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Program On International Negotiation Training (POINT)

The Program on International Negotiation Training (POINT, founded in 2017) of the Processes of International Negotiation Program (PIN, founded in 1989) is a network of trainers and coaches in public sector international negotiation processes.

About POINT

The POINT network cuts through European training institutions, being associated with the PIN network of negotiation practitioners, researchers and educators. Through PIN it is linked to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), (Geneva Switzerland).

POINT serves the following purposes:

  1. To use PIN's research to educate and train practitioners, students and other academics

  2. To cooperate with institutions already providing international negotiation training

  3. To support programs on international negotiation simulations, like MUN's

  4. To support each other in collecting and sharing negotiation projects

  5. To exchange exercises between the trainers in the POINT network

  6. To exchange information between them

  7. To act as a 'Trainers Union' whenever applicable


POINT Members


Will Baber

Research Expertise

  • Negotiation Skills and Behaviors

  • Impact of Negotiation Training

  • Teaching of Negotiation

  • Cognitive Schemes in Negotiation

Research Regions

  • Europe

  • North America

  • Japan

Training Delivery Languages

  • English

  • German

baber.williamwilmer.7x@kyoto-u.ac.jp


Rob Boudewijn

Research Expertise

  • Founder/owner Europa-instituut.nl

  • Trainer, Consultant and Researcher

  • European Affairs

Research Region

  • Europe

info@robboudewijn.eu


Tony Bass

Research Expertise

  • Associate Professor with the College of Europe in Bruges

  • Senior Visiting Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael'

  • Training for negotiations, communications, EU decision-making, EU Presidency preparations, public affairs & lobbying, team-building, management skills, HRM and leadership development

Research Region

  • Europe

basstony@gmail.com


Florent Blanc

Research Expertise

  • Public policy negotiations

  • Social movements

  • National security and counterterrorism

  • International negotiation

  • Multilateral negotiations

  • Negotiation Coaching

Research Region

  • USA

  • Sahel 

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

florent.blanc@essec.edu


Adrian Borbely

Research Expertise

  • Negotiation skills

  • Negotiation in public administrations

  • Mediation skills and role of lawyers in mediation

  • Behavioral training for negotiators

Research Region

  • France

  • Europe

  • USA

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

adrianborbely@gmail.com


Melania-Gabriela Ciot

Research Expertise

  • Academic, Associate Professor Dr., University Babeș-Bolyai, Faculty of European Studies, Romania

  • Director of Center for International Negotiations, University Babeș-Bolyai, Romania

  • European and International negotiations, Accession Negotiations to the EU

  • EU Council Preparation Presidency

Research Region

  • Europe

  • United States

  • Middle East

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Romanian

melania.ciot@ubbcluj.ro


Larry Crump

Research Expertise

  • Negotiation knowledge and skill

  • International negotiation

  • Trade policy negotiations (bilateral, regional and multilateral)

  • Analysing and managing complex negotiations (team-based multilateral negotiation)

  • Manage negotiation complexity in diplomatic, governmental and commercial settings

Research Region

  • Asia

  • Australia

  • Euro-Mediterranean

  • Latin America

  • North America

larrycrump7@gmail.com


Pascal Da Rocha

Research Expertise

  • Peace and Conflict Analysis

  • Country Structural Vulnerability Assessments

  • Dialogue, negotiation, mediation

  • Negotiation analysis and process design

  • Leadership and change management

  • Strategic corporate communication

Research Region

  • Eastern Europe

  • Africa (all)

  • BRICS++

  • South-East Asia

  • Central/South-America

  • Japan

  • Pacific

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

pda.rocha@yahoo.com


Daniel Erdmann

Research Expertise

  • Conflict Analysis

  • International Dialogue

  • Intercultural Communication

  • Applied and Mindful Mediation

  • Strategic Social Education and Peace building

  • Founder and Director of Word Mediation Organization

  • Professor of Mediation and Conflict Management at EUCLID University

Research Region

  • Latin America

  • Africa

  • Europe

  • Asia

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Spanish

  • German

mail@worldmediation.org


Meltem Ersoy

Research Expertise

  • Process consultant, negotiation and conflict resolution expert, facilitator, academic

  • Effective negotiation skills

  • Conflict resolution and transformation

  • Teaching of negotiation, conflict resolution practice, mediation, international negotiation, analytical thinking, international conflicts and conflict resolution, political violence, political science

  • Negotiation and conflict resolution coaching

  • Consultancy on conflict sensitivity, conflict resolution for local governments, migration

  • Trainings for professional in business, law, academia, civil society, youth organizations, local governments

Research Regions

  • Türkiye

  • Europe/UK

Training Delivery Languages

  • English

  • Turkish

ersoy.meltem@gmail.com


Alisher Faizullaev

Research Expertise

  • Negotiation

  • International negotiation

  • Negotiation skills

  • Tai Chi style of negotiation

  • Diplomacy

  • Former Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the UK, Benelux countries, EU and NATO.

