Resources

• Bibliographies
  • Leadership -
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Facilitation
  • Training and Development
  • Public Participation
• Conflict Assessments - Lockwood Folly Scoping Report
  • People involved in a conflict tend to focus immediately on the substance of the controversy without realizing that woven into any dispute are a mix of personal agendas, tensions between organizations, good and bad relationships between individuals, and a history of previous encounters that color current activities. One way to develop anunderstanding of the situation is to gather information by conducting a conflict assessment (also called an issue assessment) that results in a convening report. Three major benefits of conducting a conflict analysis/process design are:
    • Introduces possible stakeholders to the potential for a collaborative processas well as any known specifics about that process such as what it is and why, and how it may be conducted, where, and when
    • Participation in an analysis can help build a shared perspective on the problem and the steps necessary to move forward.
    • Allows the convenor (or facilitator) to determine the feasibility of entering into a collaborative process and whether the issue may be amenable to a resolution. A conflict assessment addresses these three questions:
      • Is there a possibility for a collaborative resolution of this issue? -
      • If so, how should the process be designed? -
      • If not, can the conflict be reduced through a collaborative process?
• Publications
  • Public Issues Education - - Extension's Role in Public Issues Education and Dispute Resolution -A public issue is a topic of concern to a broad community. Controversy often arises from the differing views, values, and interests that people hold about the issue. Public issues prompt public choices - to change policy or preserve the status quo. This publicationincludes examples of North Carolina conflicts over water quality, farmland protection, hog farms, and other difficult issues.
  • Public Dispute Resolution Program
• Links to Other Resources
  • Leadership Development
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Facilitation
  • Training
  • Public Issues Education and Watershed Education for Communities and Local Officials (WECO)
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