Adapting the Interactive Problem-Solving Method to an Environmental Conflict: Evaluation of an Eastern Nile Basin Dialogue Workshop

Author(s): Simon A Mason
Editor(s): Theodore Wachs
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich, swisspeace
Date of publication: 2007
Issue number: 0
Pages: 50
Series: CSS Environment and Conflict Transformation

Description: This paper summarizes a series of three dialogue workshops on the Eastern Nile Basin. It describes the method of one multi-track conflict management method used in international conflicts, namely, the 'Dialogue Workshop' or 'Interactive Problem-Solving Workshop'. The author examines the method's applicability and offers a summary of criticisms and limitations. Further, he discusses the applicability of the method to an international river basin conflict, including a possible way to evaluate and implement the method.

General note: © 2009 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; © 2009 Simon Mason and NCCR North-South

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