Negotiations Competition
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About Negotiations
Negotiations Competition aims to replicate a UN diplomatic negotiation. Students in pairs represent a country, negotiating against each other, using persuasion, diplomacy and public speaking skills to reach an agreement with another country. Generally, the issue will be a regional dispute.
How it works
You are given 60 minutes to negotiate which is broken down into:
1. Opening Statements
2. Interests
3. Option Generation
4. Option Evaluation
5. Tentative Conclusion
6. Reflection
Note: Negotiations Preliminary rounds are held online over Zoom and Semi & Grand Finals are held in person
Register for the Negotiations Competitions
To register for Negotiations, you’ll need to complete a form with the following information
- Information about you (name, year level)
- Information about your partner
- Round availability and preferences
- A debit, credit card, or bank transfer method
After registering, you will receive:
- Immediately, a confirmation email of your registration
- Sometime after, an email detailing which round you have been allocated to
Have a question? Get in touch with the NSW Negotiations Convenor
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NSW Negotiations Rounds
Teams in pairs of two must come to a diplomatic resolution with another versing team. The aim is to be proactive, and establish an interest-based negotiation stance. This sees collaboration by establishing clear positions to ensure either party works toward satisfying their goals when proposing solutions.
There will be multiple preliminary rounds for the NSW Negotiations Competition. It is expected you make sure you are online 15 to 30 minutes before the listed start time. Each Negotiations round runs for approximately 2 hour including breaks.
Participants need to attend preliminary round 1 and preliminary round 2. Please note that rounds with insufficient registrations may be cancelled. Alternatively if rounds are sufficiently filled, registration will close 2 weeks prior to the round’s date.
You may select 2 ordered preferences from the following rounds when they are listed:
- Round 1 times will be announced next year.
- Round 2 times will be announced next year.
Successful participants will progress to a Finals round held mid-late 2026. Finals rounds will be held in person.
Have a question? Get in touch with the NSW Negotiations Convenor
Event Details
Thank you for your interest in Negotiations. Registrations are now closed for 2025 however the next competition is scheduled for mid 2026.
Date
Various Rounds: mid 2026. Exact dates TBC.
Time
TBC.
Where
Preliminary Rounds: Online via Zoom.
Semi/grand finals: Held in person. Exact location TBC.
Who
Young people in school years 9 to 12 (or equivalent age; includes age/year appropriate TAFE students).
Participants compete in teams of 2 people. Teams can include participants from different schools but must be the same year level or equivalent.
Cost
$30 AUD per participant ($60 per team)
Financial assistance is available.
School Disclaimer: Students do NOT need permission from their teachers or school to paricipate in the Negotiations Competition. UN Youth is an independent non-profit organisation; all event sign ups are independent from any school or organisation.
Sign up support for Teachers, Schools, and Community Groups
While the Negotiations Competition is independently run from any school system (meaning students can sign up independently from their school), we acknowledge and appreciate those schools who wish to support their students in the competition.
There are many ways to support your students.
- Distribute information about the Negotiations Competition to your students (share our website!)
- Allow students to place the competition cost on the school (UN Youth NSW will invoice the school directly).
- Coordinate student pairing (team allocations) and costs directly with the Negotiations Competition Convening Team (note: each student will then be emailed to fill in a registration form).
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