Educational workshops to familiarize with the concepts, principles and facilitation of participatory processes
In general, there are different understandings and perceptions of the concept of participation and participatory work among those whose field of activity is somehow related to these issues. These different understandings and images of participatory work in the field of action can lead to people's confusion and entanglement of projects. These workshops are actually platforms for joint learning of concepts related to capacity building, participatory approach, and teamwork. What can move a workshop from "mere training" to a "joint process of learning" is the combination of educational inputs with the experiences, analyses, and real conditions of the audience. For this reason, we try to design and implement educational workshops in such a way that the educational inputs find their place next to the analysis of the participants. In addition, we look for opportunities to test what we have learned in real-world situations and accompany participants to apply them in real-world situations. The workshops are usually scheduled between three to five days and their activities focus on familiarizing the participants with the concept of participation, the concepts, and principles of participatory work and facilitation, as well as familiarizing them with some techniques and challenges of fieldwork and how to take care of using a participatory approach.
In this regard, Ensanshahr Institute plans workshops in two ways; Holding continuous workshops for project teams with the aim of improving team capacity in the long term or familiarizing groups with the concept of partnership and cooperative work.
Among the workshops held by Ensanshahr Institute;
- Familiarity with the approach and principles of participatory work; Neighborhood Management Headquarters, 2018
- Facilitating Participatory processes workshop, Sustainable Agriculture Program; 2018
- Workshop on how to interact with the local community, Bomgerdi House; 2016
- Familiarity with the concepts and principles of participatory work; Institute of Sustainable Sound of Nature; 2017
- Familiarity with the concepts of participatory approach and the way of interacting with the local community; Mofid School Jihadi Group, 2017
- Familiarity with the concepts and principles of participatory work for managers and field and headquarters forces; Menarid and Hableroud projects, 2014
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