Dear Colleagues, Mosaic.net International invites you to participate in its upcoming workshops in July and September of 2001 on Participatory Development; Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation; and, an Advanced Facilitator's workshop in Ottawa, Canada.
Please help us disseminate this announcement to interested colleagues, NGOs, donors, development practitioners, field staff, directors and program staff of development and evaluation units and facilitators. Further information available on our website at: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca or by email at: works...@mosaic-net-intl.ca. Participatory Development: Concepts, Tools and Application in PLA/PRA Methods Ottawa, Canada July 16-21, 2001 The PD workshop focuses on core participatory concepts, tools and their application. This is an intensive six-day practical and experiential workshop set in the community to maximize learning, group interaction and networking. Topics include: The Origins of Participatory Development, Learning and Application of PRA/PLA tools (ranking, venn diagram, mapping, ranking, semi-structured interviewing, trend analysis, gender analysis and others methods such as appreciative inquiry), the Application of Participation to Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation, Developing Effective Facilitation Skills, Building Action Plans and Team-Building. Two-day community assignments proposed by community-based organizations in the Ottawa region will allow participants to apply tools learned in the workshop to real-life situations. This is also a great opportunity to network with other practitioners, NGOs, donors, and action researchers from all over the world. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Ottawa, Canada July 23-28, 2001 or September 3-8, 2001 Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM & E) involves a different approach to project monitoring and evaluation by involving local people, project stakeholders, and development agencies deciding together about how to measure results and what actions should follow once this information has been collected and analyzed. This intensive six day experiential workshop is practically focused with daily excursions into the community and a three-day community assignment. Topics covered at the workshop include: Origins of PM & E, Skills and Attributes of a PM & E facilitator, Learning PM & E Tools, Designing a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Actions Plan and much more. A Project/Organization Clinic will include projects from participant's workplace and provide a rich environment for feedback. Advanced Facilitator's Workshop Retreat setting outside of Ottawa September 9-14, 2001 This workshop is an opportunity for experienced Facilitator's to share their experiences, tools and methods with other facilitators. Facilitator's from various facilitation disciplines such as PLA methods, ToP methods, VIPP, Appreciative Inquiry, Iap2 and Open Space are encouraged to attend this unique workshop. This workshop will have no preset agenda or presentations. An Open Space Approach will be used. The first day, participant facilitators will shape the agenda based on their expectations and the tools and methods other participant facilitators have to offer. Participants will implement their group agenda, work in small groups, facilitate sessions and practise giving and receiving feedback The workshop will take place in a rustic rural retreat centre overlooking a beautiful lake and forest. Come ready to facilitate a session! For further information, please refer to the web site at: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca or by email at: works...@mosaic-net-intl.ca. Please note that workshops are scheduled back-to-back so that participants can attend more than one workshop, if they so which, to consolidate their understanding and application of participatory methods and tools. Organized by: Mosaic.net International Inc., Ottawa, Canada a consulting firm that has a longstanding experience in participatory methods and approaches. Facilitators: Françoise Coupal and Helen Patterson. Both facilitators have extensive experience in the theory and application of participatory development and PRA having worked for NGOs, community organizations, the World Bank and various United Nations agencies. Please feel free to forward this announcement to other colleagues! We look forward to your participation. ____________________________________________________ Francoise Coupal Mosaic.net International, Inc. 705 Roosevelt Ave. Ottawa, Canada K2A 2A8 Tel: (613) 728-1439; Fax: (613) 728-1154. Details of our upcoming workshops for July and September 2001 on Participatory Development; Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation and the Advanced Facilitator's Retreat are now available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html