Diplomacy and Negotiation for Humanitarian NGOs

Description

​​​​​​​ Diplomacy and Funding for Humanitarian Non-Profits is a practical guide to best practices in diplomacy and negotiation for non-profits (NGOs) who work to convince governments and international institutions to effectively protect humans through disaster assistance, sustainable development and the protection of cultures. The volume proposes a holistic approach to humanitarian assistance by integrating non-traditional and traditional humanitarian partners. Users of the book will be prepared to speak to diplomats and government officials in any setting, including war zones. The book mainly focuses on approaching local and national governments, the United Nations system, the international Red Cross movement and other international organizations. The reader will learn the rules of “diplomatic protocol", and much about the rules and procedures of major international bodies, as well as how to leverage media and knowledge management for planning, establishing, and managing a humanitarian initiative. To provide balance and real world relevance, the guide draws on a compilation of the extensive activities of both authors across a range of development, emergency management, knowledge management, and climate issues in government and in the NGO world, as well as interviews with a broad range of scholars and officials from NGOs, diplomatic missions, the media, the United Nations, the Red Cross, governments and corporations.​ Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Why Learn “NGO Diplomacy?”....Pages 1-19 A Practical Model for Diplomacy and Negotiation: Steps 1–3—The Preliminary Stage....Pages 21-49 A Practical Model For Diplomacy and Negotiation: Steps 4-6 – The Negotiation and Implementation Stages....Pages 51-97 Information and Knowledge Management....Pages 99-136 Security, Risk Analysis and Intelligence....Pages 137-151 Legal Matters....Pages 153-192 War and Peace: Roles for NGOs....Pages 193-210 Failed and Weak Nation-States....Pages 211-230 International Funding....Pages 231-248 Meetings and Conferences....Pages 249-270 Protocol....Pages 271-302 Delegation Communications and the Media....Pages 303-326 International Organizations and NGO Associations....Pages 327-338 Creation of the League of Nations and the UN....Pages 339-356 The People’s Treaties at Rio + 20 – 2012....Pages 357-359 Rebuttal to an Outcome Document....Pages 361-363 An NGO Saves Belgium....Pages 365-370 The ReliefWeb Project....Pages 371-375 Die Deutsche Liga für Völkerbund (DLfV)....Pages 377-391 Epilogue....Pages 393-393 Back Matter....Pages 395-456