Workshop energizer

Purpose: To conduct the development of Oxfam's Joint Regional Analysis and Strategy for West Africa.

Work process: We used a participative approach to develop a methodology for the facilitation of a workshop, which took place in Dakar in January 2011. 52 people representing 6 Oxfam affiliates and 19 of its partners and allies took place in the workshop.

Results: The workshop provided the necessary inputs to produce a draft Regional Strategy 2011-2014. This was later revised and finalised taking into account Oxfam's partners' inputs.

Date: June 2010 - March 2011

1st workshop. Directives

2nd workshop. Analysis of feedback

3rd workshop. VSF Global meeting

Purpose: To conduct a process to help develop VSF's 2011-2015 Strategic Plan.

Work process: We used a participative approach to develop a methodology consisting of three stages. Stage 1 was a workshop with VSF's Board and Executive Team to analyse their previous SP's achievements and to define the directives for the new SP. Stage 2 consisted in requesting feedback from all VSF instances to the suggested directives. These were put together, analysed and ways forward were debated in a second workshop. Finally, a set of new directives was presented in a Global VSF meeting for finalisation and validation. Over 150 people participated in the entire process.

Results: The Global meeting provided the necessary inputs to produce a draft Strategic Plan 2011-2015.

Date: April-December 2010

Workshop, day 1. Ouagadougou

Purpose: To revise and finalise Oxfam International's Strategic Plan in Burkina Faso.

Work process: We used a participative approach to develop a methodology for the conduction of the workshop, which took place in Ouagadougou in October. 18 people from 4 Oxfam affiliates (Intermon Oxfam, Oxfam in Belgium, Oxfam Quebec and Oxfam America) took place in the workshop.

Results: The workshop provided the necessary inputs to finalise Oxfam's Strategic Plan for 2011-2017.

Date: September - December 2010.

Workshop in Barcelona

Working group in Lleida

Facilitation in Girona

Objectives: To analyze awareness and development education (DE) activities and strategies in Catalonia, to produce a ground study which will serve as basis for the design of the DE strategy of the Government of Catalonia.

Work done: The work was done in collaboration with the organisation Edualter. A team of five experts was formed, including DE, advocacy and development experts. Extensive research was done on the international, Spanish and Catalan DE contexts. A comparative analysis of DE practice and legislation in different European countries was prepared. 100 people were interviewed, and 5 workshops with over 120 participants were conducted in all four catalan provinces. For each DE component we studied the catalan context to determine: typology of actors, capacities, areas of work, learning and best practices. Strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in each component were also described. Finally, priorities and potential strategic lines of work in DE in were identified.

Results: An extensive document was produced summarizing the above contents. It suggested a long-term strategic framework, priority areas and specific lines of work.

Dates: September 2009 to May 2010
 

Group work, Chad.

Group work, Mauritania.

Participants, N'Djamena.

Purpose: To design and conduct two workshops in which to define IO's 2009-2013 Strategic Plan in Chad and Mauritania.

Work process: We used a participative approach to develop a methodology for the conduction of both workshops. The first one took place in N'Djamena-Chad in June. 43 people from civil society organisations in Chad, IO partners and allies, took place in it. A second workshop took place in  October in Nouakchott-Mauritania. 34 people attended it, representatives of civil society organisations, donors and multilateral agencies.

Results: At the workshops the participants shared a context analysis of both Chad and Mauritania and defined which should be IO's strategic objectives for the next five years. They also agreed on the strategies to be put in place to help attain those objectives.

Date: March - October 2009.

Some participants

Purpose: To conceive and conduct the workshop.

Work process: We developed a workshop plan that would enable VSF's Directive Team to define its objectives for the coming year. During the workshop, which lasted half a day, we did a context analysis (internal and external) and some team building work. 6 people took part in it.

Results: The workshop helped VSF determine its institutional priorities for the year 2010.

Date: September 2009.