Participatory Assessment - Refworld

in Operations345• See Annex 3 for sample questions to ask during themediscussions.c. Follow-up and next steps• If pressing protection problems emerge from thediscussion, communicate them to appropriate staff andpartners or take action as needed;• Wrap up by thanking all the people who participated fortheir time and by explaining the next steps and follow-upaction (see Ethics of participation, page 13).Semi-structured discussionsSemi-structured discussions are conducted in the same way asfocus group discussions, though with smaller numbers ofpeople, usually individuals or groups of three to four, and for ashorter amount of time, usually an hour. They can be held atthe household level, with families or with people who haveshared similar experiences. Semi-structured discussions cantake place with individuals to cover sensitive, confidentialissues and with households or small groups to gather detailedinformation on specific themes and risks.