Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management : International Conference on Conflict Management for lead

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Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management
International Conference on Conflict Management
for leaders in the Western Hemisphere

• May 19-22, 2009
• (IADC-OAS-USIP)

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What is conflict to you?
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PREMISES

• Conflict is something that simply exists, just
  like any natural and inescapable phenomenon like
  the rain or the wind. It is inevitable.
• Conflict in itself is neither good nor bad.
• There is no way to avoid or eliminate conflict.
• Conflict can be used to improve a situation, a
  relationship or an environment.
• Conflict can cause social changes that may lead
  to the establishment of more just, practical and
  realistic models to solve problems and maintain
  the balance of power.

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The double dimension of Conflict
danger
opportunity
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Perspective
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TERMINOLOGY

• There is no one definition of Conflict.
• Definitions
• - The search for incompatible objectives by
  different groups.
• - Relationship between two or more parties
  (individuals or groups) that have, or believe to
  have, incompatible objectives.
• - A disagreement, presumably incompatible,
  between social entities or interdependent
  parties, on the distribution of material or
  symbolic resources and in which the parties act
  based on mutual perceptions that their objectives
  are incompatible or even diametrically opposed.

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STRUCTURE OF THE LECTURE

• Theoretical and Conceptual Framework
• Conflict Analysis tools
• How to deal with conflict (Negotiation
  Mediation)
• Role of the OAS in the Management and Resolution
  of Crisis and Conflicts.

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QUESTIONS