Cross-Cultural Role-Play:

Managing Groundwater Beneath the Pablo-Burford Border

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Lawrence Susskind

Two-team, ten-person, multi-issue, co-chaired negotiation between representatives of two adjacent countries regarding the transboundary management of a severe water shortage crisis

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Bulk Pricing Discount

For bulk orders, we offer the following pricing discounts. Please note that these only apply to bulk orders of the same simulation.

  • Between 100-250 copies – 10% discount
  • Between 251-500 copies – 25% discount
  • More than 500 copies – 50% discount
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SCENARIO:

The fictional countries of Pablo and Burford face a water crisis brought on by extreme water quality and quantity problems. The dismal water situation is largely a result of unsustainable agricultural activities in the borderlands separating the two countries.

Two years ago, the Presidents of Pablo and Burford instructed the responsible national authorities to prepare a sustainable agricultural and water protection plan. Since then, the Burford Environmental Department and the Pablo Agriculture Department having been working to organize a joint summit to negotiate the framework of such a plan. In the midst of summit planning, a new controversy regarding agrochemical pollution of borderland groundwaters emerges. The summit now has been scheduled for six months earlier than originally planned.

The summit will be co-chaired by representatives of the Burford Environmental Department and the Pablo Agriculture Department. The other participants include the Governor of the Burford border state of Grady and representatives from a number of national and international NGOs with interests in groundwater policy. The agenda includes nine decision items, and the participants are expected to reach agreement by at least a two-thirds vote on all nine items.

 

MAJOR LESSONS:

  • Importance of agenda control
  • Power of option creation
  • Repercussions of voting procedures on the content and sustainability of the outcome
  • Importance of reaching agreement on terms and scientific facts before negotiating
  • Impact of BATNA on the negotiation

 

TEACHING MATERIALS:

For all parties:

  • General Instructions and Information for All Parties
  • Issues to Resolve
  • Pablo-Burford map
  • Appendices A-E (Country Information, Hydrology, Location of Borderland Aquifers, Glossary, and Evaluating Zine)
  • Additional Reading References

 

Role-specific:

  • Confidential instructions for representatives of:
  • BED (Burford's federal environmental regulatory agency)
  • BIO (an international consortium of 72 biotech companies)
  • CONSUME (a small anti-hunger NGO in Pablo)
  • EARTH (an international consortium of environmental NGOs)
  • FARM (Burford Farm Association)
  • Chet Freeman (Governor of the Burford border state of Grady)
  • PAD (Pablo Agricultural Development)
  • SUSTAIN (a nonprofit of sustainable agriculture organization from the Burford border state of North Rhine.
  • TRADE (a Pablo agribusiness trade alliance)
  • UNION (National Farmer's Union of Pablo)

 

Teacher's Package (110 pages total):

  • All of the above
  • Game Manager Position Summary Sheet

 

KEYWORDS/ THEMES:

Multi-party negotiation; science-intensive policy disputes; transboundary environmental disputes; water quality and quantity negotiations; cross-cultural negotiations; facilitation

 

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Managing Groundwater Beneath the Pablo-Burford Border Attributes

Time required: 5 or more hours
Number of participants: 10
Teams involved: No
Agent present: None
Neutral third party present: None
Scoreable: No
Teaching notes available: No
Non-English version available: Spanish