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OBJECTIVE |
To agree behaviour during the workshop |
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TIMING |
Approximately 15 minutes |
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MATERIALS NEEDED |
Flip charts & marker pens |
Module 4: Workshop Agreement
When planning and facilitating this session, it is important to consistently apply an intersectional lens to each participant's identity and experiences, and their protection needs. Overlapping systems of discrimination and privilege, such as gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, racial and/or ethnic origin, economic status/class, marital status, citizenship, age and physical appearance, can have a profound impact on human rights defenders' and their communities' perception of and experience with risks and protection.
The facilitator should invite contributions and check if everyone agrees with them.
When the list has been agreed, it should remain visible and may be added to after agreement from the whole group.
The facilitator should check that these important points have been covered:
| Sample Workshop Agreement |
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| * respect each others’ views |
| * one person speaks at a time |
| * punctuality |
| * agreement about phone use during the workshop |
| * ask if you don’t understand |
| * stay for the whole workshop |
| * refer to people the way they have said they want to be named/identified (don't make assumptions) |
| * attend to your needs, eg getting water, standing up, sitting on the floor, bathroom breaks |
| * confidentiality of contributions (contributions can be shared with others but the identity of the contributor must not be shared or be possible to guess) |
| * confidentiality of identity: remind participants not to identify any other participants by name after the event if there are sensitivities, eg LGBTIQ+ participants |
| * confidentiality regarding images: check again if participants are comfortable with photographs in which they may be identified being taken during training, and which may be used by Front Line Defenders in materials |
| * check if participants are comfortable with photos being taken by other participants which may be uploaded on social media after the event |
| * confidentiality about the event: best practice is to keep the event secret at least until it is completed. If one person requests complete secrecy about the event, discuss which elements require secrecy and broker an agreement |
Related: Safeguarding Code of Conduct example
Dealing with challenges
- this module sets the tone that it is the group which is responsible for behaviour. It is the best resource to refer to if any participants behave in disruptive ways.
- usually the most controversial topic is about use of phones during workshops – try and influence the discussion so that participants agree to check phones during breaks (and abide by that yourself as far as possible or explain to the group why you have to check)
