Indigenous Negotiations Resource Guide
Publisher: Conservation International
Author(s): Vince McElhinny, Minnie Degawan, Patricia Dunne, and Alli Cruz
Date: 2021
Topics: Conflict Prevention, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation
This Resource Guide is a tool for Indigenous communities to operationalize their right to FPIC and to effectively engage in negotiations when they choose to do so. The Guide includes a collection of best practices, lessons learned, and case studies to assist Indigenous negotiators at all stages of a negotiation. Chapters describe the technical aspects of negotiated agreements, while emphasizing a community’s right to decide throughout all stages of a negotiation. Some negotiators may benefit from reading the complete Guide. For others, certain chapters will be more relevant, depending on the stage of a negotiation, a community’s experience with previous negotiations, the strength of a community’s traditional governance processes, or the sector with which the community is engaging in negotiations. The format of the Guide is intended to assist readers to find the most relevant content. Each chapter begins with a summary of key points covered in that chapter. While readers may begin with the chapters most relevant for their case, they may find it helpful to review the chapter summaries from previous chapters.
The Resource Guide consists of twelve chapters subdivided into four sections:
- Negotiation Background (Chapters 1-2)
- Preliminary Work (Chapters 3-6)
- Preparing to Negotiate (Chapters 7-8)
- Negotiation and Monitoring (Chapter 9-12)