240106 VO+UE VM5 / VM8 - Negotiating change (2018W)
simulating an international conference for sustainable development
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Th 20.09.2018 10:00 to Tu 02.10.2018 09:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.10.2018 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
Friday first session 5.10. between 9.30 and 11.30 s.t.
further sessions: 12.10., 19.10., 9.11., 16.11., 23.11., 30.11., 7.12., 14.12., 11.01., 17.&18.1. (whole day!), 25.1.2019
Location: Gregor Mendelhaus / Gregor Mendel Strasse 33; 1080 Vienna — lecture hall VIII https://www.boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/H10090/H10400/H10420/Gebaeude/Uebersichtsplan-Tuerkenschanze.pdf
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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-learning platform
Association in the course directory
VM5 / VM8
Last modified: We 21.04.2021 13:34
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 - in 2017, we will work on ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION. 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.