Introductory Note
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and discussion in the environmental negotiation community about the
possibility of developing a liability and compensation conventional re-
gime within the Barcelona Convention system. In the Seminar this simu-
lation served as a “laboratory” for applying, through practice, concrete as-
pects of the theory of negotiation as governance technique. This provided
an opportunity for participants to identify key problems or barriers in the
negotiation of this issue and to begin to formulate creative responses in a
low/no risk context, outside the constraints of the international negotia-
tion process.
In addition to the lectures and exercises on contemporary environmen-
tal topics presented in this Study the substantive aspects of the seminar
was supplemented by lectures and exercises on negotiation theory includ-
ing theories of interest based negotiation, communication theory and the
psycho-social dynamics of negotiations provided by Mr. Lucien Chaba-
son, the time of the Seminar, the Coordinator of the MAP (1993-2003),
Dr. George Kamizoulis, World Health Organization and Dr. Athanassios
Samaras, Political Communication Expert.
Athens, May 2004
Evangelos Raftopoulos and Moira L. McConnell
