The Training of Trainers Manual - UNFPA

Closure
Ask one participant from each small group to describe to the entire group what
process they went through while trying to develop a plan. Then ask each small
group the following questions:
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Who was the hardest person to work with
What did people do to reach out to this person
Did the adults or youth dominate
How did it feel to play your role
Some people had the same role. Did you find them acting differently if
they were a youth or adult
What were the most effective strategies for working together towards the plan
Exercise: Strategies for effective youth-adult partnerships
45
minutes
Objective To discuss the benefits of youth-adult partnerships, barriers
to and challenges of developing them, and strategies for
creating effective youth-adult partnerships.
Materials Flip chart and markers, Handout 18. Case Study and Handout 19.
Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships
Process
Before you begin, ask participants to go back into the small groups from the
previous exercise.
Distribute Handouts 18 and 19 to each group and ask them to brainstorm solutions
to the situation posed in the case study.
Be very clear with the instructions. Ask participants to use the information in the
handout, as well as what they have learned from their own experience, to think of
solutions to the situation posed by the case study. Ask them to focus on strategies
for better youth-adult partnerships in the situation, not on ways to make
interventions more effective.
Have participants document their discussion on flip chart paper.
Give each group about 15 minutes, with a five-minute warning before their
time is up.
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