Dr Robert Weibel, Director, Cenad
Robert Weibel is a highly effective teacher, facilitator and speaker.
Since 1986, Robert Weibel has designed and conducted more than a thousand intensive training seminars on international multilateral and bilateral negotiations, including conflict resolution, mediation and chairmanship. From 1989 until 1997 he was a Visiting Associate Professor at the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht. In 1998 he founded the Centre for European Negotiation and Decision-Making (CENAD), Brussels.
His portfolio of programmes and seminars has been implemented in EU Member States, the European Commission, Parliament and Council Secretariat as well as accession countries.
He has also provided consulting services to United Nations agencies including OCHA, UNHCR, UNCTAD, WMO and WHO as well as IOM. His activities have taken him to various locations such as Kabul, Cairo and Jakarta. Dr Weibel also conducts diplomatic training activities as well as WTO programmes for African and Gulf States. Programmes have been conducted for the Deutsche Bundesbank and the European Central Bank as well as for several large international companies such as Novartis and Nestlé.
Biographical Note: Robert Weibel
Focused exclusively on negotiation-related training since 1986, the governments and organisations listed below are some of those having specifically commissioned training in negotiation, mediation / conflict resolution, chairmanship / presidency skills and techniques as well as crisis management.
European Union Member States: Governments preparing for the Presidency of the EU:
- 1988, 1995: Spain
- 1990, 1997, 2004: Luxembourg
- 1991, 1999: Portugal
- 2006: Germany
- 1992, 2002: Denmark
- 1993-2002: Greece
- 1995: Italy
- 2009: Czech Republic
- 1997: United Kingdom
- 1998, 2005: Austria
- 1999, 2006: Finland
- 2011: Hungary
- 2001, 2009: Sweden
- 2000, 2008: France
- 2001: Belgium
- 2011: Poland
National Ministries in Greece, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Italy, Spain, France, Estonia, Poland, Malta, Slovakia, Bulgaria
European Institutions
European Commission, Brussels, Luxembourg
European Parliament, Brussels, Luxembourg
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt
General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Brussels
Public Management Institutes
Finnish Institute of Public Management (HAUS), Helsinki
Forum Europa, Stockholm
European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht
Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes (VAB), Vienna
European Institute, Lódz, Poland
Estonian Institute of Public Administration, Tallin, Estonia
Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP), Madrid
Institut de Hautes Etudes en Administration Publique (IDHEAP), Lausanne
Centro de Formacion para la Integracion Regional (CEFIR), Montevideo
Organizations
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt
Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR/ICRC), Geneva
International Air Transport Association (IATA), Geneva, Singapore
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel
Diplomatic and Academic Institutions
Graduate Institute of International Studies (IHEID), Geneva
Diplomatische Akademie, Vienna,
Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies, Oxford
Netherlands Institute of International Relations, The Hague
Harvard University, Cambridge MA (USA)
Danube University Krems (A)
Instituto Diplomatico, Lisbon
Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, Malta
Institute of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hanoi, Vietnam
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Geneva
MFA and/or Dev. Agencies: Austria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Myanmar, Paraguay, Portugal, Serbia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Sweden, Vietnam,
International Organizations
United Nations: UNHCR, INC/UNFCCC, INC/D, ITC, UNCTAD, WHO, UNAMI, WMO
International Organization for Migrations (IOM): Bangkok, Geneva, Kabul, Amman, Damascus, Cairo,
Council of Europe, Strasbourg
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Brussels
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna, Zagreb
Industry
Novartis AG, Basel (CH)
Nestlé SA, Vevey (CH)
Voest Alpine AG, Linz (A)
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Dr Robert Weibel is a faculty member of the following Graduate Institute programmes
