ISD AcademyInstitute for Social Dialogue
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What this course is about

This course introduces the basics of convening fair dialogue between renewable energy projects, communities and government. It builds awareness and confidence. It does not certify anyone as a facilitator or mediator.

Who it is for

Community leaders, trust members, project community liaison officers, municipal officials and civil society practitioners who bring people together around energy projects.

What you will be able to do

  1. Explain what impartiality means for a convenor and recognise conflicts of interest.
  2. Map a conflict around an energy project: the parties, their interests and the history.
  3. Use basic game theory ideas to understand why parties cooperate or compete.
  4. Outline a fair dialogue process with a clear mandate, ground rules and follow-up.

Preview: the first two minutes

Module 1 · Introduction · 2 min

Dineo walks along a village road at sunset with wind turbines on distant hills.

Scene (fictional, Moya): a Moya convenor is asked to chair a meeting about trust spending. Her brother is a trustee. Should she chair?

Modules

  1. Module 1 · 18 min

    Impartiality and ethics

    Explain what impartiality means for a convenor and recognise conflicts of interest.

  2. Module 2 · 18 min

    Reading a conflict in energy projects

    Map a conflict around an energy project: the parties, their interests and the history.

  3. Module 3 · 18 min

    Strategy at the table

    Use basic game theory ideas to understand why parties cooperate or compete.

  4. Module 4 · 18 min

    Designing a fair dialogue

    Outline a fair dialogue process with a clear mandate, ground rules and follow-up.

Go deeper

Optional, outside the 72 minutes.

Sources

Introduction to Convening Energy Dialogue | ISD Academy