D. C. PETRESCU , D. M. GAVRILETEA , I. V. PETRESCU-MAG
ABSTRACT. Integrative Negotiation for Sustainable Water
Management. Sustainable water management relies on efficient negotiation among
stakeholders. The importance of the water on all the aspect of the lives and
activities of people – private, economic, social etc – and the complexity of the
problems related to it require carefully planned negotiated agreements over
water. Imposed solutions may determine people not to comply and to make the
water resources overused, polluted and degraded. Instead, negotiated decisions
among the stakeholders with interests in water issues strengthen the quality of
the agreements, of the commitment on complying with them and of the practical
implementation. The paper focuses on the relationship between the skills to
design, facilitate and participate in multi-stakeholder negotiations, to conduct
them according to a win-win strategy and the objective of reaching fair,
effective and sustainable solutions and thus improving water management.
Keywords: integrative negotiation, sustainable water management, conflict,
interests, win-win solutions.