Because of its achievements in research and training and its partnerships, IRENE is now considered as the leading academic center on negotiation in Europe.

IRENE is first a team success. About 50 academics and practitioners – from several fields of expertise, both private and public – collaborate to organize conferences, to develop publications and cases, and to deliver training for leaders in Europe and around the world.

Second, it is a research success. Professors, researchers and doctoral students, in cooperation with practitioners, have organized more than 40 academic conferences and seminars in Paris, Strasbourg and Brussels. It includes the 2001 IACM annual conference, the 2003 conference on the Sources of European Negotiation, the 2004 Talleyrand conference, and the 2005 IRENEHarvard PON teaching conference. Hundreds of negotiation experts have met. Publications and cases have originated from these events and other research projects.

Third, it is a training success. Every year, more than 2,500 leaders are trained in negotiation, team building and leadership, mediation and conflict resolution. Governments and companies, as well as universities and international institutions call for our team of trainers to build negotiation capacity of current or future government officials, business leaders and decision-makers in the civil society.

Fourth, it is built on strong partnerships with international institutions and corporations. IRENE is open on, and to, the world. Its responsibilities are also at a European, and local levels.

Fifth, it has a strong organization. Building on the management expertise of ESSEC, it has permanent staff that aims at giving impulse and coordinating its activities. Our hope is to continue to contribute to a culture of dialogue in organizations. With YOU.