Kennedy Institute Interactive Workshop with Jamil Mahuad, fmr President of Ecuador
“Negotiating as a Leader & Leading as a Negotiator”
Joined by fmr Taoiseach Bertie Ahern:
Join the Kennedy Institute and fmr President of Ecuador, Jamil Mahuad in an interactive workshop on how he navigated through the crisis in Ecuador in 1998.
Learn how he navigated the Ecuador-Peru border dispute — a conflict described as “the last and longest running source of armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere, eventually leading to the historic signing of a peace accord that would lay down the boundary points along a 50-mile border strip, ending a decades-long territorial dispute.
Interactive Workshop Theme
Four days before his assumption of office — he was informed by his military that a Peruvian invasion was imminent. At that time, troops from Ecuador and Peru had already occupied what was previously conceded to be a “demilitarized zone.” This was happening at a time when oil prices hovered at one of its lowest levels in a 40-year period. Oil accounted for about half of Ecuador’s exports as well as half of the government’s revenue. This problem was exacerbated by the Asian Financial Crisis and the El Nino phenomenon, which caused extensive damage to vital infrastructure and agriculture.
“Given all this information — what would you have prioritized?
9 - 11:15am: 1st Session:
11:15-12:00: Break
12:00-1pm: Public Conversation with fmr Taoiseach Bertie Ahern: Comparing notes on the Good Friday Agreement and the Ecuador-Peru Peace Treaty – now 21 years old.
1-2pm: Lunch.
2pm-4:30 pm: 2nd Session
Renehan Hall - 8 April 2019
Strictly limited numbers – please book your ticket herehttp://https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kennedy-institute-interactive-workshop-jamil-mahuad-fmr-president-of-ecuador-tickets-58639988785
Biography - Dr Jamil Mahuad
Dr. Jamil Mahuad is a former practicing lawyer and a business executive. He received a bachelor degree from the Catholic University of Ecuador and has a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He served as President of Ecuador from August 1998 to January 2000, capping a career of nearly 20 years in Ecuadorian politics, which included two terms as Mayor of Quito (1992-1998) and as member of the National Congress (1986-1988 and 1990-1992).
Dr. Mahuad is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee (1999) for the brokering and signing of a definitive peace treaty with neighboring Peru. In 1999, he was awarded with the World Wildlife Fund’s Gift to the Earth Award. Since 2009, Dr.Jamil Mahuad is the Co-Director of the Project on the Prevention of Global Violence, part of the Harvard Institute on Global Health (HIGH). He is also a Member of the Council of Presidents and Prime Ministers of The Carter Center, Atlanta GA and Global Advisory Council Member of Mediators Beyond Borders since 1999. He is a Board Member of The Abraham Path Initiative since 2008. Dr. Mahuad is the Co-founder and Senior Adviser of the International Negotiation Program at Harvard Law School, where he co-teaches with Professor Daniel Shapiro, Dealing with Emotions in Business Negotiations, an Executive Program based on the book “Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate”, by Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro, in which Mr. Mahuad contributed with one chapter.
Currently, Dr. Jamil Mahuad lectures at universities, conferences, and public and private organizations across the world on Negotiation, Mediation, Leadership, and the challenges democracies face in the age of globalization. He has served as a lecturer or visiting faculty member at Harvard University, MIT, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, among others.