Archive for 'International Projects' Category

Israel Workshop on Environmental Dispute Resolution (1999)

In January 1999, CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary joined a team of international experts as a presenter and facilitator at the first-ever national conference on Environmental Dispute Resolution in Israel. The workshop, sponsored by the Neiman Center at Technion University in Haiffa (Yona Shamir, Director) was convened at the Maale Hahamisha Kibbutz Guesthouse, just outside of [...]

Seminar on Public Participation in Democratic Design for the Pacific Rim (1999)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary participated as one of a group of 30 scholars and practitioners from the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong engaged in ongoing cross-cultural dialogue examining ways to strengthen democratic design making in the Pacific Rim. The second annual conference took place in Saitama, Japan. Participants included academics from UC Berkeley and [...]

Conference on Planning for the Future of the Tokyo Bay Wetlands (1999)

In June 1999, Dr. McCreary made the lead presentation at a public conference on the Future of the Wetlands of Tokyo Bay, sponsored by Chiba University in Chiba, Japan. His presentation examined the history of planning for the wetlands of the San Francisco Bay. The one-day conference attracted about 150 people, mostly citizens and associates [...]

Training and Coaching for Philippines-Based NGOs

CONCUR provided training and coaching for two separate teams of Philippines-based NGOs, one from Co-Train and one from the other from Tanggol Kalikasan/Haribon Foundation. The sessions focused on the potential use and application of ADR techniques to environmental disputes in the Philippines. Both workshops took place at CONCUR’s Berkeley offices, and emphasized the integration of [...]

International Association for Environmental Impact Assessment, Australia (1988)

Drs. Gamman and McCreary lead three training courses on effective environmental negotiation in both Brisbane and Canberra in Australia. The first, convened in conjunction with the International Association for Environmental Impact Assessment, an international association of planners, architects, and scientists active in all facets of environmental planning, was primarily targeted at governmental officials, NGO leaders, [...]

Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand (1990)

The CONCUR team has completed several initiatives in New Zealand. In 1990, the Ministry for the Environment brought John Gamman and Scott McCreary to New Zealand to present a three course series to senior resource planners, officials in the private sector, and Maori leaders in workshops convened in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. This was followed [...]

Neutral Fact-Finding Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration in the Ecuadorian Oriente (1992)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary teamed with three colleagues from the University of California at Berkeley to conduct an independent review of ARCO’s oil and gas exploration in the Ecuadorian Oriente. The review, jointly commissioned by proponents and critics of oil exploration, focused initially on the adequacy of the environmental documentation, was quickly broadened to include [...]

Integrated Coastal Resources Management in West Africa (1989)

Working with senior colleagues active in coastal zone management, CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary co-lead a 12-nation workshop in Mbour, Senegal on integrated coastal zone management for West Africa. The meeting, co-sponsored by USAID, the US National Park’s Service’s International Program’s Division, and IUCN, brought together natural resource planners and managers from diverse perspectives to explore [...]

Environmental Negotiation Training in Bulgaria/Hungary

In close collaboration with Partners for Democratic Change, CONCUR designed and a series of training courses on environmental negotiation in Nosvaj, Hungary, Bourgas, Bulgaria and Haskovo, Bulgaria. The courses were designed to introduce senior government officials and NGO leaders in these newly democratic countries to alternative styles of mediation, to demonstrate how to create credible [...]

Caribbean Institute for Resource Management (1987)

In addition to his work in St. Kitts-Nevis, Dr. Gamman was also hired by the Caribbean Institute for Resource Management, U.S. Virgin Islands, to provide support for university faculty members throughout the Caribbean region, to show them how to incorporate negotiation and environmental dispute resolution cases into existing curricula for natural resource management courses. This [...]