October 2022 third Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Negotiation Skills

This Book is the third in a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders”. The series of books is a product of the JCTR partnership with Diakonia and the Embassy of Sweden, under which the JCTR has been implementing the Strengthened Accountability Programme (SAP) in Solwezi in the North Western Province since 2014. One of the activities under the SAP was to produce a negotiation handbook for communities and traditional leaders to help them negotiate with local authorities and corporates. The series contributes to meeting the project outcome: “Targeted corporate sector acts transparently, are accountable to the rights holders, and contribute to socio – economic justice in targeted districts of North Western Province.” Book 3 (Negotiation Skills) defines negotiations and outlines the negotiating process that the leaders and communities should follow in negotiating and making demands with the duty bearers including the mining firms and local authorities. This book should be read together with Book 1 (Citizens Rights and Responsibilities) and Book 2 (Obligations of Corporates) which provide the information that the traditional leaders and community members need to know,on human rights and corporate social responsibility, respectively, to help them engage government and corporates.