based tools to address policy issues. MELINDA SMITH, New Mexico Consensus Council. Ms. Smith, a mediator, facilitator, and dispute systems designer, works with a new state program that introduces mediated approaches to addressing environmental and other public issues at state and local government levels. KIRK EMERSON, Director, United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. The Institute is a new, independent federal agency that offers expertise and training in environmental conflict assessment, facilitation and mediation. Dr. Emerson oversees its programs and operations.
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