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240131 VO+UE VM6 / VM8 - Negotiating change (2020W)
simulating an international conference for sustainable development
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Su 20.09.2020 10:00 to Fr 02.10.2020 09:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2020 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
all dates will take place in various BOKU rooms
Obligatory first meeting will be on friday 2.10.2020 between 10.45 and 12.45 in lecture hall 2 Exnerhouse - EXNH-HS 02 (EXNH-01/25)https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H05000/H17300/Orientierung_und_Lagepl%C3%A4ne/Lageplan_BOKU_Tuerkenschanze_2019.pdf
subsequential meetings between 9.30 and 11.30Location: Extension Schwackhöfer House/ Peter Jordan Straße 82 / 1190 Vienna/ Ground Floor
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Self-, peer- and trainer-assessment.
Collecting points throughout the semester.
Collecting points throughout the semester.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The ratio of points obtained/max points determines your grade:
50.0-62.5 % = 4
62.6-75.0 % =3
75.1-87.5 % = 2
87.6% -100 % = 1
50.0-62.5 % = 4
62.6-75.0 % =3
75.1-87.5 % = 2
87.6% -100 % = 1
Examination topics
Reading list
provided on the e-learing platform
Association in the course directory
VM6 / VM8
Last modified: We 21.04.2021 11:27
The conference will take place at the Vienna International Centre (UN Vienna).Each year, the course focuses on a global ‘hot topic’ in sustainable development. The final outcome of the course is a resolution, negotiated and accepted in a 2-days conference at the UN headquarters Vienna.Doing self-organized research, you relate the topic (environmental migration) to the socio-economic and agro-ecological background of a specific region (e.g. Haiti). Representing a region (e.g. Small Island States) and its interests, you have to develop suggestions for solutions to address the challenge. You will be supported by the trainers, and external experts from ministries, the UN, the International Organization for Migration, NGOs, etc.Negotiating with other regional representatives (e.g. Russia), you experience the complexity of communication and nego tiation in a “realistic” situation.Based on the negotiations, all student teams have to agree on a UN-resolution for addressing the challenge (e.g. environmental migration) in a general assembly.# Describe a challenge in sustainable development applying socio-economic and agro-ecological categories.
# Develop interests a specific region will have facing this challenge and possible solution strategies.
#Based on the regions’ interests, construct a negotiation strategy to achieve international action towards addressing the development challenge.
#Debate solution strategies in an “assembly” setting with peers representing other regions (Guidance by lecturers and external trainers).
#Recognise drivers and constraints of successful communication for change. #Participate in a simulation of multi-stakeholder processes to experience strategic and communicative rationality.
#Summarize the complex system that constitutes negotiations in international development.