Research Region

  • Central Asia

  • Europe

  • USA

  • China

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Russian

  • Uzbek

alisher@faizullaev.com


Sami Faltas

Research Expertise

  • Language, communication and culture in negotiations

  • Negotiating peace

  • Qualities of good political negotiators

Research Region

  • Europe

  • Africa

  • The Middle East

Training delivery languages

  • French

  • English

  • German

  • Dutch

samifaltas@gmail.com


Paula Garzon

Research Expertise

  • Cross cultural & International negotiations

  • Negotiation advisory & training

  • Geopolitics

  • Emotional intelligence

  • Trust, team building & leadership

  • Public speaking and non verbal communication

Research Region

  • Europe

Training delivery language

  • English

  • French

  • Spanish

  • Italian

pgarzon@garzonconsulting.com


Alain Guggenbuhl

Research Expertise

  • Diplomatic representation, advocacy and arbitration of national interests

  • National strategies to influence multilateral decision-making processes

  • Negotiation methodology and consensus-building techniques

  • Dynamics of European Union negotiations, EU Presidencies, and EU governance

  • Negotiation with the European Union from the outside

  • Exporting and modelling European Union multilateral negotiations

  • Cross-cultural transactions

Research Region

  • EU ('Brussels' and EU agencies, all 27 Member States, Regions)

  • UK, and Candidate countries,

  • Armenia,

  • Canada

  • Australia

  • ASEAN Overseas Countries and Territories

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

  • Dutch

alain.guggenbuhl@dna-adn.eu


John Hemery

Research Expertise

  • Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies, Oxford

  • Diplomatic training

  • Specialist courses for politicians, officials and civil society organisations

  • Training for the European External Action Service

Research Region

  • Europe

john.hemery@cpds.co.uk


Anna Hess

Research Expertise

  • Geopolitics and its impact on peace mediation

  • Cooperative security in Europe

  • Peace process design

  • Women’s inclusion in multi-track peace processes

  • Women in Track one Mediation and Negotiations

  • Leadership in peace mediation

Research Region

  • Eurasia at large: the OSCE area with a focus on Ukraine, Russia and the South Caucasus

  • Europe

  • Middle East - focus on Gulf countries

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Russian

  • German

  • Armenian

anna_hess@mac.com


Barney Jordaan

Research Expertise

  • Professor, Vlerick Business School specialising in negotiation, conflict, dispute systems design & mediation

  • Extraordinary professor, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa

  • Co-founder, Institute for Negotiation Innovation

  • Accredited mediator International Mediation Institute (IMI), CEDR, ADR Grp and Conflict Dynamics (SA)

  • Commercial / business negotiation & mediation

  • Negotiation training, preparation & coaching      

Research Region

  • Southern Africa

  • Western Europe

Training delivery languages

  • English  

barney.jordaan@vlerick.com


Narine Karapetyan

Research Expertise

  • Trainer, Advisor, Lecturer on: Negotiation, Mediation, National Dialogue/ Dialogue Facilitation. (designed for young leaders, communities, former combatants, to diplomats)

  • Conflict Analysis and Process Design in Peace Mediation

  • Emotions in Negotiations, Communication Skills and Non-verbal Communication

  • Power Asymmetry, Trust-building and Coalition-building in Multi-party Negotiations

  • Writing and creating Simulations and Exercises

Research Region

  • Europe

  • United States

  • Horn of Africa

  • Middle East

  • Central

  • South/East Asia

Training delivery languages

  • English

Narineh.Karapetyan@gmail.com


Peter Kesting

Research Expertise

  • Business and economics negotiations

  • International negotiations

  • Value creation, alignment of interests

Research Region

  • Candinavia

  • Germany

  • Europe

  • China

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • German

petk@mgmt.au.dk


Alicia Kuin

Research Expertise

  • Mediator specializing in complex multi-party conflicts

  • Inclusive conflict analysis and process design

  • Power, culture, and identity in peace processes

  • Member of Women Mediators across the Commonwealth

  • Founder of Mediators Beyond Borders Canada

  • Experience working and facilitating training internationally

Research Region

  • Canada

Training delivery languages

  • English

aliciakuin@gmail.com


Joshua Levkowitz

Research Expertise

  • Conflict analysis and process design in peace mediation specializing in complex multi-party conflicts

