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BLM • A Desk Guide to Cooperating Agency Relationships and Coordination with Intergovernmental Partners • 2012BLM Cooperating Agency TrainingThe BLM’s Washington Offi ce provides trainingon CAs’ roles and responsibilities in theplanning and NEPA processes. By request,the training is provided in two formats:• 1- to 2-hour workshop overviews forinternal and external audiences• 1- to 2-day training sessions, offeredin various locations for BLM staff andcooperatorsCONTACT: The BLM’s CommunicationsDirectorate (http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/directory.html, 202-208-6913) for furtherinformation.Economic Strategy WorkshopsThese 1-day workshops bring togethercommunity leaders and BLM staff to exploreregional social and economic conditions,trends, and opportunities relevant to theBLM’s planning process and communitydevelopment goals. The BLM’s Land UsePlanning Handbook requires that at least onesuch workshop be conducted at the beginningof each RMP/EIS (Appendix D).CONTACT: The BLM’s Washington Offi ceDivision of Decision Support, Planning andNEPA (http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/planning.html, 202-912-7215).Collaboration and AppropriateDispute Resolution (ADR) TrainingThe BLM’s Collaborative StakeholderEngagement and Appropriate DisputeResolution Program and the NTC providein-person and online training on collaborativestakeholder engagement and ADR for BLMemployees and managers. Many of the inpersonclasses and all of the online coursesand resources are open to Federal, State,local, and tribal government offi cials and staff.Collaborative stakeholder engagementand ADR encompass a broad spectrum of“upstream” and “downstream” processesfor preventing, managing, and resolvingdisputes outside the conventional arenas ofthe courts, the legislature, or administrativechannels. Upstream collaborative stakeholderengagement processes are designed toprevent a confl ict or dispute from arisingor to manage confl ict at an early stage.Downstream ADR processes involve managingand resolving an existing confl ict or dispute,often by use of a third-party neutral.The acronym “ADR” traditionally has beenused to stand for “alternative disputeresolution.” The substitution of “appropriate”in more recent literature addresses variousdifferences in connotation, and, in the BLM,refl ects Bureau involvement in a broaderspectrum of confl ict prevention, confl ictmanagement, and confl ict resolution processesthan are included in the traditional defi nitionof ADR. “Appropriate dispute resolution”includes the traditional “alternative disputeresolution” processes.CONTACT: The BLM’s CollaborativeStakeholder Engagement and AppropriateDispute Resolution Program (http://www.blm.gov/adr, 202-912-7215) or the BLM’s NationalTraining Center (http://www.ntc.blm.gov,602-906-5536).44