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Exercise, Group Division
Priorities Matrix + Comparison Matrix
2 simple and practical tools to prioritize the most important topics to focus on them, give space to youth to participate with their opinion and discuss.
Democratic and convincing tools for all at end
Aims of the tool
To help out youth workers to identify the most priority topic to work on it with youth
To include the young people in the decision of what needs, problems, issues, etc they want to work on them
Increase the level of participation by young people to work on more related issue to them
To realize the differences between topics/subjects in a very practical and convincing tool
Description of the tool
Methodology:
Workshop: apply examples from the youth field and work on them using both tools/ or one of them
Step by step process:
For the priorities matrix:
- Doing instruction on how participants may select the topics, and how to give the topics scores according the items in the matrix
- 2-4 groups work separately to agree on number of topics from the field they think they are important needs for the young people
- Each group work to agree on the average score for each item until all finish scoring their topics
- The topic which gets higher score in total; it would be the most important need to work on it with youth
- In case there are equal scores, then we may add another item to measure the topic according it
For the comparison matrix:
- Doing instruction on how participants may select the topics, and how to compare the topics with each other using the matrix
- 2-4 groups work separately to agree on the most important topics they think they are important needs for the young people
- Each group should write down the selected topics in the matrix horizontally and vertically (in the yellow spaces)
- Then participants start to compare one by one: one from the above row with one from the right column (black cells should be left blank)
Outcomes:
- Participants are able to use new tool to select the most important topic/ needed to work with youth on it
- Participants include the young people to take a part in the decision on which topics they want to work, which means higher level of participation
- By using these matrixes with young people; it would provide them with a logical reasons of why they should work on the selected topics
- Discussions would be raised during such activities between youth workers and young people/ or target group; and that would enrich the value of selecting the most important topics.
it is most related to their needs, concerns, etc.
Disclaimer
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/1317
This tool is for
youth and community workers 10-15 persons or more
and addresses
EuroMed, Youth Initiatives, Project Management, Youth Participation
It is recommended for use in:
Training and Networking
Materials needed:
LCD projector to show on screen or wall
A4 papers
pens
Duration:
60 minutes
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
NA
in the context of
Human Rights Education
The tool has been experimented in
it was used in Advocacy Campaigns to select most priority topics to advocate for on local level
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Shadi Zatara (on 1 October 2014)
and last modified
23 November 2011
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