  • Writing and designing simulations

  • Negotiation and facilitation training

  • Cross-cultural transactions

Research Region

  • United States

  • Middle East

  • Central Asia

  • Horn of Africa

Training delivery languages

  • English

Joshua.levkowitz@gmail.com


Ida Manton

Research Expertise

  • International negotiations

  • Multilateral negotiations as a tool for conflict prevention

  • Gender in negotiations

  • Profiling actors through SDI methodology

  • Negotiating across cultures

Research Region

  • Europe (South East Europe i.e. former Yugoslavia primarily)

  • Central Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland)

  • OSCE area

  • Belgium

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Macedonian

  • Serbo-Croatian

ida.manton@gmail.com


Francesco Marchi

Research Expertise

  • EU and international institutions

  • International negotiation

  • Multilateral negotiations

  • Negotiation Coaching

Research Region

  • EU

  • USA

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

  • Italian

marchi@essec.fr


Joana Matos

Research Expertise

  • Negotiation Training and Coaching

  • Gender and Negotiations

  • Humanitarian Negotiations

  • Emotional Intelligence

  • Conflict Resolution

Research Region

  • Europe

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Portuguese

  • Spanish

  • Icelandic

joana@matos.is


Paul Meerts (founder of POINT)

Research Expertise

  • International political and negotiation analysis

Research Region

  • Delivered negotiation seminars at public institutions in a hundred countries

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

  • German

  • Dutch

pwmeerts@gmail.com


Léna Salamé

Research Expertise

  • Water negotiations and mediation

  • Trust and team building measures

  • Facilitation of environmental debates

  • International public la

Research Region

  • Latin America and the Carribeans

  • The Arab countries

  • Africa

  • Europe

  • Central and South East Asia

Training delivery languages

  • French

  • English

  • Arabic

  • Basic reading and communication in Spanish

lenasalame@gmail.com


Frans Schram

Research Expertise

  • EU and Diplomatic negotiation training

  • Peace mediation and dialogue facilitation

  • Natural resources and conflict transformation

  • Cross-cultural negotiation

Research Region

  • EU

  • Colombia

  • Mexico

  • Southern and Eastern Africa

  • Turkey 

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Spanish

  • French

  • German

  • Dutch

franzschram@hotmail.com


Aldis G. Sigurdardottir

Research Expertise

  • Negotiation skills

  • Negotiation strategy

  • Negotiation tactics

  • Cross-cultural negotiation

  • Emotional intellegence in negotiations

  • Buyer-seller negotiations

Research Region

  • Europe (including Iceland)

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Icelandic

a.sigurdardottir@utwente.nl


Tariel Sikharulidze

Research Expertise

  • International Negotiations

  • Civil (B2B, workplace and divorce) and International Mediation

  • Conflict resolution

Training delivery languages

  • Georgian

  • Russian

  • French

  • English

  • Basic reading and communication in Spanish

tariel.t.s@gmail.com


Remigiusz Smolinski

Research Expertise

  • International and cross-cultural negotiation

  • Rationality and decision-making

  • Negotiation coaching

  • Nonverbal communication and lie detection

Research Region

  • Europe

  • US

  • Asia

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • German

  • Polish

remigiusz.smolinski@hhl.de


Stefan Szepesi

Research Expertise

  • EU, trade and international conflict negotiations

  • Negotiation training for diplomats, civil servants and non-profit leaders

  • Humanitarian negotiation

  • Organisational learning in negotiation

Research Region

  • EU

  • Middle East

  • Caribbean

  • United States

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Dutch

stefan@negotiationandpublicservice.co


Charles Tenenbaum

Research Expertise

  • Ass. Prof. of Political Science, Sciences Po Lille ; Lecturer, Sciences Po (Paris)

  • Coordinator of Online Observatory of Multilateralism and International Organizations

  • Negotiation skills

  • Negotiation in public administrations

  • Mediation skills

  • Peace studies

  • Multilateral mediation

  • Religious actors in mediation & conflict resolution

  • Behavioral training for negotiators

Research Region

  • France

  • Europe, Eastern Europe

  • Africa

  • Middle East

  • USA

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

charles.tenenbaum@sciencespo-lille.eu


Hans Bastian Van Den Berg

Research Expertise

  • Founder of the YoungDiplomat.org (training, research, and summer schools on International Diplomacy & Negotiation).

