Guidelines. for the Facilitators and Rapporteurs of the Thematic Workshops. Youth Volunteering & Dialogue. 2nd International Conference on

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1 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization DIA LOGUE King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Programme for a Culture of Peace and Dialogue 2nd International Conference on Youth Volunteering & Dialogue preventing violent extremism and strengthening social inclusion September 2017 UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France Guidelines for the Facilitators and Rapporteurs of the Thematic Workshops

2 On Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 September 2017, participants will work in thematic workshops on 4 defined themes: Refugees welcome here? - Youth volunteers spearheading inclusion Learning about each other - The importance of intercultural education Shifting media discourse - The role of the media and social media in constructing positive dialogue Art changes everything - Youth engagement with cultural heritage. Each workshop will have one predefined facilitator and two rapporteurs to be designated by participants at the beginning of the workshop. In addition, each workshop will have up to three resource persons to provide input to the group, further to the overall introduction to the theme by a UNESCO Specialist. 3

3 ROLE OF THE FACILITATORS ROLE OF THE RAPPORTEURS Facilitation of a working group means working with a group of about 25 participants and facilitating the discussions and the reaching of some conclusions. The task of a facilitator is to make the learning and sharing of young participants easier by creating a space, encouraging discussion, helping the group to stay focused on the theme etc. It is also the task of the facilitator to open and close the session, to keep time and to make sure participants also can also have a break and get their coffee! Facilitators are not responsible for the actual input or contents of the workshop. They should not be involved in the discussion by sharing their personal opinions, but should rather ensure that various opinions and ideas are given space, even if not in line with the facilitator s ideas. Finally, the facilitator is responsible for the atmosphere and ethical framework of the workshop. He/she ensures that learning and sharing can take place in a respectful context and that opinions expressed remain in the framework of UNESCO s values. All facilitators shall meet the Masters of Ceremony (Bastian and Nadine) and Lina, the coordinator of the workshops for a common lunch on Monday 25 September 2017 to clarify last questions about the Thematic Workshops and their outputs. If you volunteer to be a rapporteur, you should: Feel comfortable with written and oral English Be ready to be less involved in actual discussions and content contributions of your workshop Feel comfortable to speak in public. During the workshop, the rapporteurs will collect main ideas, circulate amongst subgroups and collect a representative overview of discussions and outputs of the workshop. Each group of rapporteurs should submit a 1-2 pages summary of the workshop to the Masters of Ceremony and to Lina, the workshops coordinator. These will be used for the final report of the Conference. All facilitators shall meet the Masters of Ceremony (Bastian, Nadine and Lina) on Tuesday 26 September at 6.00 pm in the back of the plenary for a common briefing session on the ongoing process. 4 5

4 STRUCTURE OF THE WORKSHOP AND DETAILED PROGRAMME Tuesday 26 September :00 Introduction to the workshops (Nadine and Bastian) Location of Working Groups Structure of Working Groups Introduction to Action Plans Orientation on Expected Outcomes 14:30 Opening of the working groups 1. Introduction of the Facilitator, ground rules, schedule. 2. Identifying two rapporteurs for the working group 3. Introduction of the participants. One minute per person: What is your name and what is your experience or interest with the theme of this working group? What do you expect/ need from this workshop? Room IV Workshop rooms 15:00 Thematic introduction by a UNESCO Specialist and inspirational stories sharing by three to fur resource persons 15:30 Distribute the action plan forms to participants and ask them to start working in groups on the first question in the action plan form (you, your context and the theme) Mixed sub-groups (around 6 participants) to discuss: What did I learn? How does the topic relate to my local reality/ context? What do I/ my NGO/ my community already do on that topic? What could I/ we do to develop the theme further in our local community? Each subgroup should have a time-keeper, who makes sure that each person has enough time to speak. The simplest way to create groups is to count the overall number of participants and divide this by 6. You know have the number of subgroups you ll need. Have participants count from 1 until that number. All the same numbers get together into one group. Or, people could get together into small groups of not more than 6 people, keeping the subgroups as diverse as possible. 6 7

5 16:00 1-minute feedback from each subgroup (rapporteur takes notes on main issues) 16:15 Transfer-Labs In this part of the workshop, participants should start combining their ideas for action with concrete tools based on the technical workshops they participated in on the previous session. The Working Group Facilitator shows the graphic of three circles interlocking: Theme, Methodology, Context. The goal for the next hour is to work in small groups that have two of the three circles in common: Theme and Methodology. Participants should gather in up to 6 groups: 1. Those who want to address the theme with Theatre in their context. 2. Those who want to address the theme through the Human Library in their context 3. Those who want to address the them through Sport in their context METHODOLOGY THEME CONTEXT 4. Those who want to address the theme in their context in a different innovative way. The easiest way to create the groups is to put the methodologies on the floor and ask participants to stand next to the one they'd like to use for their action plan. Once the groups are created, participants get together and work on concrete action plans, which can be common and/ or more individual according to their particular context. The Transfer Labs are a way of working on the overlap between the 3 circles. «How can you work on this theme using that particular methodology in your particular context?» The task of the Transfer-Labs is to engage into mutual sharing and reflection on how to transfer the knowledge and inspiration they have gathered to their local context and what international support networks they can establish among peers and with UNESCO in order to support a successful implementation. 8 9

6 They are visited or seek support by the Techniques-Workshop leaders and resource persons to support them in their thought experiments. 17:00 The Transfer-Labs present back to their working group the progress they have made. (Rapporteurs go through the groups during the process and takes note in the presentation) 17:30 All Working Groups meet again in Plenary. The working group rapporteurs share a brief highlight of their work (1 min). Room IV 10

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