Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution Fundamentals Workshop

August 15, 2018

Carrie Thompson

Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution (ECCR) was born as an approach to navigate conflicts encountered with the implementation of the new environmental policies of the 1970s.  Modern ECCR more often uses these tools to engage the public in environmental problem solving ahead of a regulatory outcome rather than waiting until a formal “conflict” has been encountered.

Originally, a field occupied by seasoned legal practitioners and mediators, ECCR has matured into a common way of doing business for some of our most challenging natural resource and policy issues.  And, though the use of skilled neutral third parties is still a hallmark of this practice, more and more, modern ECCR efforts are benefitting from the leadership of the stakeholders themselves who come from a variety professional disciplines and backgrounds.

This workshop will present the fundamentals of ECCR, its applications, and insights into this field’s continuing evolution to include independent science, adaptive management, and ongoing collaborative governance.

 

What You Will Learn

  • An overview of ECCR including the basics of facilitation and use of 3rd parties
  • Tools to recognize and assess conflict or opportunities for collaboration
  • Basic understanding of negotiation principles
  • Guidelines for when to use different stakeholder engagement approaches
  • Exposure to process designs and examples
  • Resources for further learning

Program Schedule

8:00 a.m to 5 p.m.
Lunch on your own.

Instructors

  • Carrie Thompson

    Carrie Thompson is a recognized leader in multi-stakeholder partnerships and creative, solutions-oriented conservation delivery. With a multi-disciplinary background in the physical and biological sciences, conflict resolution, and natural resources policy and administration, she has served in leadership roles and as technical advisor to stakeholders, Federal agencies and state, local, and tribal governments in some of the nations most complex environmental challenges. Carrie’s previous professional roles include that of Senior Program Manager and Freshwater Sector Lead for the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Associate Director for Freshwater Protection for The Nature Conservancy in Texas, and fifteen years with the US Fish and Wildlife Service as an Administrator and Biologist, specializing in conservation partnerships (particularly those involving water, private land and agricultural interests). She is a certified mediator and earned her Masters of Public Service and Administration and Natural Resource Management from the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, where she also earned a Bachelor of Science in Geography/Environmental Science.

Fees

For government and nonprofit employees, the fee is $295. The regular rate is $325. Both include materials and morning and afternoon snacks.

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