  • Everyday diplomacy, (international) negotiation strategy & tactics, dialogueuing, verbal & non-verbal communication.

  • Peace -& state-building, foreign affairs & security policy negotiation (especially in relation to Russia).

  • Provided training and lectures at Leiden University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Youth Peace Initiative (Israeli & Palestinian youth delegation project).

Research Region

  • Europe

  • Middle East

  • Balkan and Eastern Europe

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Dutch

  • German

hans@youngdiplomat.org


Judith Van Den Boogert

Research Expertise

  • International diplomacy, negotiation and mediation theory and skills

  • Women & Youth Peace and Security

  • Inclusivity within peace processes

  • Trauma-informed conflict coaching, mediation and behavioral change

  • Trauma-informed peace education and peacebuilding

  • International dialogue, trust building and leadership

  • Conflict analysis

Provided trainings & lectures at the University of Amsterdam, the VU University, the Leiden University and together with / for the UNDP, the African Union, OSCE, EU and ECOWAS. 

Research Region

  • Europe and the Balkans

  • Middle East

  • Africa

  • South East Asia

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Dutch

vandenboogert.j@gmail.com


Dragos-Cristian Vasilescu

Research Expertise

  • Turning points in negotiations

  • Strategic use of negotiations

  • Negotiation training

  • Sustainable, long-term business relations

Research Region

  • EU-Region

  • USA

dragos.vasilescu@tuwien.ac.at


Emmanuel Vivet

Research Expertise

  • History

  • EU Council

  • Creating new diplomatic simulations

Research Region

  • Europe

Training delivery languages

  • French

  • English

e_vivet@yahoo.fr


Sinisa Vukovic

Research Expertise

  • International conflict analysis

  • International mediation and conflict management

  • Negotiation analysis and process design

Research Region

  • Balkans

  • EU-Russia

  • Ukraine

  • Sri Lanka

  • Korea

  • South China Sea

  • Iran

  • El Salvador

  • Colombia

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • Italian

  • Serbia

  • Croatian

  • Bosnian

sumosika@gmail.com


Antony Wanis St. Johns

Research Expertise

  • Peace process negotiations

  • ceasefires

  • multilateral negotiations

  • mediation

Research Region

  • Latin America

  • Middle East

  • Central Asia

  • Europe

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

  • Spanish

wanis@american.edu


Robert Weibel

Research Expertise

  • Executive Director Founder of the Centre for Experiential Negotiation and Applied Diplomacy

  • 2300+ HQ/field missions, 120+ governments/IOs, 30K+ delegates from 180+ countries

  • International, (inter)institutional, diplomacy, political, humanitarian, business, mediation/conflict resolution, chairing/presidency, crisis management

  • UN: IOM, OCHA, WFP, UNHCR, WHO, UNAIDS, ITC, ITU, UNCTAD, ILO, UNFCCC, WMO, UNAMI, UNSSC, UNSSD

  • EU: 43 Council Presidencies, MS, EEAS, EDP, COM, EP, ECB, NCBs, NSAs

  • Other: NATO, OSCE, BIS, Council of Europe, GF, GAVI, ICRC, MSF, CCHN, industry, civil society

Research Regions

  • Europe

  • Africa

  • Asia

  • Latin America

Training Delivery Languages

  • English

  • French

robert.weibel@cenad.com


Jack R. Williams

Research Expertise

  • Founder and President of the Global Negotiation Conference, Switzerland

  • Theoretical foundations of negotiation

  • Negotiation skills and strategies

  • Ethics and negotiations

  • Multilateral and international negotiations

  • Negotiation analysis

Research Region

  • Europe

  • Middle East

Training delivery languages

  • English

jack.williams@philos.uzh.ch


Serge Wynen

Research Expertise

  • EU and international institutions

  • Team negotiation training

  • Multiparty group chairing

  • Coaching & behavioural change

Research Region

  • EU

Training delivery languages

  • English

  • French

serge.wynen@gmail.com


Mark Young

Research Expertise

  • consultant, trainer, writer and lecturer

  • mediation and negotiation skills training and analysis

  • Founder and CEO of Rational Games, Inc

Research Region

  • UK

  • Germany

Training delivery languages

  • English

markyoung@gmx.net