Facilitations and Skills-Building Workshops

Conducted by Dr. Aaron Wolf

Training Session: "Water Conflict Management & Transformation." US Bureau of Reclamation: Workshop on Institutional Solutions for Water Resource Conflicts: A Forum for Reclamation Managers. Salt Lake City, UT, 26 September 2007.

Co-facilitation (with Dr. Vitoon Viriyasakultorn and Doug Sarno): "Promoting Regional Cooperation in the Mekong River Basin." USAID and the Mekong River Commission. Vientiane, Lao PDR (for MRC Secretariat) 22-23 August 2007.

Workshop (co-facilitated): Abu Dhabi Group for Himalayan Dialogue. The World Bank. Bangkok, Thailand, 1-3 July 2007.

Co-facilitation (with Dr. Vitoon Viriyasakultorn and Doug Sarno): "Promoting Regional Cooperation in the Mekong River Basin." USAID and the Mekong River Commission. Vientiane, Lao PDR (for MRC Secretariat) 30-31 May 2007.

Co-facilitation (with Dr. Vitoon Viriyasakultorn): "Addressing Differences and Disputes: Mekong River Commission Secretariat Brainstorming Meeting." Vientiane, Lao PDR, 6 February 2007.

Skill-Building Workshop (designed and taught): "Sharing Water, Sharing Benefits: Managing and Transforming Water Disputes." Tufts University (students and faculty). Boston, Mass., 8 December 2006.

Skills-Building Workshop (co-taught): "Promoting Regional Cooperation in the Mekong River Basin." USAID and the Mekong River Commission. Vientiane, Lao PDR (for MRC Secretariat) 3 June 2006 and Udon Thani, Thailand (for delegations from four member countries) 5-6 June 2006.

Facilitation: "UNESCO IHP Brainstorming Meeting: From Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potential (PCCP) in South and Southeast Asia." Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand 21 April 2006.

Practicum (designed and taught): "Water Conflicts and Spiritual Transformation: Lessons for the Mediator." The Dialog Group (of Arab and Israeli facilitators/mediators), Haifa, Israel, 17 June 2005.

Workshop (co-planned and co-directed): "Water Conflicts and Spiritual Transformation: A Dialogue." Oregon State University, Pacific Institute, International Water Academy, and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Vatican City, 13-15 October 2004.

Workshop (co-planned and co-directed): "International Water Funding Dialogue." Oregon State University, Pacific Institute, and Universidad Nacional. Nicoya, Costa Rica, 9-11 June 2004.

Training course (co-organized and co-taught): "Mesoamerican Workshop on the Governance of Transboundary Water Basins." Universidad Nacional, the Pacific Institute, and the Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters, Nicoya, Costa Rica, 7-9 June 2004.

Practicum (designed and taught): "Practicum in Water Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Around the World." US Bureau of Reclamation Management Workshop, Fort Collins, Colo. 4-6 November 2003.

Training course (designed and taught): "Water Resources Negotiations and Conflict Resolution." National Water Commission of Mexico (for 70 watershed managers), Mexico City, Mexico, 25-29 August 2003.

Training course (co-organized and co-taught): "Stakeholder Participation in International River Basins: Models, Successes, and Failures." Oregon State University and the Pacific Institute, Corvallis, OR, 14-16 April 2003.

Training course (co-taught): "International Waters: Shared Waters, Shared Future." The World Bank Institute, Washington, DC, 24-27 February 2003.

Training course/seminar (co-organized, facilitated, co-taught): "Transboundary Water Issues in the South Caucasus." US Agency for International Development, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Pacific Institute and Oregon State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 6-8 November, 2002.

Training course/visioning excercise (co-taught): "The Niger Basin Visioning Workshop." Niger Basin Authority and the World Bank International Waters Window, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 16-20 September 2002.

Side Meeting on River Monitoring (co-facilitated): "River Monitoring in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia." OSCE Tenth Economic Forum, Prague, Czech Republic, 31 May 2002.

Initial planning meeting (directed/co-facilitated): "Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters - Development of an Agenda." Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 13-17 May 2002.

Training course (co-taught): "International Waters: From Threats to Opportunity." The World Bank Institute, Washington, DC, 26-28 February 2001.

Workshop (planned and co-directed): "Fire and Water: A Dialog Between the Realms of Arms Control and Transboundary Water Management." Oregon State University, Pacific Institute, and Sandia National Lab. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 23-24 October 2001.

Facilitation: "Workshop on Southern African Waters." United Nations University. Johannesburg, South Africa, 25-26 November 2000.

Workshop (planned and directed): "Transboundary Waters: The Salween Basin." United Nations University and the International Water Resources Association. Chiang Mai, Thailand, 13-16 September 1999.

Training course (co-taught): "Management of Transboundary Water Resources." US Agency for International Development and Southern Africa Development Community. Harare, Zimbabwe, 26-30 July 1999.

Facilitation: Hurricane Creek (Alabama) Stakeholders Meetings, Birmingham, AL, April and May 1998.

Training course (co-taught): "Integrated Decision Making: Building a Quality Community for the 21st Century." Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, July 1997.

Training course (co-taught): "Water Resources Dispute Resolution." Annual Meeting of the International Association of Impact Assessment, New Orleans, LA, May 26-27, 1997.

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