Types of negotiations:
- Principles of international negotiations
- Modalities and negotiations techniques
- Actors, methods and processes of trade diplomacy
- Bilateral, regional, multilateral negotiations
- Negotiations – simulation
- Negotiation governance
- Negotiation of emerging issues
- Leadership
- Cooperation
The course will be entirely online using a combination of synchronous and asynchronous tools and active learning strategies. These include:
- Synchronous tools – web conferencing using Blackboard Collaborate, Zoom, Google Meet and / or Skype.
- Asynchronous tools - discussion forums
- Active learning strategies – games/simulations, presentations, individual and group activities
Mr. Tsotetsi Makong
Mr. Tsotetsi holds an MSc in International Trade Policy and Trade Law, LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law and LLM in Computer and Communications Law respectively from Lund University, University of Liverpool and Queen Mary University of London. He also holds a post graduate certificate in Trade Finance from Middlesex University. Previously, he was counsellor at the Lesotho Mission in Geneva and chair of WTO Committees on Trade Related Investment Measures and Import Licensing, Coordinator and Chief negotiator of G77 and China Geneva Chapter, expert level Coordinator and Chief Negotiator of the African Group on WTO issues and lead negotiator of the ACP group on trade and environment and for the LDCs on non-agricultural market access. Furthermore, he was expert negotiator of LDCs Group’s negotiations on TRIPS flexibilities and LDCs services waiver as well as Africa Groups chief negotiator on WTO’s trade facilitation Agreement.