There is an unfulfilled need for a two-way channel between negotiation knowledge and negotiation practice – helping to turn knowledge into action, and action into knowledge on an international scale.

To complement this drive, the art and science of negotiation now need to be widely recognized as skills requiring academic or professional education.

These needs can be met by creating a global partnership of business, educators, scientists, skills trainers, governments and other negotiation stakeholders.

This collaboration is being called the International Negotiation Initiative (INI).