Course Description

210: Collaboration in NEPA

Why take this training?

This intensive workshop explores when and how to incorporate collaboration into NEPA processes. Focused on building a core skill set for federal agency personnel involved in implementing NEPA, as well as for representatives of tribal, state, and local governments and nongovernmental stakeholder interests seeking to engage more collaboratively with federal agencies in NEPA processes. In this workshop, participants will work together in designing ways to build collaboration into NEPA processes that are appropriate and feasible given specific situational opportunities and constraints. Realistic roleplaying exercises, involving multiple governmental entities and nongovernmental stakeholders, will provide opportunities to practice essential skills needed to design, implement, and participate effectively in collaborative NEPA processes.



What will you learn?

Through this course, participants will:
  • Develop an appreciation for the challenges and opportunities associated with collaboration in NEPA
  • Recognize situations where collaboration in NEPA is more likely and less likely to be successful
  • Develop skills in identifying who needs to be collaboratively engaged in a particular NEPA process
  • Develop skills in assessing realistic opportunities for successful collaboration in NEPA and/or conflict resolution interventions at specific steps in a NEPA process
  • Practice designing integrated NEPA processes that build in realistic opportunities for collaboration
  • Increase self-awareness of both strengths and areas for improvement regarding essential skills for effective collaboration, including communication, relationship-building, bilateral and multi-party negotiation, and facilitative leadership

Pre-requisites

Working knowledge of NEPA process

Pre-Course Assignment

none

Course Length

2 days

Format

Instructor-led

Level

Intermediate

Price

$695

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