Search Organizer
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Search Organizer
Dispute/Situation Name: _________________________________________________
Questions to consider for the search and selection process:
- How many participants expected to be involved in the process?
- Who are they and what interests are represented?
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What is the expected outcome of the process? (e.g, an agreement/settlement of a lawsuit; a consensus-based recommendation; a
negotiated rule; improved capacity of participants to work together.")
- What skills, knowledge and experience is important to them in selecting a third-party impartial practitioner?
- What substantive issues, process experience, other background/experience would be helpful?
- Where will mediation, meeting, etc. take place?
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Location of practitioner: Is knowledge of local culture/issues helpful? Must the practitioner live in the locale or is having
worked in the region sufficient? Or is it more helpful to have someone from outside locale? Why or why not?
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Fees and costs (fees for services; travel, logistics; space; copying, etc.): How will they be paid? (fees can be shared equally or
disproportionately or paid by one entity, and can include in-kind contributions)
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Is the situation sufficiently complex or are there other factors (e.g., short timeline to complete, wide geographic distribution
of participants) that indicate a team of practitioners should be considered?
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Who will select practitioner? How? (see Choosing an Appropriate Neutral)
- Practitioner Location ___________________________________________________
- Services Sought:
- Mediation
- Facilitation
- Regulatory Negotiations
- Consensus building/policy dialogues
- Superfund Allocation
- Neutral evaluation/fact finding
- Conflict assesment/process design
- Dispute system design
- Types of Cases/Issues:
- Agricutural Issues
- Air Quality
- Allocation of Liability for Damages
- Archeological, Historic Preservation
- Brownfields
- Coastal Zone Issues
- Cross Cultural
- Ecosystem Management
- Endangered Species
- Energy Issues (Conservation, Hydro, Nuclear, Oil & Gas)
- Environmental Enforcement and Permitting
- Environmental Justice
- Facility Siting
- Fisheries
- Floodplain
- Hazardous Waste
- Land Use, Growth Management, Sustainable Development
- Landfills
- Military/Base Issues
- Mining
- Native American Issues
- NEPA
- Other:________________________
- Oceans
- Oil and Gas Production
- Pesticides, Toxic Substances
- Public Health
- Public Lands Issues
- Radioactivity (Waste, Substances, Storage, Leakage, Transport)
- Recycling, Conservation
- Resource Management
- Right-to-Know, Consumer Safety
- Solid Waste Issues
- Superfund
- Transportation: Highways
- Transportation: Mass Transit
- Transportation: Bridges
- Transportation: Airports
- Transportation: Other
- Treaties
- Urban Infrastructure (utilities, communication facilities, sewerage, etc.)
- Water Management/Allocation/Rights
- Water Quality/River Basins
- Watershed Management/Planning
- Wetlands/Estuaries
- Wildlife Issues
- Scale of Case/Issues:
- Local Community
- State/Regional
- National
- International
- Geographical Areas Worked:
- New England: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
- Mid-Atlantic: DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV, Washington D.C.
- Southeast: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
- Great Lakes: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
- North Central States: IA, KS, MO, ND, NE, SD
- South Central States: AR, LA, OK, TX
- Mountain: CO, ID, MT, WY
- Southwest: AZ, NM, NV, UT
- California
- Pacific Northwest: AK, OR, WA
- Pacific Islands: HI, Guam, and Amer. Samoa
- Caribbean Islands
- Foreign Countries
- Special Expertise Sought:
- Experience with Complex Cases with more than 10 Parties
- Language Skills ___________________________________
- Special requirements
- Experience with complex scientific/technical issues
- Logistical support for complex cases
- Access to technical experts
- Meeting summaries and reports
- Access to other ADR providers
- Translation and interpretation: Languages: ______________________
- Evaluation of ADR processes
- Dispute resolution training
- Information management
- Negotiation training
- Computer support (e.g., listserve, webpage)
- Other: __________________________
- Education & Professional Experience:
- Architecture, Historic Preservation, Cultural Studies
- Building Trades Construction, Development, Real Estate
- Communications, Public Relations
- Conflict Resolution
- Cultural Studies
- Economics, Finance
- Education
- Engineering
- Health: e.g., Medicine, Public Health
- International Relations
- Law
- Life Sciences
- Planning, Urban Studies
- Public Interest Work
- Physical Sciences: e.g., Chemistry, Physics
- Geology
- Social Science: e.g., Sociology, Psychology
- Mental Health
- Social Services
- Other: ______________________________
- Training Experience