Partnerships’ are a key instrument to ascertain the ‘European dimension’ in pan-European projects. However few partners are satisfied about the functioning of the partnerships.
A REVIEW workshop may offer a means to set up better structures and agreements among the partnership necessary for raising effectiveness.
The facilitator ensures the optimum use of the different capabilities of the group, and reduces many of the well-known counterproductive elements of the group planning process. The facilitator sets an objective agenda, steers the discussion and empowers participants to contribute effectively, while making sure that no time is lost. A good facilitator will speed up the communication process between participants considerably, and will improve the analytical quality of the process with the help of sophisticated visual techniques.
Moderation methods in a group will focus on the way how to identify obstacles and challenges, how to analyse bottlenecks and how to formulate solutions and actions. In this training we focus on moderation methods to enforce plans by performing risk analysis (‘shooting exercise’). So the focus is not to identify solely possible solutions but much more on the process to achieve common sense about them.
Moderation is to facilitate a group (e.g. potential LTA participants) in reaching better understanding, agreements and successful results with clearly defined and understood goals, tasks and responsibilities.
A moderator understands and optimizes group dynamics, especially when interests in participation and mutual confidence are not necessarily common and natural at the start of the co-operation. Such dynamics might obviously be expected when e.g. industrial SME associations and authorities are sitting together to discuss targets and actions on energy efficiency improvement.
In order to accomplish these tasks, a facilitator needs to be able to:
- determine a logical sequence for analysis and decision making
- know what to do next at any moment
- lead discussions quickly to conclusions by asking the right question
- visualise each step taken by the group in the planning process
- make sure the workshop achieves its objectives within the time limit
Price: 1210 € (excl. 21% VAT)
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